Louisville
Criminal Trial Lawyer
Mark Chandler
Formerly Louisville’s First Drug Prosecutor
Mark Chandler can handle your case.
When personal freedom is at stake, many in the Greater Louisville area choose Mark Chandler to represent them. Mr. Chandler has a long track record of successfully defending clients from charges ranging from murder to white-collar crimes, drug trafficking, and DUI. Experience, strong client relationships and aggressive, proactive defense preparation are the keys to Mr. Chandler’s successful defense record. If you are under investigation or involved in a criminal matter, call the offices of Mark Chandler now, or fill out this on-line form for a free no cost consultation.
Criminal Defense Experience, Strong Client Relationships, Proactive Defense Preparation
A criminal investigation can turn your whole world upside-down, ruining your reputation with friends, family and employers. It can cost you your livelihood and your freedom. You need someone who is highly experienced and aggressive in pursuing your interests and protecting your liberty.
“A criminal investigation can turn their world upside-down. Prosecutors make good people feel bad. You have to care – walk in their shoes.” Mark Chandler
Well recognized for his successful handling of complex, high profile criminal cases, Mark Chandler has 25 years of successful trial experience that spans both sides of criminal law – prosecution and defense. As Louisville’s first full-time drug prosecutor, Mr. Chandler has developed an intimate knowledge of how prosecution works, and uses this knowledge to aggressively manage clients’ defense.
Armed with top resources including highly skilled field experts and experienced private investigators, Mark Chandler focuses on building strong client relationships and preparing meticulous, proactive defense strategies for a wide array of criminal cases and investigations, including:
- White collar crimes
- Drug Offenses
- Maritime crimes
- Securities fraud
- Mortgage fraud
- Bank fraud
- Medical Products fraud
- Health care fraud
- State Felonies
- Burglary
- Assault
- Weapons Offenses
- Murder
- DUI
White Collar Crime
Louisville White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney
When personal freedom or the future of an enterprise is at stake, many of the area’s professional community, executives, and corporations choose Mark Chandler to represent them. Mr. Chandler provides aggressive representation to clients in areas of corporate compliance, white-collar criminal charges and related enforcement actions in civil and criminal litigation matters. Representation areas also include internal investigations, civil and criminal enforcement issues, administrative subpoenas through governmental agencies and grand jury investigations, trials, and appellate issues.
Mark Chandler is well recognized for his successful handling of complex, high profile criminal cases. Mr. Chandler possesses superb trial skills coupled with meticulous preparation in defense of a wide array of criminal cases and investigations, from murder to insider trading, securities fraud, bank fraud, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, mail fraud, tax related offenses, as well as many other areas. Mr. Chandler has nearly 25 years of trial experience in addition to extensive motion practice to achieve the very highest standards of criminal defense.
Mark Chandler represents individuals and corporations involving allegations of the following:
- Money laundering
- Mail Fraud
- Wire Fraud
- Securities fraud and accounting issues
- Corporate misconduct
- Public corruption
- Health care fraud
- Environmental crimes
- Tax Fraud
- Commercial Bribery
- Mortgage Fraud
- Medical Products Fraud
- Insurance Fraud
- Maritime Crimes
- Election/Vote Fraud
- Financial Structuring Offenses
Federal Crime
Louisville Federal Defense Attorney
A Federal criminal charge and investigation is extremely serious, jeopardizing your freedom and livelihood. Government prosecutors will not hesitate to use the extensive resources at their disposal to pursue serious federal cases. With your liberty and the prosecutor’s reputation on the line, the stakes could not be higher. There are so many factors influencing the odds of success or failure for your case–from the complexity of the prosecution’s investigations to the unpredictability of jury member behavior–you simply cannot afford to trust your freedom to an unseasoned attorney.
Defending your rights when stakes are high
Your liberty will be better protected by a criminal defense lawyer with a commitment to excellence and many years of trial-tested experience in federal cases, successfully representing scores of clients. Mark Chandler’s 25 years of successful trial experience spans both sides of criminal law – prosecution and defense. As a former prosecutor, Mr. Chandler’s intimate knowledge of how prosecution works equips him to aggressively manage clients’ defense.
