ABSTRACT
The task for the attorneys is to prevent any reversal of any permits and to secure new permits to emerge. Three themes are particularly noteworthy when distinguishing white-collar defense strategies from other defense strategies by attorneys. First, the role of white-collar attorneys is radically different from the typical criminal lawyer who defends a person suspected of and charged with street crime. Second, information control strategy is concerned with how the attorney determines what and how crucial information to control to make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, for public authorities to get the complete picture. Third, the symbolic defense strategy addresses all other means that the attorney can apply to divert attention away from legal issues. Early legal strategies may include negotiations with the agencies involved, the seeking of civil or out-of-court resolution of the case, and the trading of information in return for favorable treatment from the prosecutor's office.
