White Plains, New York based trial lawyers Clinton W. Calhoun, III, Kerry A. Lawrence, and Andrew D. Kaizer have extensive experience in all areas of criminal law, as well as corporate compliance and regulatory enforcement. The firm's reputation for success in white collar criminal defense and death penalty litigation attracts clients from around the state, and its compliance and regulatory practice attracts national and international clients. Its lawyers are also sought after in complex civil and commercial litigations.

Cases Involving Government Agencies
Calhoun & Lawrence is known statewide as the go-to firm for individuals and companies facing matters involving government agencies -- including the FBI, IRS, and Drug Enforcement Administration. It handles cases involving the Attorney General's Office and the various United States Attorney's and District Attorney's Offices. The firm also represents those charged in cases involving the New York State Police and local police departments, such as DWI and drug crimes. Extending more broadly, the firm also handles national and, increasingly, international issues involving securities and commodities enforcement – including the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and foreign banking and investment prosecutors/regulators – as well as anti-corruption compliance under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.K. Bribery Act, etc.

Complex, Sensitive Cases
The firm regularly represents clients at every level of the state and federal courts in complex, highly sensitive matters. In both criminal and civil matters entrusted to it, the firm has succeeded in advancing the interests of and achieving the best possible results for its clients.

Former Senior Prosecutors and Deep Defense Experience On Your Side
Clinton Calhoun and Kerry Lawrence are former prosecutors who held senior positions in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York or in the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney's Office. Andrew Kaizer has more than twenty-five years of experience as a white collar defense attorney with particular corporate governance/compliance and securities/commodities trading and regulatory expertise. Their familiarity with the perspectives, procedures, and decision-making processes of those offices enables them to develop effective strategies for resolving matters favorably, sometimes avoiding charges altogether. As a result, some of the firm's greatest successes are those where its clients were subjects of criminal or regulatory investigations but were never arrested or prosecuted. A comprehensive knowledge of the criminal and regulatory laws and an understanding of the interaction between prosecutors and federal, state, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies are what these lawyers bring to the table.

Exemplary Service, Extraordinary Results
In cases where a trial is sought or is unavoidable, the firm’s partners have a reputation for delivering a complete and vigorous defense and extraordinary results. They represent clients through all stages of criminal and enforcement litigation, including applications for release on bail, pretrial proceedings and the plea bargaining process, and trials and appeals. The firm also represents victims and witnesses subpoenaed to testify or to produce documents in the grand jury or in court and people who are the subjects or targets of criminal and grand jury investigations.

A Leading Law Firm
Martindale-Hubbell, the nation's oldest and most respected attorney rating entity, reports that the firm's partners have been highly rated by their attorney peers. The "A" rating recognizes the firm's preeminent legal ability and professionalism. The "V" rating communicates "Very High" ethical standards. Calhoun & Lawrence is further distinguished by its inclusion in the New York Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in the areas of Criminal Trial Practice and White Collar Defense Practice, and membership in Litigation Counsel of America. If you want sound and honest representation and advice from lawyers who will leave no stone unturned to achieve the goal you seek, call the leading law firm of Calhoun & Lawrence in White Plains, NY at 914-946-5900.