What happens when a young associate trained by the Dean of Chicago Defense Attorneys — the man who represented R. Kelly and Rod Blagojevich — decides to bet on himself and launch his own federal criminal defense firm? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Vadim Glozman, founder of Glozman Law in Chicago, about the full acquittal he won for R. Kelly's former business partner Darryl McDavid on every count after five weeks of federal trial, why he almost never fights the facts and instead reframes what they mean, and what the first 24 hours should look like when someone learns they're being investigated by the DOJ. Vadim explains how his mentor Eddie Jensen changed the way he reads a courtroom, why federal conviction rates above 90% don't scare him, and why talking to a federal agent without a lawyer is one of the most dangerous things an innocent person can do. They also discuss the internet's most notorious spammer who walked away with time served when prosecutors asked for 12 to 14 years, how storytelling at sentencing can matter more than anything that happens at trial, what it's like to represent someone you were already friends with when they get indicted, and why after every verdict — win or lose — he still spends two or three days overthinking how it could have gone differently. Vadim Glozman is the founder of Glozman Law in Chicago, Illinois, a federal criminal defense and white collar crime firm. Chambers USA has recognized him in their Spotlight rankings for white collar crime in Illinois for two consecutive years. Connect with Vadim Glozman: glozmanlaw.com Phone: 312-726-9015 LinkedIn: Vadim Glozman Chicago, Illinois Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Vadim Glozman 00:53 Interning at Cook County State's Attorney and walking out wanting to defend people 01:34 Eddie Jensen's courtroom theatrics and the most outrageous thing Vadim saw 02:20 The single best lesson Jensen drilled into him — reframing facts without changing them 03:00 Why his approach to going to trial is different from Jensen's 04:02 Taking the R. Kelly co-defendant case and why it was never going to settle 04:41 The note that made the team fear the worst — and the verdict that followed 05:23 Do lawyers ever get to talk to jurors after trial 06:07 How much time he spends on jury selection and what he's really trying to do 07:07 Why federal prosecutors have their ducks in a row compared to state 07:48 A real world example of winning by reframing — the gun that wasn't brought to the deal 09:22 The bear hug in the courtroom when McDavid was acquitted 10:11 Building personal relationships with clients and why the McDavid case was different 11:06 The actual charges against Darryl McDavid and how they connected to the 2008 R. Kelly trial 13:07 The almost unheard of $850,000 attorney fee motion against the prosecution 13:38 Rapid fire questions including My Cousin Vinny and pop punk music 15:01 Federal conviction rates above 90% — the first 48 hours after a DOJ target letter 15:46 White collar crime versus violent crime — how preparation is different 16:36 Mock trials and the new AI simulation tools he's intrigued by 16:54 Getting the internet's most notorious spammer sentenced to time served 17:27 How much of criminal defense is storytelling 18:12 The Peter Levashov cyber crime case and what made it famous 18:53 The biggest mistake people make in the first 24 hours after learning they're under investigation 19:30 Going from Jensen's firm to launching Glozman Law 20:14 What the first week was like and the business reality of running a firm 20:35 How clients come in — results, communication, and word of mouth 21:29 Chambers Spotlight ranking for white collar crime in Illinois 21:52 The mix of clients across white collar and other federal crimes 23:29 What being on trial costs him personally — and why his wife was happy he was in Cleveland 25:33 What keeps him up at night before a verdict 26:38 How to reach Vadim Glozman #VadimGlozman #GlozmanLaw #FederalCriminalDefense #RKelly #DarrylMcDavid #ChicagoDefenseLawyer #WhiteCollarCrime #TrustcastShow #EddieJensen #FederalAcquittal
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