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

Grand Jury Representation

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

Alleged federal criminals do not immediately proceed to a criminal trial in the United States. Instead, their case is investigated by a federal grand jury, which looks at evidence and calls witnesses before indicting the suspect or dropping the case altogether. The U.S. Attorney General presents a case and the jury decides by majority vote whether it should proceed to court after investigating the evidence.

A federal grand jury is comprised of citizens who are selected through voter and driver registration lists; they can serve to a maximum of 36 months depending on the nature of the grand jury. The grand jury procedure is different from a normal criminal proceeding; there is no judge and there are no attorneys other than the prosecuting attorney. Witnesses may be represented by their own attorney, but the attorney is not allowed in the grand jury room. He or she must wait outside while their client testifies. Witnesses may, however, step outside to ask their attorney a question. Grand juries can subpoena records and/or call witnesses and grand jury deliberations are conducted in secret.

If you or your case have been called before a grand jury, it is essential that you obtain legal counsel experienced in federal grand jury cases. It is not uncommon for witnesses to be indicted themselves. If you are the subject of a grand jury investigation, it is possible that you will face a federal criminal trial with potentially extreme consequences.

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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