Wm. Michael Whelan, Jr. — Divorce Lawyer in San Francisco

Federal Criminal Defense in California, Colorado, and Washington D.C. including the defense of health care fraud, anti-terrorism, terrorist threats, and gang cases. Adult and juvenile criminal defense in California state courts.Over the past 23 years in California, Colorado, and Washington D.C., Michael Whelan has become recognized as a distinguished and highly-effective federal and state criminal defense trial attorney. His signature style of communication and representation is personally brought to every client, case, court, judge, and professional relationship. Each case and court appearance is a most important and delicate business occasion for you regardless of how serious or seemingly minor the charges are. If the case calls for it, Mr. Whelan will utilize forensic experts, investigators, social workers, and psychologists. In addition, an associate counsel will be utilized where appropriate. The goal will always be to achieve successful and effective results for the client, as in the following representative cases: a Pakistani man wrongfully accused of being an Al-Qaeda sleeper cell member obtained a misdemeanor resolution of his case; a black man wrongfully charged in Boulder with attempted murder obtained a dismissal for police misconduct; a 66 year old first offender who admitted illegal possession child pornography obtained a 5 year sentence instead of the 20 years asked for by the government; a Cuban immigrant grandfather wrongfully accused by his step-granddaughter of sexual assault was acquitted; a war veteran charged with aggravated assault was acquitted; a football player wrongfully charged with assaulting a gay man obtained a dismissal; a married couple were acquitted of gambling fraud charges; a homicide case alleging gang affiliation and use of a firearm resulted in dismissal for lack of evidence on the eve of trial.