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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.

My family and I are so very lucky to be a part of the White Collar Advice and Earning Freedom community. It is truly a privilege and honor to be working with Justin Paperny, as well as Michael and Carole Santos and others within their organization(s). They are a family of individuals who have all "felt the pain", and their counsel, support and everyday practical advice is, at a minimum, priceless. Since day-one I have been made to feel like I was, and have been part of their family. It doesn't matter what walk of life you are from, we are all treated equally, respectfully, and with dignity and respect, which is a hard commodity to come by for people in our position of life. Their advice is practical, of immense quality and use, and I will do all I can to learn and execute what I have been taught thus far, and will also do all I can to share with others, and give back all I can, in any way possible, now and in the future. I cannot stress enough how much of a blessing it is to have the White Collar Advice, Earning Freedom and all of the related organizations of Justin Paperny, Michael and Carole Santos and everyone within their organizations to be part of our lives, and I'm quite sure I speak not only for myself, but for those many people whose lives they have touched and assisted through what is likely the most difficult journey of their and their family's lives. It is with deepest thanks and gratitude from my family and I, to say again, as we do every day, how blessed and grateful that we are to have you in our lives.

Our experience with WCA has been incredibly helpful, positive, supportive and productive. The advice we have received falls in line with every podcast and webinar we have viewed. The attention is personal; the employees at this company genuinely want to help justice-impacted people have the best possible outcome from beginning to end and beyond of an investigation. We have learned an amazing amount of useful information that has helped us navigate the federal justice system. When you simply do not know how to get through an ordeal such as this, WCA will guide you through to the other side. Thank you so much!

Throughout my journey with the federal system, I was looking for advice and guidance. I kept on google searching for anything that would help me understand. I searched podcast, articles and everything in between. Then, I discovered WCA. I started reading their website and listening to Michael on Spotify. Every day I would learn something new. By that time in my journey, I was already passed some very critical points. I discovered them late in the process but early enough to learn some important techniques that would help me get out of prison earlier than expected. Carole was instrumental in my journey. She provided me with rapid responses and answered all my questions directly. Before I self-surrendered, she told me about important things I can do to help my self-advocacy campaign, such as getting a physical before I go in and mailing the paperwork to myself. This was instrumental in my journey because it provided the documentation I needed. While inside, she was always available via email to provide answers and guidance- and I had a lot. But, it doesn't end there. After my release (a few weeks ago), they have not stopped supporting me. I recently had a meeting with Michael who has offered some critical additional support for some outstanding financial obligations that I have due to the case. He made certain that I take the important steps needed to avoid additional headaches at no extra cost. The WCA team is also providing guidance to me while I am on supervised release. The most important factor in this is to understand that everyone who works there have already been though the system. They know and understand it well. They are not trying to evaluate you or judge you which was my fear. They are there to make sure you get through this as safe as possible. I say safe because this journey is mentally frustrating and something I wish no one had to encounter. However, with a team like WCA on your side providing guidance you have an advocate, a real advocate by your side. Quite different from the lawyers we hire. The team at WCA understands the importance of a PSR/I. There are so many things I can speak about but, the truth is that I learned most of it from them. Hire them and regain focus on things that are important at this time in the case- they will guide you. You won't regret it. I hope this helps friends. Good luck on your journey and remember that nothing lasts forever. Eventually this dark cloud will pass from over you. It will be a long journey and it will change your life forever. Having professional support who has been through it helps. It really helps. This too shall pass.