Navigating a Complex Federal Case: Overcoming Client Resistance and Digital Evidence Challenges

We just got done with a very complicated federal client case.

This client has been held in federal custody since his arrest, and was very upset that he would not be released and that he believed he was (in his opinion) improperly charged.

Getting him to read and understand the facts that lead to his federal charges was complicated because the federal holding facility made this complicated and the client was resisting his comprehension of facts that he did not (essentially) like.

This happens from time to time in federal cases, where the evidence is mostly all digital and voluminous, and sometimes only 10% of what the Government delivers to us is technically relevant to our client.

Nevertheless, after lots of phone calls and in-person meetings we go the client to understand that the plea offered to the client was appropriate to the facts.

This took a lot of work – but we got it done.

This is a somewhat normal factor in criminal defense – especially in federal court.