When the FBI Comes Calling…®

WHEN THE FBI COMES CALLING…^® IN THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Let's say that you live in the District of Columbia, and are charged with a federal crime. McNabb Associates is limited to matters and proceedings before federal courts and agencies. Federal law is consistent throughout the nation. Whether a member of the firm walks into a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C., Santa Ana, California, Orlando, Florida, or Grand Rapids, Michigan, the federal statutes, rules of procedure and rules of evidence are the same. For instance, the local law regarding securities fraud in California is perhaps different from that found in the District of Columbia, but the federal law is the same.

If you live in the District of Columbia, and are charged with a crime, how do you know if you are facing federal charges? If you have appeared in the Superior Court of D.C., then you are facing what elsewhere would be considered state charges. If instead you have appeared in the United States District Court, District of Columbia, then you are facing federal charges. If you do not know the name of the court in which you will appear, you may also make a determination based on the type of crime you have been charged with.

The firm suggests that if you are under investigation, or have been charged, by the United States Government with having committed a federal crime, you may be better served with a firm that only handles federal criminal cases.