EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

This law firm was built on our reputation for caring deeply about our clients and fighting hard for people facing serious criminal charges. Tom Church have been recognized for many years as a top-tier lawyer by a variety of organizations, including as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, a Top 40 Under 40 Attorney by the National Trial Lawyers, and “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers. Our lawyers have guided our clients to acquittals at trial, pretrial dismissals, and favorable plea deals that avoid jail time or a felony conviction.

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We have successfully represented clients in federal and state criminal cases across the United States. Our firm has its principal office in Atlanta GA, and we frequently travel to other federal courts in other states to represent people in serious federal criminal cases.

Our experience:

Our results in serious criminal cases:

  • CHILD PORN CHARGES DISMISSED AFTER PROVING CLIENT’S INNOCENCE

    Our firm convinced prosecutors in Thomas County, Georgia to dismiss an indictment charging our innocent client with child pornography after our investigation proved that the images depicted adults.
    (State v. N.C.)

  • RACKETEERING (RICO) CHARGES AGAINST BUSINESS OWNER DISMISSED

    Our firm convinced prosecutors in Atlanta to dismiss a RICO indictment after we filed a Motion to Dismiss with the court. The case involved allegations of theft by deception and racketeering.
    (State v. S.F.)

  • WON INJUNCTIONS AGAINST SHERIFFS AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS STOPPING THEM FROM RAIDING HEMP BUSINESSES

    Our firm has helped vape stores and other businesses obtain injunctions against district attorneys and law enforcement officials who have threatened them with arrests for selling legal hemp products based on a misinterpretation of the law.
    (Sass Group v. State of Georgia, et al.); (The Shoppe v. Sheriff Sisk)

  • FORFEITURE OF CLIENT’S CAR IN DRUG CASE DISMISSED

    Our firm helped our client keep his car and cash, which the State was trying to seize, after convincing a judge in McDonough, Georgia to dismiss the forfeiture complaint against our client.
    (State v. J.M.)

  • FEDERAL CHARGES FOR VIOLATING IRAN SANCTIONS DISMISSED

    Our firm represented an Iranian biologist wrongfully charged with violating the Iran Sanctions in Atlanta, Georgia after she was arrested transporting stem cells to Iran. Our firm filed motions challenging the vague regulations she was charged with violating.
    (United States v. M.J.)

  • OBTAINED RELEASE FOR CLIENT SERVING LIFE IN PRISON

    Our firm won a motion for compassionate release for a client in New Orleans who was sentenced to life in prison for cocaine importation. We were able to show that our client was elderly and sick and that his sentence was excessive.
    (United States v. L.C.)

  • SENTENCE VACATED FOR CLIENT CONVICTED OF BRIBERY

    Our firm was able to get a client’s sentence overturned in a federal bribery case in Albany, Georgia after filing a motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255 and proving that the U.S. government breached the plea agreement with our client.
    (United States v. M.P.)

  • PROBATION FOR CLIENT CONVICTED OF CHILD PORN CHARGES

    Our firm obtained a sentence of probation for client convicted of possessing child pornography in New York City after filing detailed brief explaining the client’s mental health conditions and the link between autism and child porn offenses.
    (United States v. J.C.)

  • PROBATION IN FEDERAL THEFT OF MILITARY PROPERTY CASE

    Our firm convinced a federal judge in Columbus, Georgia to sentence our client to probation after he was convicted of stealing and selling military property from Fort Benning.
    (United States v. H.V.)

  • OBTAINED RELEASE FOR UNDOCUMENTED CLIENT CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING

    Our firm secured our undocumented client’s release from ICE custody in Atlanta, Georgia after he was charged with cocaine trafficking and initially denied bond.
    (State v. A.R.)

  • SENTENCE REDUCTION TO TIME SERVED FOR CLIENT SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

    Our firm persuaded a federal judge in Chicago to reduce our client’s sentence to probation after he was sentenced to 7 years, but before he had to turn himself in to begin his sentence,, after proving that our client’s medical conditions would leave him vulnerable in prison.
    (United States v. S.N.)

  • DISMISSAL FOR CLIENT CHARGED WITH BURGLARY

    Our firm obtained a dismissal for a young client charged with burglary and drug possession in Fulton County, Georgia.
    (State v. P.S.)

Recent Criminal Cases & News

February 25, 2024

Our Firm Defeats Sheriff and District Attorney’s Attempt to Remove Our Client’s Hemp Lawsuit to Federal Court

As reported by Law360, our firm has filed a lawsuit against the Sheriff and District Attorney in …
November 6, 2023

Court of Appeals Rules that Delta-8-THC and Other Hemp Extracts Are Legal, Orders the District Attorney to Return Our Client’s Seized Property

Last Thursday, the Court of Appeals became the first appellate court in Georgia to consider wheth…
January 26, 2023

Tom Church argues in favor of the right to sue government officials before Supreme Court of Georgia

Attorney Tom Church arguing before the Supreme Court of Georgia. Click HERE to watch the argument…
January 24, 2023

Our Firm files Motion to Dismiss Charges in Federal Firearms Case After Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Ruling in 2022

Last week, our firm filed a motion to dismiss the charges against our client who is charged with …
January 23, 2023

Our Firm Obtains Probation Sentence for Client Convicted of Possessing Child Pornography

Our firm was able to convince a federal judge to sentence our client to probation in a federal ch…
May 27, 2022

What Happens in a Federal Criminal Case?

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