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Exploring Real-World Fraud Investigation with NiaLena Caravasos

Introduction: The Reality Behind TV’s Glamorized Fraud Investigations Federal criminal defense and white-collar crime lawyer, NiaLena Caravasos, was recently interviewed by forensic accountant and fellow Wharton School alumnus, David Anderson. Their discussion, titled “Why Aren’t You as Good as the Fraud Investigators on TV?”, delves into the disparities between television fiction and real-world fraud investigations. […]

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Featured on the Cover and Cover Story of the “Super Lawyers” 20th Anniversary Edition

NiaLena Caravasos is incredibly honored to be featured on the Cover of the special 20th year anniversary edition of the Super Lawyers Magazine along with other very accomplished and esteemed colleagues, including Tom Kline and Bob Mongeluzzi and Anna Durbin and Bernard Smalley. In the Cover Story, NiaLena explained that “I do it my way, like Frank Sinatra, and I really don’t care […]

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Legal Advisor on Securities White Collar Fraud to Wharton MBA Class

Nationally recognized Philadelphia federal criminal defense and white collar crime attorney NiaLena Caravasos is honored to have been invited once again back to her alma mater, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, to speak as a legal advisor to a class of Wharton students who have held executive positions in the financial industry and other areas of the business world for […]

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Recognized as Best of the Best … Named in “Top 100 Pennsylvania” and “Top 100 Philadelphia” and “Top 50” Women Super Lawyers

Federal and white collar criminal defense lawyer recognized internationally among “Inspirational People,” NiaLena Caravasos, is incredibly honored to be heralded as the Best of the Best and named once again for the 3rd year in both the “Top 100 Pennsylvania” Super Lawyers and the “Top 100” Philadelphia Super Lawyers among female and male colleagues in all practice areas throughout the state. Most of […]

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NiaLena Caravasos Taps Into “The Art of War” In Teaching Penn Law And Wharton MBA Students

Nationally recognized Philadelphia federal criminal defense and white collar crime attorney NiaLena Caravasos was invited once again back to her alma mater, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, to serve as legal advisor to joint Penn Law and Wharton MBA students preparing to successfully negotiate a settlement or proceed to litigation in a matter alleging securities and financial […]

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NiaLena Caravasos Featured Internationally Among “Inspirational People”

Philadelphia-based and nationally recognized federal criminal defense and white collar crime attorney NiaLena Caravasos was recently selected in 2021 by an international non-profit organization featuring “Inspirational People” globally, including business leaders, professors, Nobel prize winners, Olympic gold medalists, and other such accomplished individuals. NiaLena is honored and humbled not only at her selection but also […]

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Confinement: It’s All About Perspective

Federal sentencings may never be the same again. The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has forever changed our world in ways that we already know and in ways that we cannot even yet begin to contemplate. As most of us are under stay-at-home orders, we feel increasingly confined and separated from our normal routines and the people […]

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NiaLena Caravasos Quoted on Competitive Advantage Through Client Experience

NiaLena Caravasos Interviewed and Quoted in the Thomson Reuters White Paper Entitled “FROM ONE-STAR SERVICE TO FIVE-STAR OPPORTUNITY: How Law Firms Can Create a Competitive Advantage Through Client Experience” Although the issue of client satisfaction is not a new concept, Thomson Reuters is on the cutting edge of its timely analysis of what this means in our online world where the need for […]

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NiaLena Caravasos Interviewed and Quoted in the Thomson Reuters Article Entitled “Solve your firm’s pricing and payment collection problems”

Putting its own spin on value, Thomson Reuters reevaluates the well-known concept that “you get what you pay for” and the fact that consumers want to feel good about where they’re spending their hard-earned money. Although most law firms traditionally subscribe to the concept of hourly billing, NiaLena Caravasos, a federal criminal defense and white collar crime […]

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NiaLena Caravasos Interviewed and Quoted in The Guardian Article Entitled “US prison sentences could vary by up to 63% depending on judge – study”

The Guardian is on the cutting edge of the hot topic recently addressed in a study by the U.S. Sentencing Commission which found that the length of a defendant’s sentence could swing widely nationwide and even within the same city depending upon the judge hearing the case in federal court. Philadelphia was the city with the largest discrepancy, […]