FIRM PROFILE
Federal Defense Associates advises defense counsel and their clients throughout the United States. The Firm specializes in pre-plea, sentencing and post-conviction issues, including an extensive Bureau of Prisons advocacy practice.
EXCLUSIVELY ENGAGED IN ADVISING DEFENSE COUNSEL IN ALL CIRCUITS
- pre-indictment and plea agreement strategies
- sentencing guideline application and impact - 3553(a) sentence mitigation
- early release & parole (where applicable)
- issues regarding post conviction relief
- probation and supervised release matters
- fines, penalties and restitution
- post-supervision enforcement matters
- restoration of civil rights
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS ADVOCACY
- policies & procedures
- designation recommendations & transfers
- security & custody classification
- inmate financial responsibility program (IFRP)
- community programs
- administrative remedy procedures
- disciplinary appeals
- international prisoner treaty transfers
- foia/privacy act & tort claims
Howard Kieffer is the Executive Director of Federal Defense Associates. Mr. Kieffer regularly advises defense counsel and their clients throughout the United States on matters involving federal Bureau of Prisons. He is an expert on Bureau of Prisons Advocacy, the policies and procedures of the BOP and speaks regularly on related topics. He has often served on the faculty of training seminars, programs and conferences and also provides representation in old law parole proceedings on a national basis and advises criminal defense lawyers on sentencing and guideline issues, plea agreement strategies, institution and sentence computation issues, as well as post conviction, restitution and related matters. He is not a member of the State Bar of California and does not practice in state courts.
Mr. Kieffer is a contributing author to the Matthew Bender publication entitled, "Federal Sentencing for Business Crimes" and he is the founder and Moderator/Editor of BOPWatch, an internet based listserv with over 1,500 subscribers (many of whom are very experienced and widely respected federal criminal practitioners), located at: http://www.BOPWatch.org. BOPWatch is operated as a watchdog group, news and informational exchange regarding the policies, practices and procedures of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and related issues - such as guidelines, sentencing and supervision/ex-offender matters.
The internet listserv BOPWatch is located at: http://www.BOPWatch.org.
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Federal Defense Associates
Santa Ana, California
Phone 714-836-6031
Facsimile 714-543-5890
email info@dcounsel.com
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