Florida Federal Criminal Defense Attorney focusing on the defense of white collar crimes.

 Environmental Law Violations

Federal Criminal Defense Attorney, David J. Joffe has personally handled over 300 Federal cases. Call today for a confidential consultation.

Environmental law violations are any act in violation of state or federal environmental laws, such as the illegal dumping of a toxic substance into the water or soil, which pose a significant threat of harm to people, property, or the environment.

Federal and state agencies rely on frameworks established by sweeping federal and state enactments, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Environmental Quality Improvement Act, Environmental Education Act, and many other specific statutes aimed at protecting the interests of the environment.

Specific laws protect the air, water, wildlife, endangered species, forests, climate, energy, and oceans. Other statutes are aimed to curb the illegal use of pesticides and insecticides, dumping of solid and toxic wastes, and to protect established environmental resource policy.

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prosecutes violations of environmental law. States may also have their own environmental protection agencies that operate to issue and enforce environmental protection laws and rules at the state level. The federal and state EPAs can also separately issue sanctions for violations of the law without the involvement of the Department of Justice.

Environmental law violators are usually hit with criminal fines, probation, jail time, or a combination of these penalties. If you or someone you know is involved in an environmental law violation case and wants to know the options available, consult an experienced criminal defense attorney at Joffe & Joffe.

Experience Counts!

Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer, David J. Joffe has personally handled over 300 federal criminal cases, in areas such as white collar crime, SEC violations, tax crimes, asset forfeiture, fraud, drug possession, drug trafficking, conspiracy, racketeering (RICO cases), money laundering, theft, extradition, and public corruption. Miami criminal defense lawyer, David J. Joffe, and his experienced staff are fully equipped to defend you in any serious state or federal criminal case.

Representative case results include:
• Ex-banker not charged with theft of goods through interstate commerce
• Miami criminal defense lawyer, David J. Joffe successfully reduces sentence of Colombian crew men on freighter with two tons of cocaine
• Broward man charged with battery on law enforcement officer found Not Guilty
• Bank manager enters pre-trial diversion program in federal bank fraud case
• Client in Port Everglades drug conspiracy found Not Guilty by jury
• Bank fraud restitution lowered from $300,000 to $1800
• Drug Charges dismissed for possession of marijuana
• Conspiracy charge dropped; sentence reduced from 15 years to 24 months
• 70 Year Old Individual charged with conspiracy released with time served
• Felony charge reduced to misdemeanor for Police Office
• Money Laundering and Fraud charges dropped
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