[2] He is an expert in sentencing, creative alternatives to incarceration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP).
[8] Arrangements and conditions for family visitation, mail, commissary, telephone privileges, and items permitted inside are thoroughly explained.
[11] Hoelter focused on white-collar defendants in federal cases, and represented prior to and post sentencing Bernard L. Madoff,[3][8] Martha Stewart,[12] Michael Vick,[13] Michael Milken,[9] Leona Helmsley,[14] Lewis "Scooter" Libby and Mike Tyson, as well as politicians, foreign nationals, husband wife or family defendants, independent business people and Wall Street executives such as Ivan Boesky, Dennis B. Levine, and James McDermott.
He is also a speaker, and provides testimony to government panels and professional and academic audiences on the criminal justice system and punishment alternatives that do not involve imprisonment.
[8] While acknowledging the havoc caused by Madoff's fraudulent activities, Hoelter described the sentence as "the crown jewel" for the federal government and one imposed for "symbolic purposes.
The information generated by the NCIA's review is intended as a frame of reference for judges deciding fines and imprisonment terms.