Family Law

• Divorce

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Vicki graduated with honors from The University of Mississippi in 2002, where she obtained a degree in Journalism with a minor in English.  She attended law school at Ole Miss, where she received the American Jurisprudence award in criminal law and was a member of The Mississippi Law Journal, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and the Environmental Law Society.  While in law school, Vicki clerked at various law firms, gaining valuable experience in the areas of employment law and insurance defense.  Graduating
• DUI/DWI
  Mistakes happen.  People are sometimes wrongly accused of crimes that they are not guilty of committing.  If you have been charged with a DUI, there are certain things that you can do to protect your rights.  It is important to hire an attorney who has experience in dealing with prosecutors and with handling DUI cases--to help ensure the most favorable outcome to your situation.
• Fraud
  The Supreme Court in Skilling v. United States, 130 S.Ct. 2896, 2932-33 (2010) held that the 18 U.S.C. § 1346 honest services statute only encompasses mail and wire fraud “bribery and kickback” schemes to defraud.  The Supreme Court specifically rejected the government’s attempt to apply the statute to schemes involving “undisclosed self-dealing by a public official or private employee.” Id. at 2932. The Supreme Court “conclude[d] that a reasonable construction of § 1346 must exclude this amorphous category of cases.” Id. (emphasis added).
• White Collar Crimes
  In non-white collar crimes, the defendant normally does not become aware that an investigation is underway.  The time of the arrest is usually the first time that these defendants find out that any investigation had been going on.
• Drug Crimes
  Attorneys with Eastland Law Offices have extensive experience with helping clients to obtain favorable results when faced with DUI and drug charges.  Our DUI lawyers have represented individuals charged with DUI offenses all over the state.  We have attorneys located in Greenwood and Natchez, which gives us a broad are of representation -- we often represent clients in Oxford, Greenwood, Greenville, Grenada, Starkville, Natchez and other areas of Mississippi.
• Money Laundering
  Losing a case at the trial level can be devastating for any defendant--criminal or civil.  It is critical at this point to retain experienced, skillful and knowledgeable counsel to handle your appeal.  Our attorneys have much experience in handling appeals for clients with issues including, but not limited to: fraud, RICO, Honest Services, Bribery, Money Laundering and Medicare / Medicaid.
• Extortion
  Another element all RICO claims require is predicate acts of racketeering activity.  Such acts are independently illegal crimes that fit within the list enumerated by the Legislature.  Included in this group are offenses of bribery, kickback, extortion, mail and wire fraud, honest services mail and wire fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling and bank fraud.  A RICO attorney on the Plaintiff side must be capable of defining predicate acts of racketeering activity that qualify under the Act’s list while making sure that such actions fall within the statute of limitations period.  In representing a Defendant, one of the key inquiries is whether certain predicates were pled with sufficient particularity under Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.