Theft, fraud, and white collar cases are won and lost in the details — bank records, emails, spreadsheets, and financial trails that take real work to understand, let alone pick apart. These cases can also turn into federal charges quickly, especially when they involve businesses, wire transfers, or mail. You need a lawyer who is comfortable in that kind of complexity, not intimidated by it.

Decades of Experience With Complex, Document-Heavy Cases

Dan B. Gerson has defended theft and white collar cases in state and federal court since 1974 and has been a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist since 1979. Our firm has obtained a not-guilty verdict in a federal mail fraud case, won probation from a jury in an aggravated theft/embezzlement case, and secured dismissals in theft, passport fraud, and forgery cases — including a prescription forgery charge. Our firm has also represented individuals who were targets of white collar investigations and helped prevent charges from ever being filed. You can review these and other documented results on our results page.

In these cases, intent is almost always the central question — did you actually mean to deceive or deprive someone, or does the paper trail simply look bad out of context? We dig into the financial and documentary evidence ourselves rather than accepting the state’s summary of it, and where appropriate, we get involved before charges are even filed to try to keep our clients from being indicted in the first place.

What We Handle

• Theft and aggravated theft
• Embezzlement
• Fraud (mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud)
• Forgery, including prescription forgery
• Passport and immigration document fraud
• White collar investigations, before and after charges are filed

Under investigation or charged with theft or a white collar offense? Call 713.227.5125. The sooner we’re involved, the more we can do — sometimes before charges are ever filed.