Colorado Supreme Court determined that Donald Trump cannot be on the primary ballot. The case is now headed to the Supreme Court where justices are almost certain to overturn Colorado and keep Donald Trump on the ballot for the 2024 presidential election primary.

In SEC v. Jarkesy the future of the federal administrative system is at issue. Jarkesy, a hedge fund manager, appears before the Supreme Court to argue that a jury trial is required before SEC and administrative agency fines. He also argues that removal protections for administrative judges is unconstitutional.

First Amendment protections in federal criminal cases have a long history of spirited litigation. The Supreme Court has delivered mixed results in federal criminal cases. Learn about first amendment defenses from winning federal criminal defense attorney Ronald W Chapman II. 

A post Ruan challenge heads to the Supreme Court. Convicted of unlawful prescribing, Dr. Roger Dale Anderson heads to the Supreme Court after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals stuck down his request to apply Supreme Court Precedent. Federal Criminal Appellate Attorney Ronald W. CHAPMAN II represents Anderson in asking the Supreme Court to affirm its 2022 decision and grant a new trial.

SEC v. Jarkesy is one of the most important administrative cases to come before the Supreme Court in decades. When the Federal Administrative Law Judge’s Conference wished to weigh in on this important matter they turned to Ronald W. Chapman II and Matthew Pelcowitz of Chapman Law Group’s Supreme Court Practice Group.

Legal scholars are beginning to argue that former President Donald Trump cannot be convicted in Jack Smith’s January 6th federal indictment because the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution prevents a trial after an acquittal of the same offense. Federal Defense Attorney Ronald W. Chapman II breaks down this legal argument to see if Trump’s double jeopardy claim has merit.

Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Ronald W. Chapman II explains Trump’s Fulton County Booking procedures that he hand the other 19 defendants can expect to face.

Dr. Loey Kousa a Paintsville Kentucky Doctor was acquitted of all nine counts in a federal indictment which included drug distribution, healthcare fraud, and healthcare false statements. He was represented by healthcare fraud defense attorney Ronald W. Chapman II and Matthew Pelcowitz of the Chapman Law Group. This is the fourth healthcare fraud and opioid acquittal this year for Defense Attorney Ronald W. Chapman II.

When facing healthcare fraud charges your career, reputation and freedom is on the line. For this nationally known Rheumatologist who was facing a healthcare fraud investigation, the battle was over before it started. Cleared of all potential charges he can resume practice unimpeded by the Department of Justice.

Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax violations and will receive pre-trial diversion for a federal gun charge. Was this a sweetheart deal? What is pre-trial diversion and when is it offered? Federal criminal defense attorney Ronald W. Chapman II sits down with Scripps news to discuss.

In Jones v. Hendrix the Supreme Court barred the use of a 2241 petition to avoid the prohibition on successive 2255 petitions where there was a subsequent change in statutory interpretation. This causes a major hurdle for defendants where there is a subsequent change in the law post conviction and a defendant is still in custody.

Donald Trump has been indicted and here is everything you want to know. Will Trump go to jail? Where will the case be tried? What are the charges? Federal criminal defense attorney Ronald W. Chapman II breaks down the charges.

Federal criminal defense attorney Ronald W. Chapman II secured dismissal of 20 year mandatory minimum death charges for a Georgia Doctor - Thomas Sachy. Dr. Sachy walked out of court a free man after beating charges that he unlawfully distributed drugs and ran a pill mill leading to the death of two patients.

The unlawful retention and dissemination is a serious offense often earning defendants significant jail time. Jack Teixeira a National Guard Airman was charged with two counts under the Espionage Act for disclosing classified material on a discord server. He has not yet been charged with treason which could land him a jail sentence of life.

Since United States Watts Federal district courts have used acquitted conduct at sentencing to increase the guidelines of a federal defendant over the objection of a federal criminal defense attorney. Soon, the doctrine will be eviscerated either by the Supreme Court of the United States or the United States Sentencing Commission or both.

Banks created a boneheaded fraud scheme that was unsuccessful. This didn’t stop the government from securing a 104 month sentence based on his “intended” amount of fraud. The 3rd Circuit disagreed with the Government finding that the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines clearly relate to the “actual” loss and not the intended loss.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the improper handling of classified records by President Joe Biden. Robert Hur was appointed to investigate the existence of records at Biden’s office and his home. Donald Trump is also under Special Counsel investigation for the same conduct after the DOJ found 184 records in his Florida Home.