Experienced Federal Criminal Defense Attorney
If you have been accused of a federal crime, working with an experienced attorney is critical to your success. The consequences of a conviction are serious, so your federal criminal defense lawyer must be equally serious about your future.
At Patel Law, PC, we have the experience necessary to help our clients seek the best possible results. Federal criminal defense attorney Baku N. Patel is a former federal and U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General. He has defended numerous federal criminal cases and has tried over 100 felony criminal jury trials to verdict. He is certified by the Illinois Supreme Court as a member of the Capital Litigation Trial Bar in recognition of his years of criminal law experience and experience handling complex criminal cases. As a panel member of the U.S. District Court, he is often appointed as legal counsel in complex federal criminal cases by U.S. Federal judges due to his unique federal criminal defense experience. In addition, he has been retained to defend complex federal criminal cases such as defending corporate directors in an environmental pollution case, multi-million dollar security fraud charges and a very sophisticated real estate fraud case involving millions of dollars of property.
Providing a strong federal criminal defense, we represent people facing a broad range of criminal charges in the federal justice system:
- Drug crimes
- Weapons offenses/gun crimes
- White collar crime, including fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, securities violations and public corruption
The Consequences of a Federal Conviction
Many people who have been accused of a federal crime worry about the harsh penalties they may face. While we cannot predict the future, we fight hard to minimize the consequences of a conviction.
We often begin by explaining in detail the federal criminal system and what a client can expect. For instance, there are a number of approaches to sentencing, and the law in this area has changed in recent years. Federal sentencing guidelines used to be mandatory, but now only serve as guidelines for judges to follow. Courts consider these guidelines as well as other factors when deciding the penalties for a crime. You must have a very experienced federal criminal defense lawyer to represent you due to the complexity of these types of cases.
Contact Patel Law, PC
To talk with us about your criminal defense, contact our Champaign-Urbana and Danville, Illinois, locations by calling us toll free at 888-341-0748, locally at 217-903-4867 or by completing our online contact form to schedule a free consultation with an attorney.
