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Invoking Your Right to an Attorney When You Are Arrested by Federal Authorities

People commonly think that when you are arrested the process is that the police make an arrest locally, it goes to a local precinct, you call an attorney, you contact the precinct, you tell them don’t speak to my client, that’s the end of the story and now you’re not concerned, because your son, your

Defending Trafficking of Child Pornography Charges in Federal Court

Hello, my name is Glen Obedin and I am a criminal defense attorney. I specialize in federal criminal defense work. I want to discuss a delicate subject right now, but something that unfortunately I do represent a lot of clients on in federal court and that’s possession or trafficking of child pornography. Now that’s a

Federal RICO Statute – Organized and Gang Related Crimes Defense

My name is Glen Obedin. I’m a criminal defense attorney and I specialize in federal criminal defense and I’d like to talk to you for a few moments about something that a lot of people have heard of but may not understand exactly what it is and that’s the Federal RICO Statute. The RICO Statute

Narcotics Arrest in Federal Court vs. State Court

Suffolk County criminal defense lawyer Glenn Obedin discusses the differences between a narcotics arrest and charge in the Federal system as opposed to the State system. Most people are versed in what happens when you are arrested in state court on a narcotics charge, but it’s quite different in the federal system. The first main

Attorney Profile: Glenn Obedin

Suffolk County criminal defense attorney Glenn Obedin discusses how he got started in criminal defense law and his main area of practice which is defending people accused of and/or arrested for committing federal crimes. Born and raised in New York, I graduated from law school, Benjamin Cordoza Law School in Manhattan in 1987, began working

Defending a Federal Drug Trafficking Crime

There are many differences between defending a Federal Drug Trafficking crime, as opposed to a New York State Drug crime. The most important being that the federal law makes no distinction between the crimes of sale or possession.  Any defendant charged as part of a federal drug trafficking conspiracy falls under the same section of