Federal Practice Archives – The Law Offices of Keren GoldenbergThe Law Offices of Keren Goldenberg

A judge in the federal court in Boston suppressed $40,000 in cash seized from Attorney Goldenberg’s client’s van. Her client was the subject of a drug investigation by the DEA, which was still in its infancy. Agents procured a location-monitoring… Read More Another one of my clients benefited from Amendment 821 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines which permits a sentencing reduction for qualifying individuals with no criminal record before their federal conviction. Not everyone without a prior record qualifies,… Read More Families of people serving sentences in the Bureau of Prisons are getting calls from “Jason Williams,” who claims to work for the BOP. He tells them that their family member is eligible for compassionate release and they need to provide a… Read More   A client who was indicted in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute contraband smokeless tobacco avoided a prison sentence and instead was placed on probation for 2 years. The sentencing guidelines for his case suggested that… Read More One of the big, recent developments in federal criminal law is an amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines that allows for a decrease of two levels from the offense level for defendants who had no prior criminal history points at the time… Read More You have probably heard that in federal court, no one accused of a crime ever goes to trial. Conviction rates are very high in federal court, which is of no surprise because federal prosecutors have the luxury of picking which cases they wish to pursue…. Read More For the first time ever I had something good happen in federal court at a sentencing hearing. I’m not talking about getting the best lousy outcome available (like the judge imposing a mandatory minimum but not going higher), but a legitimately good… Read More