Armed with top resources including highly skilled field experts and experienced private investigators, Mark Chandler focuses on building strong client relationships and preparing meticulous, proactive defense strategies for a wide array of federal criminal cases and investigations, including:
- White collar crime
- Health care fraud
- Conspiracy
- Drug trafficking
- Weapons trafficking
- Wire fraud
- Money laundering
- Mail fraud
- Tax related offenses
Drug Trafficking
Louisville Drug Defense Attorney
Mark Chandler was Louisville, Kentucky’s first full-time drug prosecutor. While Chief of the Narcotics Prosecution Unit of the Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Mark Chandler handled and supervised a unit that prosecuted thousands of drug felonies. Mr. Chandler supervised other assistants, as well as police investigations and undercover operations involving hundreds of investigations. As a drug prosecutor, Mr. Chandler worked closely with local and federal law enforcement agencies on joint investigations of high profile narcotics trafficking cases.
For the past 20 years, Mr. Chandler has used the vast knowledge he gained as the Chief Narcotics Prosecutor for Jefferson County to successfully represent hundreds of individuals charged with drug trafficking and drug related offenses. Mr. Chandler has represented many high profile drug defendants throughout the state. He has won acquittals in a number of cases, as well as prevailing in suppression hearings and appeals. Mr. Chandler’s area of practice in state and federal drug trafficking areas include:
- Possession with Intent to Distribute
- Conspiracy to Distribute
- Trafficking in a Controlled Substance – all types
- Possession of Controlled Substances – all types
- Trafficking in Marijuana
- Cultivating Marijuana
- Possession of Marijuana
- Manufacturing Methamphetamine
State Felonies
When freedom matters, experience counts. Mark Chandler has devoted his practice of nearly 25 years to criminal law. There is no place in our criminal justice system where the stakes are higher than in a criminal defense matter, where individual liberty is on the line. When your freedom is at risk, it is not the time to rely on an inexperienced lawyer. Your liberty will be better protected by a criminal defense lawyer who has trial tested experience many times over, successfully representing scores of clients, and doing so with a commitment to excellence for each client.
Over the last 25, years Mark Chandler has represented and tried cases to a jury in the following offenses:
- Murder
- Assault
- Robbery
- Rape
- Burglary Wanton Endangerment
- Fleeing and Evading Police
- Trafficking in a Controlled Substance
- Trafficking in Marijuana
- Cultivating Marijuana
- Theft / Receiving Stolen Property
- Intimidating a Witness
- Tampering with Physical Evidence
- Possession of a Handgun / Firearm by a Convicted Felon
- Probation Violation
- Manufacturing Methamphetamine
- Criminal Abuse
- Possession of Marijuana
Pre-Indictment/Grand Jury Defense
If you have been targeted in a criminal investigation, a grand jury indictment is not inevitable. The sooner you call an experienced pre-indictment defense attorney, the more likely it is that you can avoid a grand jury indictment.
Most people are unprepared to deal with overzealous government prosecutors and agents without the aid of a defense attorney. Make no mistake – the prosecutors investigating you are not on your side! Even if you believe you have nothing to hide, you need experienced pre indictment defense and grand jury representation to avoid serious risk of government prosecutors taking advantage of you, jeopardizing your freedom.
Before you agree to anything, consult with Mark Chandler about your rights in a grand jury investigation!
A pre-indictment defense investigation is an essential part of a well-planned defense strategy. As your pre-indictment defense attorney, Mr. Chandler will clarify or affirm your status as a subject, witness, or target of any grand jury criminal investigation. He will advise you of your rights and responsibilities should you be summoned to appear before either a state or federal grand jury.
A grand jury indictment is often avoidable. Mark Chandler has developed effective and successful strategies for protecting his clients’ interests in grand jury matters by successfully assisting clients with grand jury proceedings for over 20 years. Mr. Chandler utilizes extensive resources, including expert assistants, forensic specialists and seasoned investigators to aid in the investigation both pre-indictment and post-indictment. These time-proven tactics have allowed Mark Chandler to conduct scores of pre indictment defense investigations, many times resulting in the government deciding not to charge his clients.
Experience, strong client relationships and aggressive, proactive defense preparation are the keys to Mr. Chandler’s successful defense record. If you are under investigation or involved in a criminal matter, call the offices of Mark Chandler now at (502) 589-6190, or contact us online for a free, no obligation consultation.
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