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At the law firm of David S. Zapp, Esq. our clients benefit from more than 30 years of experience in criminal defense. Every case is well researched, investigated and carefully reviewed in order to provide each client with a defense strategy suitable to his individual situation. Our goal is to ensure that our clients understand the legal process and are satisfied that everything was done for them.
Although the firm handles all types of criminal cases, we focus in narcotics and money laundering cases and we practice almost exclusively in the Federal Courts of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. However we have represented clients in Federal courts all over the United States and Puerto Rico. Mr. Zapp is fluent in Spanish, born and reared in the Republic of Panama and attended Columbia College and Columbia Law School in New York City. Mr. Zapp and his daughter who also has a practice of her own also travels to Latin America where they counsel defendants awaiting extradition in Latin America and providing a source of information for their families and friends. We know that it is not only the defendants who suffer and have questions.
We are committed to providing our clients with the best legal and personal assistance possible.
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OFAC (The “Clinton List”)Comments Off on OFAC (The “Clinton List”)
The Who, The What, and The How
An Interview with David Zapp
Good morning, Mr. Zapp.
David Zapp: Good morning, Ben.
I have asked to speak with you today to talk about OFAC, about what it is, and about what it does.
David Zapp. I’ll be glad to answer your questions if I can.
First of all, what does “OFAC” stand for and what does it do?
David Zapp: It stands for Office of Foreign Assets Control. It is a regulatory body that sanctions people and entities that OFAC believes are engaged in specified criminal activity.
It forbids anyone or […]
The Four OptionsComments Off on The Four Options
This is a copy of a letter we sent to a defendant that could be useful to other defendants facing narcotic charges.
The defendant had been in detention in Colombia and in the United States. He asked us what his options were:
Go to trial.
If you go to trial and win, excellent. If you lose, you […]
Compassionate ReleaseComments Off on Compassionate Release
This is a case of a defendant who asked a judge to reconsider his motion for “compassionate release.” The defendant had originally asked for compassionate release relief because FCI Miami, the facility at which he was then housed, was experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak. The court denied the motion saying that the defendant had not shown “extraordinary and compelling reasons” for reducing his sentence.
But some time later the Defendant renewed his motion asking the court to reconsider his ruling on different grounds and citing a […]
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