White Collar Advice
autor: Justin Paperny
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Coming Home From Federal Prison Camp
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Whether you're a defense attorney, a criminal defendant, or someone eager to learn about sentencing, federal prison, and white-collar crime, our podcast is an excellent resource. It's never too soon or too late to begin preparing for a government investigation, and here's why:
Statistics demonstrate the potentially life-altering consequences of encountering the criminal justice system. Beyond the initial indignity of an arrest or the notification of a criminal investigation, those targeted by law enforcement face additional challenges:
How will this situation impact my career and earning capacity?
What changes will my life undergo if I receive a federal prison sentence?
How will my family members be affected by my term of confinement?
In the face of such complex challenges, consulting with a competent defense attorney is crucial (please note we are not lawyers and do not offer legal advice). A skilled attorney will guide the criminal justice process and help individuals navigate these difficulties.
At White Collar Advice, our dedicated team focuses on assisting those seeking to learn how to:
Avoid charges or get the shortest sentence possible.
Serve their sentence in a federal prison camp or a facility with the lowest possible security level.
Establish meaning and confidence while in federal prison.
Transition back into society and pursue a new career path.
Create a record that leads to increased liberty during supervised release.
Our podcast offers more than just generic information through a quick internet search. We prioritize delivering insightful and personalized content to our audience.
As the host, I bring a unique perspective to the table. As a successful stockbroker at Bear Stearns and UBS, I specialized in representing professional athletes and hedge funds. My journey through the criminal justice system, including a felony conviction for securities law violations, has given me valuable insights. For an in-depth account, grab a free copy of Lessons From Prison at WhiteCollarAdvice.com.
White Collar Advice has also become a trusted resource for numerous media outlets, including Dr. Phil, The New York Times, CNN, Fox News, The Washington Post, Fortune, The New York Post, BBC, ABC, and NBC.
If you have questions or inquiries, please contact us at [email protected] or call 818-424-2220.
I appreciate your interest in our podcast. We look forward to sharing valuable knowledge and empowering you with the information you need to navigate the complexities of the criminal justice system.
Justin Paperny
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- Coming Home From Federal Prison Camp · 31 minWhat happens when you prepare for federal prison, do the work, come home, and still struggle to open a bank account? I've been home since 2009. In this conversation, we talk…
- Was It a Mistake or a Bad Choice? · 16 minI finished Sam Harris's Free Will last night, 1 hour and 14 minutes on Audible, and it made me look again at how I went from USC and Bear Stearns to lying to FBI agent Paul…
- Isn't What You Do Manipulation? Question 11 · 6 minA journalist keeps hitting me with one question: isn't what you do manipulation? So on question 11, I stop and read her the definition: to control or influence cleverly…
- Going to Prison Does Not Qualify You to Give Advice · 9 minA journalist writing about white collar crime sent me about 50 questions before our call. We cut it to 25, and I answered the first three here. Who I am and why anyone should…
- Why I Told This Lawyer Not to Ask for Probation · 1 minI got a call from someone new to our community, asking me to speak with his lawyer, a guy with more MVP awards than Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Magic Johnson combined. Two…
- USC vs North Carolina and the Ghost of 1995 · 1 minI look back on playing baseball at USC, where making the travel roster to Stanford felt like a big deal. I remember grounding out weakly against Cal State Fullerton reliever Mark…
- Her Father's Money Came With Two Conditions · 1 minOn my way back from Santa Barbara, I stopped near Ojai and met with a woman whose husband had just surrendered to federal prison for ten years. I write about this meeting in my…
- Just Get Him Home, She Said For Years · 1 minEvery time we spoke, she'd say just get him home from federal prison. Before he went in, her husband blamed the court, the lawyers, the judge, and the co-defendant who cooperated…
