We provide comprehensive service in all matters in the field of criminal law, including fiscal criminal law and cases of petty offenses. We represent Clients both in preparatory proceedings and before the court. The Law Firm also provides legal advice, also before initiating proceedings, and drafts all pleadings – e.g., appeal, complaint, cassation, application for reopening the proceedings – necessary for effective assertion of rights in criminal proceedings.
Defence at every stage of the proceedings
We represent clients at every stage of criminal proceedings: in the preparatory proceedings conducted by the Police and the prosecutor's office, in the court proceedings and in the enforcement proceedings. The earliest steps — the first questioning or the decision to apply a preventive measure, including pre-trial detention — often determine the further course of the case, which is why contact with a defence counsel should take place as soon as possible, ideally before any statement is given.
The range of services provided includes in particular:
- drafting and filing a notice of suspected crime,
- drafting and filing a complaint against the decision to refuse to initiate/discontinue preparatory proceedings, applications for reopening legally concluded criminal proceedings,
- representing the victim and the subsidiary prosecutor at the stage of preparatory proceedings,
- representing the interests of persons victims of crime, including in the field of pursuing civil claims related to damage resulting from the committed crime,
- representation in court and enforcement proceedings,
- drafting private and subsidiary indictments,
- acting in cases of persons wanted, detained, and deprived of liberty,
- participation during interrogation at the police, Prosecutor's Office, or at a court hearing,
- drafting and filing appeals and extraordinary appeal measures,
- applying for probation measures (conditional discontinuation of proceedings, conditional suspension of punishment, conditional early release from prison),
- drafting pleadings in criminal cases, including in the field of changing or revoking a preventive measure, in particular temporary arrest, bail, ban on leaving the country,
- conducting pardon proceedings,
- providing legal advice in the field of criminal law, petty offenses, commercial criminal law, and fiscal law.
Help for the injured party
We represent not only suspects and defendants but also those injured by an offence. We help to file a notice of a possible offence, to challenge a refusal to initiate or a discontinuance of proceedings, and to act as an auxiliary prosecutor and pursue civil claims related to the damage caused by the offence.
Fiscal criminal cases and petty offences
We also handle matters of fiscal criminal law and petty-offence cases. We advise entrepreneurs and individuals in proceedings concerning fiscal criminal liability, represent them in penalty-notice and court proceedings, and help them use measures that mitigate liability, such as active regret or voluntary submission to liability.
Why prompt help from a defence counsel matters
Criminal cases involve short deadlines for lodging appeals, and many key decisions are taken at an early stage. A professional defence counsel ensures that the client's rights are respected from the very first action, assesses the merits of the charges, builds the line of defence and represents the client before the law-enforcement authorities and the court. The Firm handles criminal matters in Warsaw and throughout Poland, and offers consultations in eight languages.
Defence in fiscal criminal cases (KKS)
We defend clients in proceedings concerning fiscal offences — from unreliable declarations and tax shortfalls, through excise cases, to liability for company accounting. In KKS cases the key decisions come early: voluntary submission to liability, active repentance or negotiating the penalty all require a strategy before the indictment reaches court.
Economic criminal cases
We conduct the defence in economic criminal cases: mismanagement, acting to a company's detriment, fraud and the liability of board members. We combine criminal law craft with an understanding of business realities — the defence is built on the financial documents, not beside them.
Objection to a penal order and interlocutory appeals
A penal order is issued without a trial and is often the first news of the case. A short 7-day deadline for an objection runs from delivery — filing it effectively opens a full trial. We also draft appeals against prosecutor's and court rulings: on detention, pre-trial arrest, asset freezes or discontinuation of proceedings.
Procedural actions — detention, search, interrogation
We take part in procedural actions in Warsaw and across Poland: police and prosecutor interrogations, searches, confrontations and arrest hearings. A defence lawyer present from the first action genuinely changes the course of a case. In cases of unlawful deprivation of liberty we claim compensation and redress for wrongful detention or pre-trial arrest.
Reopening a finally concluded case
A final judgment does not always end the fight. We analyse case files for grounds to reopen criminal and fiscal criminal proceedings — new facts and evidence, procedural defects or tribunal rulings. We cover this in detail in the article on reopening a fiscal criminal case in Warsaw.
Penal enforcement law
We also help after a final judgment: applications for electronic monitoring (SDE), deferral of and breaks in serving a sentence, conditional early release and paying fines in instalments. A well-prepared application often decides whether a sentence can be served outside prison.