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Federal Investigations

Sometimes the first hint that you are under investigation happens when agents come streaming into your home, or business with a search warrant. Other times, you receive a “target letter” from a law enforcement or regulatory agency. In both cases, the government wants to startle you, scare you, take you off balance.

Mistake To Go It Alone

The government hopes that you make two mistakes. And every action they take is specifically designed to make sure that you do. The first mistake is to talk to them without an attorney, while you are startled or scared. And the second mistake will come during that discussion. You WILL make an error of recollection. All of the questions are designed to either obtain a confession, or lock you into an error that can be easily proven. Once the government has locked you into an error, they have the threat of a false statement charge as leverage. They will also use it against you later because they know that using a small error to brand you in front of a jury allows them to convict anyone.

Why John Conard?

John Conard is a former prosecutor, and has won trial acquittals in the most information intense cases, like Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Tax Fraud, and Murder. He has also shepherded numerous clients through an investigation resulting (quietly) in a decision to drop charges or never to bring them in the first place. He has earned the credibility to push back effectively in all the places that matter.

Reputation matters. And none more so than yours. John Conard does not use his current clients to seek publicity. He has quietly become the man to see, who can be trusted in the most private and concerning of affairs. When prosecutor’s children get in trouble, they often call John Conard.

If the investigation does result in charges, you want to have been working on your trial strategy from the start because the government surely is. Having your investigation handled by a nationally recognized trial lawyer from the start means you are covered whatever the outcome of the investigation.