Terpening Law focuses on white collar criminal defense, including helping executives, professionals, and businesses with allegations of tax fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy, antitrust violations, healthcare fraud, and loan fraud. Experienced in federal trials and appeals, we also have significant experience with pre-indictment investigations and negotiations, subpoena response, compliance planning, and crisis management. At our core, we are criminal and civil trial lawyers - anywhere, anytime. But our experience in and out of court allows us to guide clients through a variety of related legal and business challenges, which include:"Crisis management" - Whether a search warrant, a federal criminal subpoena, the FBI or the SEC, we've been through it many times, and we're here to get you through it and survive.Compliance planning - We can build a plan that helps your company avoid criminal and civil exposure in the first instance, and that helps you effectively address problems when they arise.Pre-indictment plea negotiations.Appeals - We have substantial experience with federal criminal and civil appeals.Post-conviction - We can get you the second chance your case deserves.Securities litigation.Tax Litigation - We can stand up to the IRS where others cannot.Any federal court litigation.Arbitration and mediation.Business counseling.And, of course:Federal and state criminal litigation.Business litigation in the federal courts and in NC Business Court, among other places.