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Reduce Your Federal Prison Sentence

by Justin Paperny | Mar 14, 2021 | Blog, Justin Paperny

Our team at White Collar Advice is always grateful when a client chooses to share their story publicly. It is not easy speaking about federal sentencing, federal prison and all of the other collateral consequences that accompany a white collar crime…

How and Why Our Client Avoided Federal Prison

by Justin Paperny | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog, Justin Paperny

With the right planning, anyone can master federal prison. That said, I know the goal is to avoid going to federal prison at all . Today's video features a good friend and federal prison consulting client, Manny. Manny called me as soon as he left…

What Happens In Federal Prison

What Happens In Federal Prison?

by Justin Paperny | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog, Justin Paperny

During my lecture at The Marshall School of Business, I addressed the question, "What Happens In Federal Prison?". It is a fair question, I think. Our federal prison populations have exploded over the years. More people are curious about federal…

Federal Sentencing Hearing For A White Collar Crime

by Justin Paperny | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog, Justin Paperny

I attended a federal sentencing hearing in front of Judge David Carter at the United States Court House in Santa Ana, on February 25. The sentencing hearing began at 9am, then was continued to yesterday, March 2nd. I attended to support our…

The last blog post

by David Applegate | May 6, 2018 | Blog, David Applegate

Hi everyone! One last update before I sign off. I could not be happier with how everything is going in my life. Mr. Ken and I are closer than we have ever been. We will be celebrating our 35th anniversary this fall with a trip to northern Michigan…

A Christmas Miracle

by David Applegate | Dec 30, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate

A Christmas Miracle It is still completely unreal to me that I am home for the holidays! When I first surrendered to the federal prison camp at Taft in January 2015, one of the first things I did was try and figure out how many Christmases with…

Re-Entry Issues? Not Yet!

by David Applegate | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate

Our Colorful Mid-Century Living Room "Reentry" really could not be going any better! I am enjoying every aspect of daily life and am so incredibly grateful to be free and to be able to enjoy all the little things I missed while I was away. I know…

There's No Place Like Home!

by David Applegate | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate

Me and Mr. Ken! I'm home! I'm home! I'm home!!! I know many of those who receive my blog posts know that I was released on November 28 but I think it bears repeating, don't you? The last several days have been a whirlwind. You may recall that my…

Greetings From Oklahoma City!

by David Applegate | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog, David Applegate

Greetings from Oklahoma City! September 16, 2017 It has been a little over a month since I testified in Austin and I have only made it back to Oklahoma! I am writing this from the Bureau of Prisons transfer center at the Oklahoma City airport. This…