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Act as liaison between you, the client's family or friend, and the client being held on criminal charges in a foreign country. Employ competent local counsel and work with them to provide an effective legal defense Travel to the country where the client is being held & organize local support Use extra legal methods to secure the client's release from foreign jail Provide legal liaison and lobbying services between the client’s family, their congressional representatives, The U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Embassy in the foreign country where the client is being held Utilize the Prison Transfer Treaty to get the client returned to the United States if they have been convicted of a crime and are serving a sentence in a foreign prison Provide legal assistance for employees living and traveling abroad

Local Counsel

We will locate, interview, and retain the services of local counsel. One of the major problems for the families of American citizens arrested in foreign countries is finding and retaining the appropriate local counsel (a lawyer who specializes in criminal law and knows the local court system). Then, once the family has hired them, making sure the local counsel actually works on the family member's case and does not "rip them off." The attorneys of ILDC will handle this entire process for you as they have the legal knowledge, international experience, and an established network of foreign attorneys throughout the world to choose from. In the event our attorneys do not know a specific lawyer in that country or if there are several candidates, we will travel to the country and interview the most qualified candidates and then choose the best one for you.

Once local counsel is hired, our attorneys will manage the work of local counsel by paying him or her 1/3 of the retainer up front, 1/3 during the case, and 1/3 when the case is completed. Our attorneys will learn the appropriate rate for the legal services provided in the foreign country where the case resides so that you are charged this local rate and not "ripped off" as "rich Americans". Our attorneys will then continue to supervise the work of the local attorney until the case is completed. This will ensure that the local attorney does not abandon the case once he or she is retained. All funds to be paid to the local attorney will be paid into the Attorney Trust Account of ILDC and held in escrow until the appropriate time when they will be dispersed by ILDC to the local lawyer.

International Legal Defense Counsel Disclaimer: The international human rights, international criminal law, or other international law information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice, nor the formation of a lawyer or attorney client relationship. Any results set forth herein are based upon the facts of that particular case and do not represent a promise or guarantee. Please contact an International Criminal Lawyer or International Law Attorney for a consultation on your particular international law matter.

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