FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASE SUCCESS STORIES

Valentin Rodriguez has successfully defended hundreds of persons accused of serious federal crimes, and has participated in numerous lengthy federal criminal trials.  While most cases do not proceed to trial, some do.  The successful representation may also require skillful negotiation for Plea Agreements, and for setting up cooperation agreements, which drastically reduce sentencing exposure.

Val has handled federal criminal cases for over 20 years and has handled well over 300 federal cases to completion. He originally joined a panel of the Criminal Justice Act in 1998 and has been assigned federal cases regularly since that time. He has successfully defended several clients in federal court on drug offense charges, resulting in acquittals and hung juries. He has handled all sorts of complex federal criminal cases, as well as appeals.

Val Rodriguez has also obtained favorable results in terms of mistrials when a federal jury has not been able to reach a verdict.

In terms of sentencing, Val Rodriguez has achieved remarkable results for lowered federal sentences under the Safety Valve (for narcotics cases involving first time offenders with no criminal record), and variances below the advisory guideline ranges.

In addition, Val Rodriguez has handled dozens of Rule 35 proceedings where federal prison sentences have been reduced drastically due to cooperation and substantial assistance.  In fact, some clients have had sentences reduced to time served, probation, or as much as 50% of the sentence reduced.

A list of all federal criminal case results is available for review.

Some recent examples of successful trials:

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JS Case
Federal

J.S. and all co-defendants were acquitted in 2000 of federal drug conspiracy charges when their wooden freighter that docked in the Port of Palm Beach for repairs was raided by Customs officers.  Found hidden in the boat was over 20 kilograms of power cocaine.  His defense was that he was a poor shipmate that had no knowledge of the hidden cocaine.

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Federal
MV Case
Federal

M.V. was acquitted in 2000 of all charges involving a federal conspiracy to traffick heroin.  His defense is that he was set up by a friend to be a drug courier when he did not have the intent to do so.

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Federal
JW Case
Federal

J.W. had his sentence reduced from 15.6 years to TIME SERVED once Val Rodriguez argued to a federal judge that a subsequent change in the law required a drastic re-sentencing for the defendant, who had previously been considered a career offender.

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Federal
HF Case
Federal

Henry Fecker was charged federally with 54 criminal counts, including conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses, money laundering, conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, and various obstruction of justice offenses relating to an alleged scheme to launder and conceal more than $15 million in proceeds derived from a Ponzi scheme that affected 30,000 victims. Mr. Fecker was acquitted of all 54 counts in February 2013, due to the hard work of Val Rodriguez, who had been appointed as private lawyer to defend Mr. Fecker. 

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