Child Pornography Defense Attorney in Clayton, MO

Child Pornography Defense Overview

At Law & Schriener, LLC, in Clayton, Missouri, our defense attorneys advise people who are charged with sex crimes of all kinds, especially those involving Internet transmission and computer storage of child pornography.

Internet child porn cases are slow to develop and harder to prove than you might suppose. As a result, we advise our clients to say nothing to investigators or law enforcement until you have discussed your situation with an experienced defense attorney. In many cases, the only evidence available to support a conviction is the defendant’s own statements, admissions and explanations.

Our child pornography defense attorneys have more than 30 years of combined experience in both state and federal criminal practice. In Missouri, it has lately become common for a child porn defendant to face both state and federal charges arising from the same computer-based evidence. Our experience in both systems can represent an important advantage for our clients.

We can't emphasize it enough: If you have been contacted by law enforcement about pornographic material on your hard drive or chat room discussions of sexual themes, the chance that you can improve your position by cooperating with the authorities simply does not exist until you have discussed your case with a lawyer who understands the implications of your situation.

Even if your first contact with investigators involves the seizure of your computer and a search of your residence or business, declining any statement or interview until you have consulted an attorney is the only smart move you can make. It will usually be several months before formal charges follow, and the work our lawyers can perform on your behalf in that period can make a critical difference to your result.

As well as representing people facing state or federal child pornography charges, our law firm handles the defense in cases involving other sex crimes from online solicitation of a minor to indecent exposure, sexual assault, statutory rape or human trafficking charges. Contact Law & Schriener in Clayton for advice about your defense options in Greater St. Louis, downstate Illinois and all of Missouri.

Areas of Practice

• Child Pornography Defense
• Criminal Defense
• Appeals and Post Conviction
• Federal Criminal Appeals
• Administrative Hearings
• Federal Crimes
• State Crimes
• White Collar Crimes