Most lawyers think obtaining a good trial result is the hard part, but in some cases there is a whole additional chapter to achieving justice and compensation for injured clients. Once the trial result becomes a judgment, and the judgment is recorded against the defendant, the next step is personally serving the judgment debtor with notice of a debtor’s exam. … Read More
Compassionate Release Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) – an Escape Hatch for Federal Prisoners
When Congress passed criminal justice reforms in the form of the First Step Act (Pub. L. 115-391) in 2018, no one could have foreseen its effect on federal prisoners in the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Before the First Step Act passed, the Bureau of Prisons (typically the warden of a federal prison) could bring a motion to reduce a term … Read More