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Sentencing Services
BEEN CONVICTED? PLEAD GUILTY? NOT SURE HOW TO SECURE A LOWER SENTENCE THAN THE GOVERNMENT IS RECOMMENDING? NLPA HAS HAD SUCCESS FOR YEARS IN DOING THIS! CONTACT US TODAY TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP!
If you are currently seeking assistance in the sentencing stage of a case, we have two different levels of assistance that we can provide:
- Preliminary Sentencing Assistance (PSA)
- Full Sentencing Services (FSA)
PRELIMINARY SENTENCING ASSISTANCE:
The first level (Preliminary Sentencing Assistance) involves NLPA helping to keep you and your family advised as to what is happening in your case and liaison with you and your family on many very important aspects of preparing for your sentencing. Once hired to assist, we will assign you a case manager who will be your main contact throughout our assistance. In this way we can ensure that your case is being handled by a person who is familiar with your unique situation and can provide the specific assistance which you need. As your attorney is busy researching, drafting, and preparing your case, NLPA can serve a supporting role to enhance communication as well as provide you with important information to discuss with your lawyer that could help reduce your sentence significantly.
We will provide information covering all aspects of the sentencing stage including: learning of and understand the many downward departures for which you may qualify, preparing a strong defense, your checklist for pre-sentencing release or bond, understanding the Pre-Sentence Investigation Report (PSI) and the objections that may be available, alternative sentencing programs, character references, any many more. This service can be provided directly to defendants. FULL SENTENCING ASSISTANCE:
Full Sentencing Assistance can be offered if your attorney is willing to receive NLPA's assistance. We can explain to your counsel how NLPA's attorneys can assist the defense team as you prepare for sentencing. If your counsel agrees to include NLPA in the legal arm of your defense team, we can then also focus our assistance to the research and consulting that will directly impact your case. In additional to providing the Preliminary Sentencing Assistance to you, this assistance, would also include the drafting of any objections to your PSI Report, a detailed sentencing memorandum to address downward departures and alternative sentencing programs, and the like.
Once contracted, your Case Manager will also provide you with information concerning any new activity on your case as it develops with respect to dates scheduled and various orders that may be issued. This will also help aid in your understanding of what is happening in your case in order that you may discuss with your attorney proper strategy for your specific case. In this way you can ensure that you are "in the know".
"Knowledge is Power"
IF YOU HAVE TO SERVE TIME, MAKE SURE YOUR SENTENCE IS SERVED SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO YOUR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES!
An additional service we can provide addresses a defendant's concern as to the facility chosen for their term of incarceration (Institutional Designation). For federal defendants who, after sentencing, will be housed in the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) it is important to understand that the BOP has facilities throughout the United States. Further, as a federal inmate, there is no guarantee that any inmate will be housed in a facility in the same location as his case. For many federal defendants, after they are sentenced they are designated somewhere clear across the country and too far away for their families to visit as often as they would like. Whether a defendant is camp eligible, appropriate for a minimum security designation, or are incorrectly burdened with a public safety factor, NLPA is experienced to examine these issues. For this service NLPA will review the custody classification, location of the defendant's family (in order to ensure the easiest visitation method), and any other pertinent factors to select a facility designation. We can prepare the written request prior to the sentencing of first choice (and in some cases a "back up" choice) facility as to where the defendant wishes to be designated supported by your own personal data and corrections classification. We cannot make miracles happen on where you ultimately are assigned, but we can provide a strong case as to where the defendant should be designated for incarceration. Included in this service is information as to what to expect when you go from county jail residence to the State or Federal Prison System. Regardless of the charges for which you have been convicted, NLPA’s team of knowledgeable staff is ready and able to assist!
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