White Collar AdviceReviews of whitecollaradvice.com

Richie S. : Client since investigation began. Highly Highly Recommended. I have worked with them since the pre-charge(investigation) phase. Sooner you start, sooner you can advocate a possible better plea deal and sentencing. Lawyers CANNOT be your only tool. Simple. Start with the webinars, connect with their team, and go from there. I got assistance on PSR preparation,character letters,personal narrative,release plan, and Allocution. I attended their webinars and resources made available. They taught me how to advocate! My PSR included my personal narrative and release plan. PSR is your prison “bible”. I was looking at 13-15yrs and I am now looking at 7.5-8.5. If it wasn’t for them, I would NOT be where I am at today. Fact. They helped me on medical prep, RDAP prep, prison prep, prison designation. Lastly, because of their work, I had my supervision modified in my favor prior to my sentence. Again, advocacy is the only way. Lawyers WILL not do that! Lawyers file legal motions, they don’t do the actual advocacy/mitigation work for you which can ONLY be done by you. If I didn’t have them, I would have been looking at longer sentence and not known about programs to reduce time. Fact. Please reach out to them. Amazing team. Michael, Justin, Scott, Brad.

I found Scott and Michael to be immensely helpful in providing guidance and advice as I worked to research my case. They were patient and attentive, taking the time to understand the specific complexities of my case and offering thoughtful suggestions on how to approach my research in a more strategic and effective way. What impressed me most about Scott and Michael was their depth of knowledge and expertise in this field. They had a keen eye for identifying areas where I could improve my research methods, and their guidance helped me to quickly and confidently navigate the complexities of my case. Overall, I would highly recommend Scott Laney and Michael Santos to anyone looking to research their case more effectively. Their support and expertise were truly invaluable to me, and I am so grateful for their help. Thank you, Scott and Michael!

The representative was extremely informative and well versed in addressing my needs, questions, and concerns. I now have a clear understanding of where I need assistance, and how they can be of help to me. I was very pleased to learn exactly what I can do to help my cause as it relates to sentence mitigation. I will be facing sentencing soon, and now feel very confident that I will be fully prepared. This is a very difficult time for me, but my representative has already helped me tremendously.

My experience with White Collar Advice started early in my journey with the law. WCA has been by my side guiding, educating, and most importantly supporting me through this difficult experience. They showed me how to turn bad decisions I had made into a learning experience that has made me a stronger and better man. You cannot rewrite the past but you can change how you adapt and handle the future. In addition to what I gleaned from the team it was the intermittent conversations that helped me the most. When going through the process of dealing with the law it is nice to speak to people who have been where you are. I was sentenced to 51 months and was released to the halfway house after 16.5 months away at a prison camp. This was accomplished by hard work, staying out of trouble and clearly explaining my goals to the stakeholders within the B.O.P. These were the tenets taught to me by W.C.A. and they were invaluable.

Like many others, my biggest regret is not finding and working with the team at White Collar Advice sooner. I started working with them after I had done my PSR, but before my sentencing. They taught me how to communicate better and more effectively with my lawyers, and I received a sentence 3 years less than the prosecutor was asking. What I quickly found out is that most lawyers have no idea what happens to the defendant once the Judge hands down their sentence. That’s not a dig at lawyers—they are hired to perform a specific function in your case. The WCA team uses their experience of having actually gone through the federal prison system to provide practical solutions to benefit those who are going through the process. They helped me to prepare for my surrender to prison—from getting my personal affairs in order, to learning how to advocate for myself while in prison (once you surrender to prison, there is very little a lawyer on the outside can do for you—it is imperative that you learn the self-advocacy process if you want to have a better experience and have the most favorable outcome). As different issues arose during my stay in federal prison, it was very reassuring and stress-relieving to know that I could reach out via the prison email system to the team at WCA, who promptly provided me guidance and advice. By continuing to work with the team from WCA I was able to self-advocate and create a release plan to get out after 21 months on a 60 month sentence under the First Step Act and the CARES Act. Once you begin working with WCA and watching the videos, you will learn to shift your thinking away from yourself, to learning how to view your case from the perspective of the stakeholders—the Judge, the prosecutor, the victims, your case manager in prison, your case manager in the halfway house, and finally your probation officer. And by learning to advocate for yourself along the way, you’re likely to gain higher levels of liberty and more favorable outcomes. Having WCA in my corner saved me from so much stress and anxiety along the way.

Facing felony charges & all that goes with that is overwhelming and foreign in every way. I am profoundly thankful to have found White Collar Advice! It is reassuring to talk to people who have been through this personally and who have made the most of their lives after a conviction. I believe their advice & input on my statement (to the judge) and on the character letters I submitted had a major impact on my sentence. I faced a guideline sentence range of 41-51 months, and a request from the prosecutor for 30… and received 24, which will be reduced further by RDAP and the First Step Act. I am also benefiting from their knowledge & experience when mentally & practically preparing to report to prison. Knowing what to expect is a huge stress reducer for me & my family. And it’s information my attorney just doesn’t have.

Scott Laney at White Collar Advisors has been a superb guide through many difficult areas of the pre-surrender process. He, along with his colleagues Michael Santos and Justin Paperny, have been extraordinarily helpful in crafting and editing my release plan. No question that a release plan is critical to earning freedom as soon as possible.

As a justice impacted person, one of the best decisions I made was hiring the team at White Collar Advice. Their team helped guide me through the entire pre and post sentencing process and gave me key support and advice. They helped me reduce my time that I spent at the federal camp and successfully guided me through the halfway house process. This is the support network you need and you won’t regret it.