Criminal Defense

Federal Criminal Defense

Fed­er­al rep­re­sen­ta­tion may in­volve a gov­ern­ment in­quiry, a sub­poe­na, a charg­ing de­ci­sion, de­ten­tion, or the pros­e­cu­tion it­self. The firm eval­u­ates the gov­ern­ment’s al­le­ga­tions against the ev­i­dence and the ap­pli­ca­ble law, then de­vel­ops the re­sponse through in­ves­ti­ga­tion, dis­cov­ery re­view, mo­tion prac­tice, and tri­al prepa­ra­tion.

New York Criminal Defense

The firm ac­cepts crim­i­nal mat­ters in New York City and on Long Is­land, in­clud­ing Nas­sau and Suf­folk coun­ties. The ini­tial as­sess­ment ad­dress­es the charges or in­quiry, the court in­volved, the pro­ce­dur­al pos­ture, and any im­me­di­ate ap­pear­ance or dead­line.

Decisions in the Case

A client’s de­ci­sions about a crim­i­nal mat­ter re­quire a con­sid­ered as­sess­ment of ex­po­sure, the strength of the ev­i­dence, avail­able chal­lenges, and the im­pli­ca­tions of tri­al or a ne­go­ti­at­ed res­o­lu­tion. Coun­sel’s re­spon­si­bil­i­ty in­cludes ex­plain­ing those choic­es and the ba­sis for the ad­vice giv­en.

Custody, Detention & Prison Conditions

The firm rep­re­sents clients in mat­ters con­cern­ing cus­tody and con­di­tions of con­fine­ment. McBride’s work has in­volved jails and pris­ons in New York, Wash­ing­ton, D.C., Vir­ginia, and Flor­i­da, in­clud­ing chal­lenges in­volv­ing the Fed­er­al Bu­reau of Pris­ons, war­dens, and oth­er cor­rec­tion­al of­fi­cials. McBride’s work in­cludes fil­ing habeas cor­pus pe­ti­tions and mo­tions for com­pas­sion­ate re­lease.