Espionage 18 USC 794-U.S.v. Underwood
Mar 05, 2013OUTCOME: 9 years
Defendant indicted for attempted espionage. Successfully argued for the lowest sentence in the history of the statute for a non-cooperating defendant charged with 18 USC 794..
Washington, DC
Federal regulation Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Federal Regulation, Federal Crime, Litigation
OUTCOME: 9 years
Defendant indicted for attempted espionage. Successfully argued for the lowest sentence in the history of the statute for a non-cooperating defendant charged with 18 USC 794..
OUTCOME: 2 years imprisonment
Guilty plea to narcotics trafficking charges. Reduced client's sentence from a 20 year mandatory minimum to 2 years imprisonment.
OUTCOME: Reduced sentence from 20 years to 10 years.
Defended Former Secretary of Finance for the State of Virginia on Wire Fraud charges. Defeated the Government on the Position of Trust issue at sentencing.
OUTCOME: Pending
Served as Plantiff's co-counsel in civil forfeiture matter concerning over $11 million dollars seized by the U.S. Government due to alleged ownership by a party designated on the United States Departme ... nt of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (OFAC SDN List).
OUTCOME:
Represented a major financial institution in an OFAC investigation regarding violations of the Ukraine-related (Russian) sanctions.
OUTCOME: Removal from OFAC SDN List
Successfully removed Mohamed Ahmed Salame from the OFAC SDN LIst by revoking his OFAC designation on the OFAC SDN List.
OUTCOME: Obtained OFAC License
Successfully obtained OFAC license under the TSRA program for export of Medical Devices to Sudan
OUTCOME: Removal from OFAC SDN List
Successful removal of Comericializadora Itaka from OFAC SDN List by removing their Kingpin Act designation.
OUTCOME:
Prosecution of individual who donated funds to a charity in Iran. Prosecution was brought for a violation of prohibited investment under 31 CFR 560.207.
OUTCOME: Case was settled
Served as an expert witness on behalf of a plaintiff suing a screening software company that had identified Plaintiff as an OFAC Specially Designated National.