Federal Criminal Defense
Craig Wilke has been a federal criminal defense lawyer since 1990. Through creative strategy, aggressive litigation, and principled negotiation, he gets results for his clients.
Services
Craig Wilke represents people and companies in federal criminal matters throughout the United States. Focusing on white collar criminal defense, he provides counsel and legal representation at every stage of the proceedings.
Experience
In more than thirty years of practice, Craig Wilke has defended hundreds of people in federal criminal matters. He has tried forty-one cases and argued twelve cases on appeal. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, has a “Superb 10” rating from Avvo, and has been a “Super Lawyer” in Southern California for the past thirteen years. Before entering private practice in 2008, he was the Directing Attorney of the Santa Ana (California) Office of the Federal Public Defender (2000-2008), an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles and Santa Ana (1993-2000), a judicial clerk at the United States Court of Appeals (1991-1993), and an associate attorney at a prominent white collar criminal defense firm (1990-1991). He received his Juris Doctor in 1990 from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles where he was Order of the Coif, a law review editor, and the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for legal writing.
Results
Craig Wilke has a long record of results for his clients that includes:
- Dismissal of conspiracy and wire fraud charges (USA v. MO)
- Dismissal of securities fraud and insider trading charges (USA v. FSJ)
- Dismissal of wire fraud charge (USA v. VK)
- Dismissal of unlawful wire interception charges (USA v. LR)
- Dismissal of threatening federal agent charge (USA v. TB)
- Dismissal of firearms charge (USA v. SH)
- Dismissal of destructive device charge (USA v. DW)
- Dismissal of tax evasion charges (USA v. BS)
- Dismissal of murder charge (USA v. CP)
- Not guilty verdict on wire fraud charges (USA v. OA)
- Not guilty verdict on honest services fraud and money laundering charges (USA v. RN)
- Not guilty verdict on money laundering charges (USA v. JL)
- Not guilty verdict on deprivation of civil rights and obstruction of justice charges (USA v. JS)
- Not guilty verdict on racketeering and murder charges (USA v. FR)
- Not guilty verdict on racketeering and assault charges (USA v. AR)
- Not guilty verdict on drug trafficking and firearms charges (USA v. IRM)
- Not guilty verdict on drug trafficking charges (USA v. DLG)
- Not guilty verdict on drug trafficking charge (USA v. DMR)
- Not guilty verdict on murder and firearm charges (USA v. AW)
- Not guilty verdict on firearms charges (USA v. JL)
- Not guilty verdict on threatening federal agent charge (USA v. MP)
- Reversal of conspiracy and wire fraud convictions (USA v. MO)
- Reversal of drug trafficking and firearm convictions (USA v. IRM)
- Reversal of conspiracy and firearms convictions (USA v. MB)
- No charges filed against target of federal grand jury investigating money laundering (confidential)
- No charges filed against target of federal grand jury investigating wire fraud (confidential)
- No charges filed against target of federal grand jury investigating health care fraud (confidential)
- No charges filed against target of federal grand jury investigating public corruption (confidential)