LEGAL FAQ VIDEOS
Your Legal Questions Answered
On this page, you will find a series of short videos in which we answer our clients’ most common questions. Curious about something we didn’t discuss here or need a more in-depth understanding of one of these subjects? We encourage you to contact us or more information.
 Many cases in federal court end in some type of plea bargain, and federal sentencing guidelines are an extremely important part of that. Federal Sentencing Guidelines are, simply, a chart which a lawyer can look at and knowing some facts about your all … |
If your company hires employees from other countries and they come here on a J-1 visa (a student visa/travel visa), can you get in trouble for that or should you be worried about it? If you are in strict compliance with the visa requirement, no. Certai … |
Relevant Conduct is the concept that a person can be held accountable and actually sentenced for conduct that is relevant to the crime that they were convicted of. So, in certain circumstances, a person could have a sentence enhanced or increased for c … |
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CJA Lawyers are lawyers who have certain training and meet certain qualifications to take federal court appointments in criminal court. This is beyond the Federal Public Defender. There are Federal Public Defender offices in Federal Court the same as t … |
Sometimes the question is raised by people who own companies or factories or other types of service companies, if they employ people with H-1B visas whether they should be concerned about legal compliance. The simple answer is yes. If someone came to w … |
Sometimes ICE agents show up and want to talk to employees. The ICE agents could be there because there’s an immigration issue or there could be a different type of issue. Certainly, in terms of talking to the employee, as an employer you don’t necessa … |
In that type of situation, if ICE shows up at your business, they’re probably trying to check for illegal workers. We’ve all heard stories where ICE would show up at maybe a factory setting and employees would literally run away or flee. Sometimes that … |
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