Experienced Birmingham Defense Attorneys for Nationwide Financial Crimes
On the heels of Enron, HealthSouth and similar scandals, prosecution of white collar crimes became a major focus of state and federal law enforcement. In the wake of the foreclosure crisis and the collapse of the Bernie Madoff investment scheme, those agencies are more focused than ever on rooting out fraud.
Few law firms are equipped to withstand the massive government resources thrown at these cases. Birmingham, AL law firm Parkman, Adams & White is available nationwide for defense of financial crime allegations. Criminal defense lawyers Jim Parkman, Martin Adams and William White bring more than 50 years of combined experience to your case.
Contact us immediately if you have been arrested or even questioned in connection with such a probe. Our early involvement has often resulted in dismissals and avoidance of damaging publicity.
A National Reputation in White Collar Defense
Jim Parkman successfully represented former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy in one of the largest fraud trials in U.S. history, the first prosecution under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. That high-profile case is only the tip of the iceberg of hundreds of federal white collar cases handled by the attorneys of Parkman, Adams & White:
- Health care fraud — Medicaid/Medicare billing, kickbacks
- Securities fraud — insider trading, Ponzi schemes, broker fraud
- Corporate embezzlement and accounting fraud
- Public corruption — bribes, abuse of position
- Mortgage fraud and bank fraud
- Large-scale identity theft and stolen credit card rings
- Major charity scams and consumer frauds
When authorities cannot solidly connect their target to the alleged fraud, they commonly charge other federal crimes which nonetheless carry hard prison time upon conviction. Parkman, Adams & White is adept at countering such charges as:
- Mail fraud and wire fraud
- Tax evasion
- Perjury or obstruction of justice
- Money laundering
• See our White Collar Crime Information Center
Before, During and After
Our sophistication in the arena of white collar crime has enabled us to negotiate with prosecutors pre-indictment to avoid grand jury proceedings and formal charges. Even before that stage, we have been hired to conduct internal investigations to ferret out criminal conduct of individuals and assess the corporation's civil exposure.
We understand that careers and prison time are at stake. Our goal is dismissal of charges or acquittal at trial, and hard bargaining when plea negotiation is the best recourse. Jim Parkman and his partners also have a successful record in federal criminal appeals of a conviction or upward departure at sentencing.
We practice in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Contact us if you have been indicted, arrested, subpoenaed, contacted by authorities or even suspect you are under investigation for a white collar crime.
