Contact the Hedding Law Firm
Firstly, our team members are well-versed in criminal law, with years of experience in assisting individuals like you. They are ready to guide you through the process and connect you with me or one of my attorneys, who have a proven track record in handling criminal cases similar to yours in the relevant jurisdiction.
When you contact us, we're trying to get you in so we can sit down and talk to you and develop a game plan. That's probably the most important thing to do in a federal criminal case.
Instead of feeling lost or anxious, it's crucial to take a proactive stance and work with us to develop a strategy. You've reached out to us for a reason, and we're here to guide you through this process.
That's why we have you come in, we sit down, and then you give us all the details related to your case.
Reviewing The Details of Your Federal Case
I think it's important to give a fair accounting of those details when you provide those details. Don't just give a one-sided slanted account of what happened.
Of course, give your version of events, but also give the version that got you arrested in the first place. A lot of people will come in and tell me their story, and I'll look at them and say, "I don't understand why you got arrested based on what you just told me."
You didn't do anything wrong, and they say that's right; I didn't do anything wrong. But you are arrested. You do have a case pending. You've contacted us for a reason, so now let's get down to the nitty-gritty of exactly what happened in your case. Give it to me from the police's standpoint.
Give it to me from the prosecutor's standpoint. Give it to me from the alleged victim's standpoint. Then we can at least flush out and see what they're claiming that you did wrong. Then we're now in a position to put a strategy together, put a plan together, and get your version of events out there in such a way that you can end up with the best possible results.
Not all of these cases are the same. Sometimes, people are guilty. They've done something wrong, and we need to mitigate the circumstances to get the best result.
Sometimes, people are innocent. They didn't do anything wrong, and for one reason or another, they find themselves on the wrong end of the law. Then, there's a third scenario where even though they're accusing somebody of something, it didn't happen exactly that way. In other words, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
So, when you contact us, the first thing we'll do is get you in or discuss the case with you over the phone.
I do that all the time as well. Then we're going to start to talk about what we can do moving forward that's going to get you out of the criminal justice system as soon as possible, that's going to get your case resolved, that's going to protect your record, that's going to protect your rights, your freedom and everything important to you — your career, your family.
We get this plan together by first laying all the facts out on the table so that we can see exactly what happened. Then, we have to talk about potential solutions related to your matter—what makes sense for you and what's realistic.
Realistic Assessment of Your Case for Best Outcome
If you're charged with a federal crime, you won't be released immediately and then sent an apology letter. They'll take the case seriously.
So, we have to be realistic about what we're seeking. Once we have an agreement in that first contact meeting as to exactly how we're going to handle the case, we can then discuss our goals related to the case.
Now, everything really seems to fit into place. You'll feel a lot more comfortable and a lot more in control of your circumstances because you'll know what the goal is, what your role is to achieve that goal, and what I'm going to do to get you the result that you must have.
Then, we can move forward in a powerful direction — everybody on the same page, everybody moving towards the same goal. And that extra weight of more than one person working on a goal, trying to achieve a goal, is going to put us in the best possible position.
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