Broden & Mickelsen Criminal Defense Law Firm Dallas

Defendants who have been accused, convicted, and sentenced of white-collar crimes have the legal right to appeal the court’s decision, provided that the decision was not the result of a guilty plea. Appealing the decision of a court is an important legal concept that is essential to our form of Justice. But what happens when Justice gets it wrong? Losing an appeal in Texas might feel like th...

On both the federal and state levels, certain post-conviction rights are inalienable to anyone who has been determined guilty of a crime as the result of a court decision. The appellate process includes both direct appeals and what’s called a writ of habeas corpus … two methods by which individuals can have their verdicts reviewed for potential errors.  However, there are some distinct diffe...

A look at how COVID-19 has made health insurance, as well as the American people, even more, susceptible to the dangers of healthcare fraud.  Dallas Health Care Fraud Lawyer Explains Healthcare Fraud in the Age of a Pandemic  What You Need to Know About Healthcare Fraud in the Age of a Pandemic by Dallas Health Care Fraud and White Collar Criminal Lawyers for State and Federal Defense, Brod...

White-collar crimes are a unique area of law that the general public is well aware of thanks to media coverage of some of the highest profile cases. The average person’s perception of white-collar crime is formed through such media, and often clouded with misconceptions. One of the most significant of these misconceptions is the public’s view of how white-collar crimes are punished by federal...

Getting a call notifying you that your husband or wife has been arrested and charged with a federal crime is a scary experience. You may have a lot of questions. Will this result in a conviction? What are your loved one’s rights? How can you help? If you find yourself in a situation where your significant other has been charged with a federal crime, your first step should be to get in touch ...

An investigation is always the first step in the criminal justice process, including cases of suspected white-collar crime. That said, those who are the targets of a white-collar crime investigation don’t always find out in exactly the same way.  It is common for the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to become involved in such criminal cases. Whether it’s the FBI or your local law enfor...

Police Brutality & Non-Violence Arrests - Dallas Criminal Defense Attorneys Broden & Mickelsen Strongly Support the First Amendment As part of Broden & Mickelsen’s, Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers commitment to the First Amendment and criminal justice issues, and subject to our review of the facts of individual cases, we will represent pro bono any persons in the Dallas area who,...

Dallas, TX - Long standing Dallas-based white collar criminal defense attorneys Broden & Mickelsen recently spent some time exploring the remarkable findings of a study performed by Syracuse University. The research compared current prosecution levels to 30 years of U.S. Justice Department records and found that the prosecution of white-collar offenders reached an all-time low in January ...

Dallas, TX - Dallas criminal defense attorneys Broden & Mickelsen recently explored the story of how the COVID-19 outbreak led to a delay of execution for a Texas inmate who was sentenced to death in 2011 for the brutal murder of his father-in-law, 5-year old daughter, and pregnant wife.  The blog post, titled Coronavirus Sparks Stay of Execution for Texas Death Row Inmate, details the v...

For many years, the Catholic Church has come under fire for the widespread occurrence of child molestation. While the majority of the media attention has fallen on U.S. priests, clergy members in many other countries have been identified as abusers.  “Sexual Assault, commonly referred to as “rape,” is perhaps the most stressful allegation with which to be faced, particularly if the sexual as...