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Attorney Profile
Special Counsel for White Collar and High-Profile Criminal Defense
Email: stevesadow@mindspring.com
Phone: 404-577-1400
Bar Admissions
Georgia, 1979
Education
- Emory University, J.D., 1979
- Marietta College, B.A., 1976
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Defense – White Collar Crime
- High-Profile
- Computer/Cyber Crime
- Fraud
- Trials
- Appeals & Forfeiture
Articles
Awards
- Georgia Lawyer Newsmaker of the Year (2000); Fulton County Daily Report, Atlanta, Georgia
- Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense (White Collar and Non-White Collar), 1993 to present
- Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rating
- Georgia SuperLawyers, 2004 to present
Affiliates
- Georgia – Court of Appeals & Supreme Court
- U.S. District Courts – Northern & Middle Districts of Georgia
- U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal – Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Atlanta Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (GACDL)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
Classes, Seminars, Presentations & CLE's
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia – Creative and Effective Trial Techniques
- Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia – White Collar Crime Conference
- GACDL – Law of Cross-Examination
- GACDL – Who's Your Worst Enemy-The Government or Co-Counsel
- GACDL – Financial Transactions/Money Laundering; NACDL-Federal Forfeiture
- State Bar of Georgia – Motions to Suppress: Search and Seizure Issues
- State Bar of Georgia – Exploiting The Errors Of The Prosecution
- Atlanta Bar Association – Voir Dire in the Criminal Trial: How to Level the Playing Field
High Profile Clients
Representative Recent Successful Federal Cases
- United States v. Clifford J. Harris, Jr.: Recording Artist/Actor. T.I. charged with possession of machine guns and silencers and possession of firearms by a convicted felon – sentenced to 1 year and 1 day imprisonment (N.D. Ga. 2009)
- United States v. Aaron D. Terry: Businessman charged with $12 million government fraud – case dismissed (N.D. Ga. 2009)
- U.S. v. Shorr: Businessman stood trial charged with ten counts of money laundering involving more than $3.5 million. Judge acquitted on eight counts and sentenced on two counts. Prosecution and probation office advocated a custody guideline range of 262-327 months in federal prison. Judge imposed sentence of 5 months imprisonment and 5 months home confinement (N.D. Ga. 2009) – Sentencing Transcript | Article: "Judge Calls Prosecution's Witnesses Liars. Money-Laundering Sentence Downgraded By 20 years."
- U.S. v. McCranie: Attorney charged with Hobbs Act extortion and false statements – case dismissed (M.D. Ga. 2009)
- U.S. v. Dahabreh: Businessman charged with fraud and structuring currency transactions involving nearly $2 million – sentenced to probation (N.D. Ga. 2008)
- U.S. v. Marshall: Businesswoman charged with $1.5 million fraud – sentenced to 1 month imprisonment (N.D. Ga. 2008)
- U.S. v. Alamin: Businesswoman charged with structuring currency transactions involving over $2 million – sentenced to probation (N.D. Ga. 2008)
- U.S. v. Anderson: Businessman charged with illegal gun possesion – jury acquittal (N.D. Fl. 2007)
Representative Appellate Cases
- Georgia v. Conzo, 239 Ga.App.72 (2008)
- Georgia v. Brantley, 264 Ga.App.152 (2003)
- Powell v. Georgia, 270 Ga.App. 327 (1998)
- In re Spruell, 227 Ga.App. 324 (1997)
- U.S. v. Jenkins, 58 F.3d 611 (11th Cir. 1995)
- Mitsubishi Int. Corp. v. Cardinal Textile Sales, Inc., 14 F.3d 1507 (11th Cir. 1994)
- U.S. v. Crespo, 982 F.2d 483 (11th Cir. 1993)
- U.S. v. Williams, 954 F.2d 668 (11th Cir. 1992)
- In re Spruell, 200 Ga.App. 218 (1991)
- U.S. v. Cohen, 888 F.2d 770 (11th Cir. 1989)
- Gwin v. Snow, 870 F.2d 616 (11th Cir. 1989)
- Garland v. Georgia, 253 Ga.App. 789 (1985)
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