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What To Do First If Federal Agents Come to Your Home With a Search Warrant
Having a search warrant executed at your home is horrible. It is an invasion of your most private space. When Agents enter your home, they have authority from the court to search for certain items that constitute evidence or proceeds of criminal activity. There are...
What to do if Federal Agents Come to Your Company with a Search Warrant
Federal agents routinely utilize search warrants in corporate criminal investigations. Businesses are accordingly advised to prepare in advance for the possibility that it will be the recipient of a warrant. Adequate preparation for such an event is simple. The...
What To Do First If You’re Involved in a Federal Investigation
If you are approached by an FBI agent, a U.S. Postal Inspector, an agent from the IRS Criminal Investigations Division, or any other agent of the government, what should you do, or not do? First, do not talk to other people, other than a lawyer, about the fact that...
Supreme Court Alert: Insider Trading
Salman v. United States (8-0 Opinion by Justice Alito on December 6, 2016.) Petitioner Salman was indicted for federal securities-fraud crimes for trading on inside information he received from a friend and relative-by-marriage, Michael Kara, who, in turn, received...
Tama Beth Kudman Quoted in ‘The Washington Post’
The following post originally appeared in The Washington Post The Coast Guard spent days searching for a man who faked his death. Now he must pay $1 million By Sarah Larimer December 1 at 7:01 AM On March, 31, 2015, an abandoned boat was discovered in South Florida...
As seen in the Palm Beach Post; POINT OF VIEW: Santino disqualified self from county court judgeship
In her run for Palm Beach County court judge, Dana Santino has attempted to disparage her opponent, Attorney Gregg Lerman, by stating that she is concerned that he “chooses to represent individuals who commit heinous crimes.” As attorneys, we are equally concerned...
Tama Beth Kudman to Present at NACDL’s 59th Annual Meeting & Seminar
Tama Beth Kudman is heading to the NACDL’s 59th Annual Meeting & Seminar in West Palm Beach Florida, where she will be addressing critical legal issues surrounding criminal defense at a special seminar taking place on August 12th. Tama will be presenting...
Tama Beth Kudman Quoted in The New York Times
The following post originally appeared in The New York Times: Battery Charge Against Corey Lewandowski, Trump Campaign Manager, Is Dropped “Battery is usually a situation where you have someone hitting or harassing another person physically,” Ms. Kudman said. “In this...
U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman Praises Tama Beth Kudman
The following post originally appeared in the Sun Sentinel “I don’t know what happened, what you did or didn’t do,” Matthewman told Ohrn before his case adjourned. “But I know you hired a good attorney.” Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy McCall agreed to the bond...
Confusion over Stand Your Ground law
The Zimmerman case has become the lightning rod for arguments against the Florida “Stand Your Ground Statute” and the sweeping breadth of its protection for individuals who claim to have used deadly force in the face of reasonably perceived deadly force. Yet,...
