Case Results

THE PROBLEM

Federal prosecutors alleged a mortgage fraud scheme tied to nearly $50 million in multifamily housing loans.

MITIGATION STRATEGY

While one defendant relied primarily on personal allocution, the other approached sentencing with visible humility and entrusted his presentation to structured mitigation video advocacy centered on remorse, accountability, family impact, and broader § 3553(a) considerations before probation, prosecutors, and the judge.

OUTCOME

THE PROBLEM

The former owner of a major New York construction company faced an 11-count federal indictment tied to a union fund embezzlement scheme, a $76 million damages award, and a guideline range of 70–87 months.

MITIGATION STRATEGY

The sentencing video repositioned the defendant through decades of civic leadership, including deploying heavy construction machinery at his own expense to Hurricane Sandy and Katrina disaster zones before FEMA arrived.

OUTCOME

6-month custodial sentence against an 87-month guideline range.

Related Coverage

THE PROBLEM

Client was already serving an 8-year federal sentence arising from $44 million in illegal cosmetic surgery procedures, with no foreseeable path to early release.

MITIGATION STRATEGY

Our compassionate release video presentation documented severe and deteriorating health conditions inside custody, humanizing the urgency of the client's circumstances in a way written submissions alone could not convey.

OUTCOME

Client compassionately released approximately 4 years early within weeks of the mitigation video being circulated.

THE PROBLEM

CEO faced approximately 14 years federal imprisonment in a wire fraud overbilling prosecution.

MITIGATION STRATEGY

Our sentencing video surfaced severe childhood trauma and personal history that had not fully translated through traditional written advocacy alone, allowing the Court to see the full human being behind the indictment.

OUTCOME

Our client ultimately received a sentence of 1 year and 1 day and was released from custody approximately 2 months later during the CARES Act period.

THE PROBLEM

A payroll administrator facing 11 federal counts and up to 20 years in prison for alleged participation in a fraudulent union payroll scheme.

MITIGATION STRATEGY

The sentencing video documented a life defined by compassion, service, and extraordinary generosity of time, money, and care to others, giving voice to the many lives transformed by her advocacy and support. Those who knew her work firsthand often referred to her as "Mother Teresa."

JUDICIAL IMPACT

"Illustrates an individual that's extraordinary, someone for whom society was better off if she was free. It was clear that she was a hardworking, kindhearted person." — Hon. Pamela Chen

OUTCOME

2 years probation. No prison imposed.

THE PROBLEM

Federal prosecutors alleged the client operated an unlicensed $6 million money transmitting business carrying exposure of up to five years imprisonment.

MITIGATION STRATEGY

The sentencing video documented the defendant's role as sole full-time caregiver to his seriously ill wife, allowing probation, prosecutors, and the Judge to experience the human consequences incarceration would create beyond the defendant himself.

OUTCOME

Five months home confinement and probation. Zero days incarcerated.

THE PROBLEM

CEO of a nursing home faced approximately 7 years federal imprisonment in a $4.3 million pension embezzlement prosecution.

MITIGATION STRATEGY

The mitigation video centered the on-camera advocacy of the defendant's wife, communicating decades of charitable giving and caregiving in a way written submissions alone could never fully convey.

OUTCOME

Our client ultimately received a sentence of 2½-years and was released from custody approximately 2 months later during the CARES Act period.