- He Called Me Before the FBI Did. He Still Got 6 Years · 1 minNearly three years ago I spoke with a man who told me he was embezzling money. He was not the target of an investigation. I told him to stop the bleeding and not make it worse…
- Ippei Blamed Shohei in His Letter to the Judge · 2 minSomeone new to our community asked how Ippei got 57 months while his co-defendant, Matthew Boyer, got a year and a day. I told him it's not the right comparison. Ippei stole $16…
- The SEC Didn't Get Through to Me. Prison Did. · 1 minWhen I went to federal prison I got the severity of my conduct. Standing for count, the 2 a.m. fire drills, visiting with crying parents. You realize maybe you can do better…
- She Was Deceived Too · 1 minI was on a phone call with a federal defendant and his wife, and twice she said, you got that right. Most people who come into our community went into business with good…
- 300 Words a Day for 15 Months · 1 minWhat would happen if you went to federal prison and said, I'm going to write 300 words six days a week for the 15 months I'm here? Document what you're reading and why. The…
- Making the Bad Choice Seem Reasonable Again · 1 minAt a sentencing hearing most judges hear I'm sorry, I'll never do it again, I'll spend the rest of my life making amends, I'll pay all my victims back. The judge says, we'll see…
- The FBI Told His Wife About the Loans · 1 minEighteen months ago a man told me the FBI betrayed him, destroyed his life, and ruined his marriage. He had lied on some forms to get a loan, then began cooperating, and he…
- He Lied, Pled Guilty, and Got Probation · 2 minJudge Wilson told me at my sentencing that he was tired of salesmen turning the other way for money, that most don't get caught, that I did, and that he was going to make an…
- The Best Time to Start Was Five Years Ago · 1 minFive years is a long time to deal with a white collar case, and finally getting clarity is a good thing. An executive facing sentencing has done his best to show why he's a…
- Go to Your Computer Right Now and Purge · 1 minAn FBI agent left a card on an executive's front door, and I told him this on my way home from dinner with my good friend Lawrence. Don't make matters worse. You make it worse by…
- They Want It All. This Is a Total Disaster. · 2 minAn executive texted me: they want it all, this is a total disaster. Earlier this week I did a live YouTube video on how to communicate with the government, starting with their…
- Call Me a Strict Parent · 1 minTwo things happened in the last 30 minutes. Three kids, about 17, no helmets, on their iPhones, riding e-bikes, ran me off the side of the road and I ended up in a bush. On the…
- Michael Santos Told Me About Roman Fabrizi · 2 minJuly 9th, 2008, four or five months into my sentence, around 3:45 in the afternoon just after mail call. Michael Santos asked if I knew the new prisoner who had transferred in…
- Pity Was Worse Than Any Day in Prison · 1 minI was working late with Breaking Bad on in my office, season two, episode six, and when Gretchen told Walter she feels so sorry for him I stopped and filmed this. When I was a…
- Don't Pack Anything You're Not Prepared to Lose · 2 minHe called 90 minutes before surrendering to the camp at Fort Dix and wanted to know what to pack. I told him the longer you stay on the wrong train, the more expensive it is to…
- How Do I Leave Prison Better Than I Went In · 2 minA crypto executive, married with two young children, emailed me. He's going to prison for 37 months for money laundering and mail fraud, and he asked how he can leave prison…
- My Son Asked If Prison Was Kind of Fun · 1 minMy young son asked me if I'm happy I went to prison. I asked him why he would ask that. He said it seems like it was kind of fun. I told him I'm not happy I went, and I don't…
- Start Thinking Like the Underdog You Are · 1 minAbout six months ago a former accountant who served 15 months for payroll protection fraud called me with one question: how do I disclose my felony conviction to potential…
- Matt Cox on the Fry Machine and Freedom · 1 minMatt Cox on the guys who won't take a job because it pays a hundred dollars a day instead of 300 or 400. Work five days at a hundred and you have 500 you didn't have before. He…
- He Told Me His Lawyer Wouldn't Let Him · 1 minA doctor back east called me. I spoke with him about nine months ago and he told me his lawyer wouldn't let him do the work. I said he could have a different conversation and try…
- Instagram Followers Don't Make You a Lawyer · 2 minI'd rather be in prison than on a fast boat in the ocean, but my kids love it and I love my kids. When I got off the boat in the Bahamas I had a kind text from a guy who…
