WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE
Dwyer & Collora, LLP's white collar criminal practice is one of the largest in New England; the firm’s lawyers have represented corporations and individuals in most of the major federal and state business investigations and prosecutions conducted in New England over the past two decades.
Drawing on their diverse experiences as former prosecutors, large firm practitioners and law clerks, lawyers in Dwyer & Collora, LLP's criminal law practice help clients navigate their way through an increasingly complex and dangerous process. Clients often retain the firm when they first learn they are under investigation. During that stage, the attorneys devote their efforts to monitoring the government's investigation as well as investigating and confronting the government's theories, all with a view to mustering every available defense to a prosecution.
When necessary, Dwyer & Collora, LLP negotiates resolutions that maximize the clients' best interests, often including civil resolutions of criminal investigations or probationary sentences. The firm's lawyers also vigorously defend their clients at trial and on appeal, priding themselves on the energy, creativity and commitment they bring to each case. Many of the firm's greatest victories are the ones no one ever hears about - the many instances in which Dwyer & Collora, LLP has succeeded in convincing the government to conclude an investigation without bringing charges against the firm's clients.
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