Miami Corporate and Business Criminal Defense Attorney
A grand jury subpoena landed on your desk. Or a letter from the SEC. Maybe an auditor flagged something, or a colleague mentioned that federal agents had been asking questions. Whatever brought you here, you’re probably reading this before you’ve told a single person — not your team, maybe not even your spouse. And the two questions running on a loop are these: am I actually a target, or just a witness? And who can I trust with something this big? The first real job of a defense lawyer isn’t to intimidate anyone. It’s to tell you, in plain terms, exactly where you stand.
When the Investigation Reaches You
Most of the people we hear from at this stage have never been in trouble before. That’s part of what makes it so disorienting. One day you’re running a business or building a career, and the next you’re trying to figure out what a grand jury subpoena means, or why the Department of Justice sent an inquiry, or what an SEC letter is really asking for. We defend both individuals and companies in these situations, and the starting point is always the same: understanding what’s happening and what your exposure looks like before anyone reacts. You don’t have to have all the answers yet. That’s what we’re here to sort out with you.
Business Crimes We Defend in Miami
People often arrive unsure whether their situation even has a name yet. It usually does, and matching your circumstances to the right defense starts with knowing the categories. Our practice covers a wide range of white-collar and business criminal matters, including:
- Fraud cases — credit card, insurance, mortgage, tax, and wire fraud
- Embezzlement, often involving someone in a position of financial trust
- Money laundering allegations tied to how funds moved
- Bribery and corruption charges
- Insider trading and securities fraud
- Corporate regulatory violations
- Racketeering and RICO cases
Each of these carries its own stakes. A mortgage fraud accusation against a lending professional looks nothing like an embezzlement claim against a company officer, and a securities case pulls in a very different set of concerns than a regulatory violation. What matters is that we’ve handled the categories, and we take the time to understand which one actually fits what you’re dealing with — and, just as often, which parts of the accusation don’t fit at all.
SEC, DOJ, and Grand Jury Representation
Here’s something a lot of people don’t realize: you can have a lawyer involved long before any charge exists. If you’ve received a grand jury subpoena, or you’re facing an SEC inquiry, or the DOJ has opened a matter that touches you, that investigative phase is exactly when good counsel makes the biggest difference. Our corporate criminal defense litigation practice includes representation before the SEC, in DOJ matters, and in grand jury proceedings. That means you don’t have to wait to be indicted to have someone in your corner. What you say, what you produce, and how you respond during an investigation can shape everything that comes after it — and having a defense lawyer guiding those decisions from the start is far better than trying to unwind them later.
If you’ve received something official and you’re not sure what to do next, call us at (305) 315-5147 before you respond to anyone.
Federal Charges and IRS Investigations
Some of these cases start with the IRS — a tax audit that stopped feeling routine, or a demand for financial records that raised the stakes without warning. Our federal criminal defense work includes representation in federal court against IRS investigations, covering charges like tax evasion, wire fraud, and money laundering. Our practice runs from state-level matters all the way through complex federal cases, so if your situation moved into federal territory, that’s familiar ground for us. If the agency knocking on your door is the IRS, we know what that kind of investigation involves and how to stand between it and you.
The Attorneys Behind Your Defense
You’re trusting someone with your career, your reputation, and possibly your freedom, so it’s fair to want to know exactly who that is. Robert M. Erickson earned his law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law — formerly The John Marshall Law School — and his bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College. During his studies he clerked for a prominent Chicago criminal defense firm, and he’s been in private practice handling both state and federal criminal defense since 2014. He partners with Luis E. Reynoso, and together they form the core of our trial team. When you work with us, you’re working directly with the attorneys who will carry your case — not a name on the door and a rotating cast behind it.
If you’ve read this far, you already know the situation calls for a real conversation — quietly, and soon. We serve clients across Miami and Miami-Dade from our North Miami office, from Aventura and Miami Beach to Hialeah and Coral Gables, and we understand that discretion matters as much as strategy when your name and your business are on the line. Reach us at (305) 315-5147 to talk through where you stand and what comes next. One clear conversation is often the difference between reacting out of fear and moving forward with a plan.
Call us at (305) 315-5147