95.6% of federal criminal cases results in a guilty plea. (US Sentencing Commission)  75.6% of federal criminal defendants are convicted following trial. (Dept. of Justice)  82.8% of federal criminal defendants receive a prison term. (US Sentencing Commission)

Attorney Profiles

Federal Sentencing and Post-Conviction Law Firm

James H. Feldman Jr. 
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
phone (610) 658-2255
fax (610) 649-8362
email Email Me

James H. Feldman, Jr., practices federal post-conviction criminal defense out of his Ardmore, Pennsylvania, office, and is of counsel to the Law Offices of Alan Ellis.  He has handled numerous sentencings, appeals, and 2255 motions in federal courts throughout the United States, and is Editor of Alan Ellis' Federal Presentence and Post Conviction News, and co-author of the Ellis firm's Federal Sentencing Guidebook and its Federal Post Conviction Guidebook.  Mr. Feldman has also authored numerous articles on federal sentencing and post conviction remedies including Litigating in a Post-Booker World, Representing the White Collar Client in a Post-Booker World, and A 2255 and 2241 Primer.

After earning his law degree in 1976 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, Mr. Feldman engaged in the solo practice of law there until 1982, when he moved to Philadelphia to serve as staff attorney for the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors.  As a result of his work with CCCO, Mr. Feldman is one of a handful of attorneys in the United States experienced in litigating habeas petitions on behalf of members of the United States armed forces.  He currently serves on the board of the Washington, D.C. based Center on Conscience and War.

Areas of Practice:
Appeals
Federal Criminal Law
Post Conviction
White Collar Crimes
Bar Admissions:
Ohio, 1976
Pennsylvania, 1982
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
U.S. Tax Court, 1991
Education:
University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio
J.D.


Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1973
B.A.


Published Works:
Representing the White Collar Client in a Post-Booker World (With Alan Ellis), Champion, September/October, 2005


Litigating in a Post-Booker World (With Alan Ellis and Karen Landau), Criminal Justice, Spring, 2005


A 2255 and 2241 Primer: A Guide for Clients and their Family and Friends (With Alan Ellis), The Champion, April, 2002


Baker's Dozen: Federal Sentencing Tips for the Experienced Advocate, Part II (With Alan Ellis and Karen Landau), Criminal Justice, Spring, 2001


Apprehending and Appreciating Apprendi (With Alan Ellis, Peter Goldberger, and Karen Landau), Criminal Justice, Winter, 2001


Representing the White Collar Client at Sentencing (With Alan Ellis), Criminal Justice, Winter, 2000


The Basic Tools: 2241 and 2255 Habeas Petitions (With Alan Ellis and Wayne Anderson), Criminal Justice, Summer, 1997


With offices in San Francisco, California (Mill Valley), and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Ardmore), and soon in China, the Law Offices of Alan Ellis provides a full range of sentencing and post- conviction services to lawyers and defendants throughout the United States and internationally, including California (such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento), New York (such as New York City), Florida (such as Miami, Tampa, and Orlando), Texas (such as Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio), Illinois (such as Chicago), Pennsylvania (such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), Ohio (such as Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati), Michigan (such as Detroit and Grand Rapids), Georgia (such as Atlanta and Savannah), and North Carolina (such as Charlotte and Raleigh). Regardless of your location, we are available to help you. Indeed, we have practiced in federal courts in 47 of the 50 states. We are available to assist you and your attorney in obtaining the lowest possible sentence, and if it's one of incarceration, to be served at the best place possible under terms and conditions that will you to be released from custody at the earliest possible opportunity. 

 
The Law Offices of Alan Ellis

California

495 Miller Ave.
Suite 201
Mill Valley, CA 94941

Phone 415 380 2550
Fax 415 380 2555

aelaw1@alanellis.com

The Law Offices of Alan Ellis

Pennsylvania

50 Rittenhouse Place
Ardmore, PA 19003

Phone 610 658 2255
Fax 610 649 8362

aelaw2@alanellis.com