PRACTICE AREAS

Federal Criminal Defense

Ms. DeBlasio vigorously and tirelessly defends individuals at all stages of the federal criminal process. She has the experience to aggressively defend clients at trial before a jury, as well as to negotiate with prosecutors to reduce charges and avoid mandatory minimums. Recently, she was able to persuade prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to dismiss all charges against a client indicted for fraud.

In addition, Ms. DeBlasio has become known for her success in obtaining sentences well below the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines ranges applicable to her clients.

Below are lists of notable criminal cases, federal offenses that Ms. DeBlasio has experience handling, collateral matters that pertain to some foreign clients, foreign languages that Ms. DeBlasio speaks, and courts where she is licensed to practice:

NOTABLE CRIMINAL CASES

• Currently representing leaders of the purported two top cocaine-trafficking cartels in Colombia’s history (Norte Valle Cartel; Don Lucho Organization)
• Negotiated dismissal of all criminal charges against a client charged with conspiracy to falsify documents and defraud the federal government, case dismissed in May 2016 (14-Cr-543, SDNY)
• Won an 11-month sentence for a foreign federal law enforcement agent who pled guilty to bribery and witness retaliation and faced a sentencing range of 121 to 151 months (09-Cr-270, EDNY)
• Won a 60-month sentence for the “Hugh Hefner of Canada” who pled guilty to a scheme to export cocaine from the United States to Montreal and faced a sentencing range of 108 to 135 months (12-Cr-425, SDNY)
• Won a 30-month sentence for a citizen of the Dominican Republic who pled guilty to conspiring with the father of two of her children to export narcotics to the U.S. and faced a sentencing range of 135 to 168 months (09-Cr-057, EDNY)
• Won a 48-month sentence for a U.S. citizen who pled guilty as a drug courier and faced a sentencing range of 140 to 175 months (15-Cr-264, SDNY)
• Won a 72-month sentence for a U.S. citizen who pled guilty as a drug courier and faced a sentencing range of 188 to 235 months (11-Cr-669, EDNY)

FEDERAL OFFENSES

Ms. DeBlasio has experience prosecuting and defending charges of

• International terrorism
• International narcotics-trafficking and money-laundering conspiracies
• Violent Crimes: murder/manslaughter, felony murder, assault with intent to kill, domestic violence, interstate kidnaping and stalking, robbery, burglary, arson, witness retaliation and weapons offenses
• White Collar Crimes: fraud, identity theft, bribery, false statements, obstruction of justice, insider trading and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

COLLATERAL MATTERS

Ms. DeBlasio also has experience handling collateral matters, particularly as relevant to her many foreign clients, including

• asylum and removal proceedings
• OFAC de-listing
• civil and criminal forfeiture
• parallel foreign proceedings, working in conjunction with overseas counsel
• treaty transfers
• petitions for writs of habeas corpus

LANGUAGES

Ms. DeBlasio is able to speak in the following foreign languages with her clients and their families, as well as with foreign counsel, without the assistance of interpreters

• French
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Spanish

COURTS

Ms. DeBlasio works predominantly in federal courts in New York and New Jersey; she also is licensed to practice in Florida and Washington, D.C.

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