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“[O]ne of this country’s pre-eminent criminal defense lawyers.”

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

“A nationally-recognized expert in federal criminal sentencing.”

Robert S. Mueller, III, Special Counsel (then Chief, Criminal Division, Department of Justice)

“A sentencing expert.”

Gordon Zubrod, former Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

“He works incredibly hard for his client. He constantly and graciously has his teeth sunk into your leg. I’ve never met anyone who I’ve respected as a prosecutor who has had low opinion of him.”

Verdict Magazine

“The go-to guy in America for Federal Sentencing if you’re in deep trouble.”

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“[T]he best in the business.”

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“…I don’t want you to leave the witness stand without my thanking you for your efforts in writing the [Federal Prison Guidebook], which is a guidebook to the federal prison and which I refer to often when someone suggests a particular institution, I think it’s a fine source of up-to-date information.

Ravi Sinha, Trial Attorney – Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, June 2015

“One of the foremost sentencing experts in America.”

Ephraim Margolin, Past President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer

“He’s a dynamo. He’s very well organized.”

Michael Bender – The Recorder

“He doesn’t have a huge ego and doesn’t think he’s God’s gift to elocution.”

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