Special Reports
What is White Collar Crime Strategic Master Planning? How can it Benefit Me?
White-collar crime tactical planning consists of research and deep dig advice on all facets of white-collar and entity criminal defense. It’s beneficial because you’re working with professionals who have experience handling your case type. Not just lawyers, but...
Five Powerful Myths of CEO | Entrepreneurial Criminal Prosecution
Overview Highly successful executives and professionals are tasty targets for hungry prosecutors and perceived (and, sometimes real - unaccountable) victims. Point? Victory over victimhood. Alert Look around. Be acutely aware of envy, jealousy, ambulance...
Entrepreneurs, Deal Makers, CEOs, Developers, Traders, Business Owners…Winners In Trouble
Public Perception, even perception with expertise is a strange thing. Too often, successful capitalists hit a bump in the road - a seemingly insignificant, quite manageable challenge and gigantically overreact. So much so that the behavior responses are outright...
MITIGATION by Michael Hodgin, Criminal Defense Investigator
WHAT IS MITIGATION? Mitigation is an essential part of criminal defense. The dictionary defines mitigation as follows. 1. the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances: Social...
Executive, CEO, White Collar Fraud, Securities Regulations Violations, Securities Fraud, Money Laundering, and Related Allegations.
State and federal prosecutors receive criminal defendant referrals from all types of people. Banks, accountants, lawyers, judgment announcements, angry clients, media editors, bankruptcy filings, and just plain old...
What Is Restorative Justice And How Can It Help Offenders, Victims, and Families?
When I was in prison, a program called Restorative Justice was offered. It was organized by Bridges to Life, a group out of Houston with a local chapter in Colorado. This was about 10 years ago and it’s safe to say that the 3-month group class deeply impacted me. I...
Non-Judicial, Non-Executive Clemency
Early release possibilities for medical, compassionate, juvenile exceptions, first step, second chance, special needs, meritorious achievement, Veteran honor, and other pathways to liberty. The primary purpose of this writing is to bring awareness – to shout out to...
Enemy? Advocate? Or just plain Reasonable Cooperation?
Q|Nav, LLC recently received the following communication from a powerful local official, and in this business, when the opposing team offers its compliments, it’s noteworthy. That is why we’re excited to share this firsthand account with you here. Mr. Hoover, I have...
Abolishment of Res Gestae – The Exception to the Hearsay Rule
You might be surprised to learn that your conviction could be reversed and your case and sentence vacated. Did witness testimony, alleged victim testimony, affidavits, so-called evidence of prior bad acts, acts that you were neither charged with nor convicted of...
Defective Charging Documents, Want of Jurisdiction and Post-Conviction Remedies
What is a charging document? It is the document that initiates a criminal case against a defendant. Also known as complaint and information, affidavit and complaint/information, and grand jury indictments, all of these are charging documents and are essential to the...