At the Miami Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers Office of Youngs and Associates, we represent persons accused of crimes before federal courts in Broward, Miami and West Palm Beach, Florida as well as New York and Colorado. Our Miami, FL Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers and our Ft. Lauderdale Federal Crimes Attorneys will advise you, the client, that Federal cases are much more complicated than state criminal cases for a variety of reasons.
Our firm defends clients accused of all the federal crimes listed in our practice areas such as child pornography, sex tourism,medicare fraud, mail fraud, fraud by wire, identity theft, money laundering, bank fraud and drug trafficking as well as a myriad of other federal charges such as lying to federal agents, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, tax evasion, counterfeiting, perjury, hazardous materials dumping and other HAZMAT crimes, economic espionage, extortion and alien smuggling. We also accept disciplinary licensure cases where doctors, lawyers, dentists and other professionals such as law enforcement officers are accused of professional misconduct that could result in criminal charges.
As a former FBI Special Agent Attorney and prosecutor, Senior Partner Michael Youngs handled numerous federal prosecutions in Miami, Florida and Denver, Colorado as well as extradition procedures in federal cases in Latin America and the Caribbean. Attorney Youngs was involved in the prosecution of numerous federal cases in the United States during his 25 year government career including bank fraud, mortgage fraud, medicare fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, computer crimes, interstate theft, child pornography, extradition and RICO/racketeering matters. He was also assigned to U.S. Embassies abroad in Colombia, Panama and the Dominican Republic as an FBI – U.S. Department of Justice Attache dealing with provisional arrest warrants, MLATS (Mutual Assistance Legal Treaties) and extradition procedures on a regular basis.