For The Best Federal Criminal Defense, Follow "The Road Not Taken." — Robert Frost
Philadelphia federal criminal defense and white collar crime attorney, NiaLena Caravasos, is extremely honored not only to have been selected once again among the “Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyers” by the American Society of Legal Advocates, but also to have been recognized in this manner as one of the Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyers in […]
Court-imposed internet restrictions and their application to criminal defendants used to be a non-issue. In the past few months, though, the U.S. Supreme Court in Packingham v. North Carolina unanimously invalidated a state law banning registered sex offenders from accessing websites that could facilitate direct communications with minors. Although the majority opinion and concurrence appears […]
Under the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Justice had decided to gradually end its use of private federal prisons due to the fact that inmates being housed there while serving sentences following federal criminal convictions were being physically abused, denied medical care, and forced to endure inhumane living conditions while corporations such as Corrections […]
Federal criminal defense lawyer, NiaLena Caravasos, is very honored at her selection by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys (AIOCLA) in 2016 as one of the 10 Best Attorneys in Pennsylvania for Client Satisfaction in the practice area of Criminal Defense.
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) has made available a paper entitled “Legislating Forgiveness: A Study of Post-Conviction Certificates as Policy to Address the Employment Consequences of a Conviction” and written by Heather Garretson, which addresses the fact that mass incarceration in America is creating an employment paradox that is the result of three facts […]
The Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections issued numerous recommendations last week to reform the federal criminal justice system in a large report entitled “Transforming Prisons, Restoring Lives.” A primary goal highlighted in the recommendations is focused on Federal Corrections sending fewer low-level drug offenders to federal prison and also sentencing offenders to far […]
“Heroin addiction sent me to prison. White privilege got me out and to the Ivy League.” This is the provocative headline of a piece in the Washington Post about a senior at Cornell University who was arrested for heroin possession. As an addict (a condition that began during a deep depression), he was muddling his […]
Prominent Female Legal Minds: Celebrating NiaLena Caravasos Among Top 50 Women Super Lawyers
July 10, 2024
“10 Best” Attorneys in PA for Client Satisfaction in Criminal Law
November 07, 2016
“Fellow”, Litigation Counsel of America
September 16, 2016
Lifetime Achievement Membership, “America’s Top 100 Attorneys“
March 01, 2017
