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Controlled substance laws have increased and changed to accommodate
a growing number of offenses prohibiting the possession, manufacture,
and delivery of controlled substances. These substances range from
illegal drugs such as marijuana, heroin, and cocaine, to prescription-only
substances such as opana and oxycodone...
Sex Crimes
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Facing criminal charges? Then your individual liberty is at stake. For that reason, Petersen Criminal Law commits itself to what matters and nothing else. We don't judge you. We don't lecture you.
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Criminal defense attorney Tom Petersen knows how to fight on your behalf because he has spent more than 15 years doing so for clients throughout the Omaha, Nebraska, metro. In this time, he has represented clients in more than 6,000 cases, frequently at trial.
Don't let a Nebraska criminal case ruin your life. Your decision today affects your future. Turn to the experienced legal advice of attorney Tom Petersen.
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Attorney Petersen's significant experience enables our firm to deliver the kind of legal representation clients want when they need protection against criminal charges. While aggressively protecting our clients' interests in and out of court, we provide our clients with accessibility to our firm.
This transparency allows clients to understand their cases, the charges and penalties they face, and the legal options available to them. We actively seek sentencing alternatives and diversion, including pre-charge dispositions, as well as post-conviction alternatives such as Drug Court or nonprison sentencing alternatives. We are passionate about finding diversion and nonprison alternatives for our clients.
Access to our firm includes our 24-hour phone availability, enabling our clients to provide us with more information or just ask a question. We maintain this level of communication with our clients in every kind of criminal defense matter we accept, including:
Do not make the mistake of thinking law enforcement will help you if you just tell your side of the story. These police interviews and the resulting admissions often become the prosecution's strongest evidence. We have avoided criminal charges for our clients in hundreds of cases by helping during the early stages of a case, and we stand with you every step of the way.
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