Ambulance Chasers & Sons | Attorneys at Law

About the Firm

Founded in 2003, Ambulance Chasers & Sons has established itself as one of the most consequential law firms operating at the intersection of minor traffic infractions and international counterterrorism law.

Our founding principle is simple: no offence is too small to be taken seriously, and no jurisdictional boundary should stand between a client and the fullest possible application of the law. Where other firms see a speeding ticket, we see a potential violation of the 1968 UN Convention on Road Traffic. Where others see a parking dispute, we see an opportunity to engage the machinery of the United States Department of Justice.

Our work has been described by The Virginia Bar Association as "unprecedented." By INTERPOL as "deeply alarming." By Legal 500 as "not a category we currently rank." We take all of these as compliments.

14 Jurisdictions Engaged

3 Federal Indictments Secured

47,312% Average Charge Escalation Rate

0 Clients Currently Not Facing Charges

LANDMARK CASE

United States v. Pemberton-Smythe

Our signature achievement. On 5 January 2024, our client was detected travelling at 36mph in a 30mph zone on Station Approach, Woking, Surrey. By the time our firm concluded its representation, he had been named in a three-count federal indictment in the Eastern District of Virginia, charged with Conspiracy to Commit Acts of Transnational Vehicular Terrorism, Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering, and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.

The 2019 Volkswagen Golf (Reg: BD51 SMR), photographed at the scene. The vehicle has since been subject to a federal forfeiture order.

We are aware that lesser firms might have advised accepting the £100 fixed penalty notice. We did not consider this appropriate. The vehicle was travelling at twenty percent above the posted limit. This constituted, in our professional assessment, a willful exceeding of designated velocity parameters with potential implications for global transportation security protocols.

Read the full case & indictment

Notable Achievements

First law firm to have a client indicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2332b for a speeding offence originating in the United Kingdom.
Only law firm to be mentioned by name (as unindicted co-conspirators) in a federal indictment originating from a £100 fixed penalty notice.
Subject of a formal diplomatic note from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to the U.S. State Department, requesting that the firm "desist."
Successfully billed a client for 1,400 hours of work on a matter that the client had originally hoped to resolve with a £30 cheque. The client disputes 1,398 of those hours. We are billing for the dispute resolution process.
Featured in Virginia Lawyers Weekly (article titled: "How Did This Happen?").

What Our Clients Say

"They told me they could get my speeding ticket thrown out. Technically they were correct. It was thrown out by Woking Magistrates' Court when the Crown Prosecution Service withdrew it, citing 'the wholly disproportionate involvement of federal law enforcement.' I now have a file at the FBI instead."

— D.W., Rotherham, on a list