For the past year and a half, Alan Ellis has interviewed almost two dozen federal judges, discussing with them their philosophies on and advice for lawyers representing clients at federal sentencing. Mr. Ellis saw a pattern across the viewpoints of the judges: they are not getting the information they need during the sentencing phase of a case. Some of the themes and advice that emerged from those interviews are shared in this article published in The Federal Lawyer (September 2017).
What Federal Judges Want to Know at Sentencing
By Alan Ellis