The attorneys of Gillen Withers & Lake LLC possess outstanding skill in obtaining the best possible results for their clients. Our lawyers are as aggressive and persuasive in arguing for the best outcome in any sentencing or appellate proceeding as they are in vigorously defending against criminal charges. They possess an extensive knowledge of sentencing issues, including arguing mitigating or departure factors pursuant to U.S. v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Our lawyers strive to put the very best case forward in sentencing and on appeal.

The attorneys of Gillen Withers & Lake LLC have achieved stunning results for clients in sentencing, including securing sentences of home confinement or vastly reduced sentences for clients facing many years of incarceration. Notable successes of our attorneys in this area include U.S. v. L.F. (Northern District of Georgia 2008) in which Mr. Gillen successfully obtained a sentence of home confinement for a client who was one of the central figures in a massive mortgage fraud prosecution; U.S. v. B.K. (Southern District of Georgia, 2002) in which Mr. Withers helped his client, a local official, receive a sentence of home confinement in downward departure from the Sentencing Guidelines; U.S. v. S.F. (Eastern District of Virginia 2004), which involved the negotiation of a sentence of one year probation by Mr. Gillen for a client indicted in a complex internet pharmaceutical, FDA and RICO prosecution; U.S. v. A.N. (Northern District of Georgia 2008), a Medicare prosecution in which Mr. Gillen successfully secured a sentence of home confinement for his client, a former corporate executive; and State of Georgia v. C.C. (Chatham County, Georgia, 2005), where Mr. Withers successfully negotiated a sentence of probation for a local businessman who was charged with possession of 30 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute.

In addition, we have achieved success on appeal for our clients as well. In United States v. Kim, 364 F.3d 1235 (11th Cir. 2005), Mr. Gillen won an appeal against the government where the trial court had awarded the defendant for her extraordinary restitution. Finally, in Daniels v. Barnes, 289 Ga.App. 897, 658 S.E.2d 472 (2008), Mr. Withers won a reversal of a contempt citation where the defendant had been sentenced to more than 200 days for contempt for violating a court order.