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Criminal Cases

Androphy has represented many high-profile defendants. In 2008, Joel Androphy, along with Pat Cooney of Houston's Royston Razor, successfully defended an international maritime company from environmental criminal charges. The Department of Justice decided to conclude a year long investigation without filing any criminal indictments. The international company rejected all attempts by the federal government to obtain corporate pleas.

Androphy obtained a dismissal of a federal indictment involving computer crimes.

Androphy won a reversal and acquittal on appeal to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in a bank fraud case, and the same year obtained a federal jury acquittal on 11 counts of mail fraud and money laundering for a Dallas chiropractor accused of participating in an insurance fraud conspiracy.

Androphy acted as co-counsel for Susan McDougal in the appeal of her Whitewater conviction. In 1997, he won a reversal in the federal court of appeals for an executive charged with counterfeit trafficking under the Trademark Counterfeiting Act, and in 1998 he won another reversal in state court for a doctor charged with criminal contempt.

Androphy won another acquittal in federal court for a bankruptcy auctioneer accused of defrauding bankruptcy estates.

Androphy won an acquittal in federal court for two brothers accused of money laundering and currency violations. That same year, he also won an acquittal in federal court for a former mortgage company president accused of fraud.

Androphy, with David Berg as lead lawyer, won a dismissal of criminal RICO charges during a four-month trial in Beaumont, Texas.