While the term "White Collar Crime" originated in the early 1940`s to describe corporate wrongdoing, current usage has evolved to include the representation of corporations and individuals targeted by federal and state law enforcement agencies.

Many White Collar cases are prosecuted under recognizable criminal statutes such as conspiracy, banking fraud, tax fraud, false statements, mail and wire fraud. Creative prosecutions under ambiguous criminal statutes and the assessment of criminal penalties for what formerly were purely regulatory violations have in recent years multiplied the possibilities of a businessman encountering an aggressive government investigator.

James E. Arnold & Associates recognizes that successful resolutions of White Collar Crime investigations require a very different system of defense work, and employs strategies distinctive to White Collar Crime to prevent or mitigate the imposition of criminal sanctions against a person or a business entity accused of a crime.