MEDIA
Recommended Reading
Books written by our colleagues that explain how the federal system works in practice.
Books
Doctor Not Guilty
A physician's account of surviving a healthcare fraud prosecution and fighting for justice in a system that treats healing as a crime.
Reclaiming the Sixth Amendment
How the structure of the criminal justice system recognizes the right to counsel but never enforces it.
Pay to Play
A first-person account of how federal charging leverage, plea pressure, and asset exposure shape outcomes long before a courtroom is involved.
Second Chance Economics
How hiring the formerly incarcerated could unlock $1 trillion in GDP, and what the collateral consequences of a conviction cost the wider economy.
Licensed to Lie
A detailed look at federal prosecutorial overreach and the procedural gaps that allow disclosure failures to go unchecked.
Blank Canvas
A first-person account of rebuilding a life after federal prison, and what reentry actually requires.
Wired on Wall Street
A first-person account of cooperation, informant pressure, and how federal investigations reshape the lives of everyone they touch.
Three Felonies A Day
How the breadth and vagueness of federal criminal law let prosecutors build cases around ordinary conduct.
Nightmare Success
A memoir of loyalty, betrayal, and life after a federal prosecution — and what rebuilding looks like on the other side.
Reasonable Doubts
A close look at how rumor, innuendo, and investigative shortcuts can drive a case to conviction.
Everything Under the Sun (forthcoming)
A firsthand reflection on accountability, consequence, and renewal following a white-collar conviction and time in federal custody.
Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement of any author's conclusions about a particular case. These works are listed because they help explain the structure and incentives of the federal system.
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