By: Daniel M. Purdom

The headline blares, "Local Politician Found Not Guilty!" Although you may seen an occational headline like this, most federal prosecutions result in conviction and under the new federal sentencing guidelines, a jail sentence.

This article focuses on the important initial stages of while collar criminal defense to alert the practitioner to some of the problmes and pitfalls that may confront a long-time client or corporation who becomes the subject of a federal grand jury investigation.

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Reprinted by permission. The DuPage County Bar Association grants permission to reprint/post all or part of the article entitled, "The Basics of White Collar Criminal Defense," by Daniel M. Purdom, from Volume 3 Issue 4, the December, 1991 edition of the DCBA Brief magazine. Copyright 1991, DCBA Brief, All Rights Reserved.

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