Introduction: Craig A. Harbaugh is a criminal defense attorney with more than 15 years of trial, appellate and habeas experience. His practice focuses exclusively on federal and state criminal defense.
Mr. Harbaugh has handled a variety of criminal matters, including drug trafficking, sexual assault, child pornography, battery, fraud, computer crimes, and immigration offenses.
He has done the following services related to representative matters:
* Successfully litigated high-profile extradition matter and ultimately convincing the U.S. State Department to withdraw the extradition request in a kidnapping-for-ransom conspiracy.
* Obtained acquittal where client was charged with sexually abusing three separate complainants.
* Successfully reversed murder conviction on appeal.
* Secured dismissal of all charges and winning two key pretrial motions in a drug trafficking case carrying a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence.
* Obtained three-year sentence in complex drug conspiracy where client originally faced a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence.
* Convinced a prosecutor to dismiss charges involving an interstate drug trafficking conspiracy offense through aggressive litigation of pretrial motions.
* Obtained probation for a client accused of defrauding the United States of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
* Secured acquittal in a case involving assault of an Internal Revenue Service agent.
* Convinced a prosecutor to dismiss charges in an Internet stalking case.
* Obtained dismissal for an undocumented client accused of assaulting an immigration and customs enforcement officer.
* Successfully litigated habeas matter resulting in the setting aside of defendant's murder conviction.
* Obtained acquittal in a rape case.
* Negotiated a misdemeanor charge and a probationary sentence in a large-scale fraud case originally involving multiple felony counts.