Eric Alan Chase

I was accused with some pretty ugly porn related charges before Federal court. I had several different attorneys try to deal with my case. The first attorney was on the right track but she got sick and had to drop most of her case load including mine. The Federal defender took my case and told me to ...lay down and "take the deal" which included 36 months in prison and register as a sex offender. Since I wasn't feeling guilty of the charges against me I hired United Defense Group and Eric took my case. With the help of others Eric discovered that the investigator essentially lied by omission when applying for the search warrant for my home. Eric passionately plead my case in front of the Federal Judge and got the search warrant thrown out. Only the "Leon - good faith" exemption kept my case alive at all. This caused the federal prosecutors to see reality in my case. They offered me a much lessor charge to plead to, which while I was guilty of, so are most other people who have looked at porn over the internet. The Feds only prosecute it when they don't have anything else to get you for since it they did a good portion of the population of the country would be passing through the Federal Court system. While this may sound like I "got off" on a technicality, the truth is that the Feds only had a couple of files to show I was guilty of anything and not the mountain of evidence that they were insinuating to the court. While I was not able to avoid a conviction, I was able to stay out of prison and do 6 months of home detention along with 3 years of probation instead of 36 months in prison and registering as a sex offender which I am definitely not. I owe it all to Eric Chase and his team of tigers who took my case and got me the solution I and my family needed. I have no plans to be in this position again but if I were, I would hire Eric again without delay.

I hired Mr. Chase just over two years ago when I became aware I was the target of a federal investigation. It goes without saying but obviously this was a time of great distress for my family and I. While nothing will completely subside the anguish that comes from criminal prosecution, having Eric ...in my corner did put my mind at ease. He was there for me every step of the way and I believe that if not for him I would have been facing a much stiffer penalty than I received. Avoiding jail time really was not an option for my offense but Eric put me in a position to reduce my time significantly. The U.S. attorney was originally not receptive to working out a deal but Eric pushed for me and eventually I ended up being able to tell my side of the story. While I was guilty of a crime this did eliminate a few charges that I was not guilty of and if not for Mr. Chase's persistence, those charges would have stuck. Even at my sentencing, Eric had to pull out all the stops. Despite having a plea agreement in place, the judge seemed hellbent on using a faulty probation report as his guideline. This would essentially double my sentence and then some. It was looking grim and I was sweating bullets. Then Eric really went to work for me. Honestly, it was the first time I witnessed his work first hand and I was impressed and thankful. It wasn't easy but I ended up being sentenced in line with the plea agreement. It looked like I would get five years but in the end, I only got two. And who knows how many it would have been without Mr. Chase. Overall, I couldn't really ask for much more. He always took my calls, he was always upfront and honest with me and he never made me feel like just another dollar sign. My family and I will forever be appreciative of his efforts and I can't thank him enough. Hopefully I will never need him again but if I do, he will certainly be my first call.