How to Hire a Criminal Defense Lawyer | Chapter 1
TL;DR: How to Hire a Criminal Defense Lawyer Without Getting Screwed The $500,000 Mistake: Why Most People Hire the Wrong Lawyer $500,000. […]
Federal Prison Sentence Calculator: How to Estimate Your Actual Release Date
If you or someone you love is facing federal prison time, the sentence the judge hands down is rarely the time actually […]
How to Deal With Difficult Lawyers
Preface: How to Deal With Difficult Lawyers: Silence, Neglect, and the Cost Four months after my daughter Alyssa was born in 2014, […]
Asset Engineering: The Brutal DOJ Narrative | Chapter 1
The Day the Narrative Was Written (and You Didn’t Write It) Asset engineering begins the day your story changes. Most people don’t […]
The Maze | Chapter 8
“The most dangerous decision you can make is deciding the ending before even attempting to improve it,” I told him. I was […]
The Barbarian | Chapter 7
“Dr. Sachs, may I speak directly?” I asked as we sat drinking coffee at the Coffee Bean in Calabasas. “Please,” he said—kind, […]
14 Sentencing Mistakes That Add Years to Your Sentence
When I walked into my first federal sentencing hearing in 2009, I thought I was watching a one-off. Instead, I watched a […]
How I Used “Dirty Prison Consultants” as My Excuse to Do Nothing | Chapter 6
Chapter Summary If you’re searching “federal prison consultant,” you’ve probably heard the same warning I used to repeat: dirty prison consultants scam […]
The 33 Strategies of War Meets Federal Sentencing: Lessons That Can Save You Years in Prison
Summary This article examines how human behavior under pressure—described in Robert Greene’s The 33 Strategies of War—mirrors the four biggest mistakes defendants […]
Federal Defendant Lessons: Part I Summary of Justin Paperny’s After the Fall
Summary: This Part I Summary of After the Fall covers the first five chapters and the essential federal sentencing lessons every defendant […]
Easier to Say Than Live: The Real Cost of Freedom After Federal Prison | Chapter 5
If you’re new here, After the Fall is the book I’ve been writing for sixteen years—one story at a time.Each chapter connects […]
Dodger’s Win!
Usually, I write in the evenings. But this week was Dodger baseball — priorities. For that reason, Chapter 5 of After the […]