PRACTICE AREAS

Kelleter Law PC provides strategic criminal defense for individuals, professionals, and businesses facing serious legal risk. Our practice focuses on economic and regulatory offenses, such as fraud, bribery, tax evasion, and embezzlement, bringing decades of experience as a fraud defense attorney to help clients navigate these high-stakes matters, as well as environmental violations and other white-collar crimes.

We also represent clients in the full range of federal and state criminal cases, including complex drug conspiracies, firearms offenses, and serious felonies.

Given Norfolk’s role as a major port city, we represent clients in a wide range of maritime criminal cases, serving both local businesses and international players in the maritime sector.

We bring discretion, clarity, and deep federal experience to every case. Explore our services in white collar defense, criminal investigations, maritime enforcement, and other high-stakes criminal matters below.

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White Collar Defense

Kelleter Law’s fraud defense attorney has years of experience helping businesses and professionals charged in federal and state courts with white collar or economic crimes. Our clients have included:

A financial services professional federally charged with alleged tax fraud arising from a promoted tax shelter
A wholesaler prosecuted federally for the alleged sale of counterfeit merchandise and contraband cigarettes
A California-based web merchant prosecuted federally for alleged criminal copyright infringement of sophisticated business software
A medical doctor prosecuted federally for alleged prescription fraud over the internet
A bank officer prosecuted federally for alleged bank fraud
A medical services provider prosecuted in Virginia for alleged Medicaid fraud
A tax preparation business federally charged with alleged tax fraud
A government contractor federally charged with alleged small business fraud

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Federal Criminal Defense

At Kelleter Law, we handle the full spectrum of federal criminal cases with strategic, experienced defense tailored to each client’s unique situation. Our practice covers economic and white-collar crimes, maritime and environmental offenses, as well as serious violent crimes, narcotics, and firearms cases. Our recent federal defense work includes:

Assisting clients facing federal fraud investigations and conducting internal compliance reviews to mitigate risk
Defending individuals in complex, multi-defendant drug conspiracy prosecutions
Representing clients in firearms cases, including:
- 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charges involving firearm use during drug trafficking or violent crimes
- 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) cases for felons found in possession of firearms
- Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) cases under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)
Handling post-conviction relief efforts, including:
- Termination of supervised release
- Compassionate release requests from the Bureau of Prisons
- Habeas corpus petitions and federal motions under Sections 2254 and 2255 seeking to challenge convictions or sentences

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State Criminal Defense

As an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for over six years, Trey Kelleter has prosecuted hundreds of cases for the state, including close to a hundred felony sexual assault and abuse cases, fighting for victims in the most sensitive and difficult of cases. He also prosecuted the full range of narcotics and firearms offenses, felony crimes of violence and homicides, and hundreds of domestic violence cases, as well as traffic offenses.

Kelleter Law handles the full range of criminal cases in Virginia courts. Recent cases include:

Helping a small business owner recover close to $1,000,000 in improperly seized assets from a local law enforcement agency.
Helping multiple home health care providers successfully respond to investigations from the state Attorney General’s Medicaid fraud unit.
Representing a small business in a felony prosecution for alleged unlicensed medically invasive procedures
Representing a health care provider in a state jury trial on felony fraud charges, reduced to a misdemeanor and suspended time after a hung jury.

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Get in Touch with Kelleter Law PC Today

Whether you are currently charged, potentially involved, or expect a subpoena, contact Kelleter Law to speak with our Virginia fraud attorney today.

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Client Reviews

I’ve known attorney Kelleter for 30 years. He’s a smart and dedicated lawyer who fights hard to protect and defend his clients. You will be in great hands if you need help with white collar defense or criminal defense in the state or federal courts in the Hampton Roads area in Virginia.

Attorney Kelletter took my call and was very professional and easy to talk to. He was willing to work with me and genuinely helped me understand my situation. I really appreciate the time he took to listen and guide me through everything. I highly recommend him to anyone needing legal help in Virginia.

Trey was extremely helpful and amazing with our company’s reputation in mind. Thank you very much!

At first, we were extremely concerned, but Kelleter Law was able to go dissect the case in hardly any time at all. We extremely appreciate it and recommend anyone to reach out to them with any maritime legal issues.

Efficient and extremely helpful on our case. Thank you!