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Mike Uhl offers his clients strategic legal advice and representation based on years of experience, training, and education. His practice focuses primarily on federal and state criminal defense, including grand jury representation, trial and appellate work, post-trial motions, and reductions of sentences. He works for clients who are charged with or being investigated for all types of crimes including white collar crime, fraud, tax evasion, securities, and health care fraud. Mike's extraordinary depth of experience, including more than 20 years as a federal and state prosecutor and several years as a criminal justice lecturer and law professor, forms the basis for the advice and counsel he provides his clients.

Mike has represented Fortune 500 companies, corporate executives, businesses and their owners, and a variety of others who needed his experience and knowledge of the criminal justice system to help their cause. He has also conducted internal investigations for companies victimized by fraud and abuse and assisted them in presenting a fully investigated case to the authorities for prosecution.

Mike is a recognized expert in White Collar Crime, Fraud and Corruption and he is a frequent lecturer on these and other criminal justice topics. He is an Adjunct Professor at Dedman SMU Law School where he teaches White Collar Crime. He just completed several years of service on the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee, District 6A which allows him to offer his clients advice and counsel on the attorney grievance process and represent lawyers accused of wrongdoing. His colleagues have voted him a Texas "Super Lawyer" and D magazine's 2007 Best White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer.

Mike Uhl graduated from the SMU law school in 1985 and went to work for Henry Wade, the legendary Dallas County District Attorney. Mr. Uhl quickly rose through the ranks of the District Attorney's Office to become a Chief Felony Prosecutor. He prosecuted all types of cases, including capital murder, murder, rape, robbery, assault, and drug offenses. He earned numerous awards and was a frequent lecturer to various law enforcement agencies.

After four and one-half years as an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Uhl became a federal prosecutor at the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas. Mr. Uhl started his career by investigating and prosecuting large drug organizations. He successfully prosecuted the largest crack cocaine organization in Dallas. After several years of successfully prosecuting federal drug and violent crime cases, Mr. Uhl effectively investigated and prosecuted hundreds of complex white collar fraud and public corruption cases. He has investigated and prosecuted lawyers, doctors, judges, politicians, businessmen, and others. He handled some of the office's most complex, sensitive cases. Many of Mr. Uhl's cases received extensive media coverage including The Wall Street Journal, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Texas Monthly, and all local media outlets. Mr. Uhl has been honored by several law enforcement and local agencies and was named the Dallas Crime Commission 1999 Federal Prosecutor of the Year.

During his fourteen and one-half years as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Uhl was a frequent lecturer on many criminal justice related topics and was on the Justice Department's National Evaluation and Review staff. For several years he's been an SMU Adjunct Professor teaching White Collar Crime. Mr. Uhl headed the Dallas Corporate Fraud investigation and prosecution group and the U.S. Attorney's White Collar Crime and Public Corruption section and is an expert on corporate compliance. Mr. Uhl has extensive experience in grand jury investigations and trials. He has also handled federal appeals and has appeared before the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of Appeals to argue cases.

Mr. Uhl has been recognized by many organizations and groups and has received numerous awards throughout his legal career.

White Collar Crime
Federal Criminal Defense