- What Chipper Told My Best Friend Over a Drink · 2 minI saw Chipper Jones at dinner in the Bahamas and it took me back to 1999. I'm not comparing myself to a Hall of Famer, the second greatest switch hitter of all time behind Mickey…
- Stop Playing Director in Your Own Mind · 2 minBack from the Bahamas, wrecked. I got a text that said please call me immediately, so I opened a Coke Zero and called. He told me I didn't know him, that he was on my live…
- I Was Just Sentenced, What Should I Do Now · 2 minSomeone left the courthouse and texted me: I was just sentenced, what should I do now? I don't know if he's married, if he has children, how old he is, or the length of the…
- How to Get Nine More Months in 30 Seconds · 1 minA case study in 30 seconds on how to get a longer federal prison sentence, probably nine months longer. Your victim, someone you hurt mentally, financially, and emotionally, is…
- He Shook His Head and Got Nine More Months · 1 minDid you ever see Animal House? Thank you sir, may I have another. Someone asked me why a defendant would shake his head in front of the judge while the victim was speaking, and…
- Learn to Read the Damn Room · 1 minA guy on his second day at Montgomery federal prison camp stood in the chow hall and complained. The judge said at his sentencing it was clear he would never return to another…
- Before Prison I Said Lock Them All Up · 1 minBefore I went to prison, if you had asked me about people in prison I would have said they're all bad, lock them up, they're felons, they're criminals. Then I went, and I saw…
- Three Mistakes in Seven Pages of Undisputed Truth · 1 minThree takeaways from the first seven pages of Mike Tyson's autobiography, Undisputed Truth. One, he wrote that from his character reference letters you would have thought he came…
- At Least Skeletor Tells You He Cheats · 1 minI read something this morning, then wasted time watching Masters of the Universe, and Skeletor's line at the end took me right back to what I read. Someone home from prison…
- Why He Asks for More Time Than the Judge Wants · 1 minI had dinner with a prosecutor tonight. I wasn't expecting it. I was at my club working on our legal directory, which will have about a hundred lawyers in it soon, and a friend…
- The Judge Asked If He'd Ever Earned a Living Lawfully · 3 minI've attended more than 1,500 sentencing hearings. This one was a guy who graduated college, went straight for an MBA, and built a business raising money to make investments…
- Thank You, Have a Great Vacation · 1 minSomeone stopped me at the water park in the Bahamas today while I was with my family. It happens about once a month. He was complimentary about the videos, then said we've got to…
- Freedom Doesn't Prove You Changed, Conduct Does · 2 minFreedom doesn't prove you've changed. Your conduct does. George Santos was sentenced to 78 or 87 months for fraud and identity theft, went to prison, complained, got clemency…
- Study Your Judge, Then Mirror Those Values · 3 minI had an early Zoom call with a doctor indicted in Florida and his lawyer. The doctor couldn't reconcile two things: the FBI agent told him at his arrest that they were in the…
- Nobody Can Take This Investment From You · 1 minI read a quote from Warren Buffett. He wrote that the best investment you'll ever make is in yourself. Learn to communicate on paper and in person. If you can't get your idea…
- Mackenzie Shirilla Is Documenting Herself Into a Life Sentence · 12 min58 pages of conduct reports. Sex toys on a video visit. Stolen earrings from the kindwear room. Fake eyelashes. Mackenzie Shirilla has a 2037 parole hearing. Parole boards don't…
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Why You Don't Have a Math Problem · 10 minMost defendants I speak with think they have a math problem. Loss amount, offense level, criminal history points. They obsess over the guideline range and do nothing to change…
- The Executive Who Practiced His Apology for Weeks and Still Got 18 Extra Months · 7 minHe rehearsed his apology for weeks and still got 18 extra months. In this episode, I explain why vague remorse fails in federal court, what judges actually look for, and why the…
- What Are the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and How Do They Work? · 6 minKey Takeaways • The federal sentencing guidelines create a point-based system using offense level and criminal history to produce a recommended range in months. • Every…
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines 101: How to Calculate Your Prison Range · 9 minThe federal sentencing guidelines exist because before 1987, two people convicted of the same crime could receive wildly different sentences depending on which judge they drew…
