Taft attorneys John R. Mitchell and Carly Chocron’s article, “Managing the Pitfalls of Restitution,” is published in Best Lawyers 2025 Criminal Law Legal Guide. In the article, Mitchell and Chocron discuss how it is important to remember the role that restitution will play in a client’s sentence. Even after a client’s custodial sentence is completed, restitution will still play a significant role in a client’s life. To read the full article, click here.

Mitchell is a partner in Taft’s Compliance, Investigations, and White Collar Defense and Commercial Litigation practices. An experienced first-chair trial lawyer, he has defended companies and individuals in criminal, administrative, and civil trials in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mitchell is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, whose membership is restricted to the top one percent of trial lawyers, as unanimously recognized by their peers.

Chocron is an associate in Taft’s Compliance, Investigations, and White Collar Defense and Commercial Litigation practices and represents clients in a range of complex criminal and civil matters. She has experience representing individuals and companies in various state and federal litigation matters ranging from fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and negligence.