Lawyer Zhang Pengzhan graduated from Jiangsu Police Academy in August 1998 and has been working at the Zhenjiang Public Security Bureau ever since. He resigned from the Zhenjiang Public Security Bureau Legal Support Team in May 2016. I am currently a senior partner at Jiangsu South Kunlun Law Firm, serving as the director of the Criminal Defense Department, specializing in criminal defense.

In the past ten years of practice, more than 800 criminal cases have been handled, of which more than half have been successfully released on bail and sentenced to probation; Dozens of people have been released on bail pending trial and exempted from prosecution.

Classic case:

In November 2016, I represented Mr. Zuo in the second instance appeal of the case of provocation and disturbance, and defended myself against the exemption of reporting obligations for juvenile delinquency, which should not be recognized as having a criminal record. Finally, the second instance judgment was changed and probation was agreed upon.

In August 2017, he represented Zhang in the second instance appeal of the illegal detention case, defending whether he was identified as an accomplice in the joint crime. Eventually, the sentence was changed in the second instance, reducing the sentence from one year and four months to one year.

In June 2018, he represented Jiang in the first instance defense of a case involving the sale of counterfeit drugs, focusing on the defense of "genuine drugs among counterfeit drugs" and the low actual harm. Eventually, he was exempted from prosecution by the procuratorate.

In April 2019, I represented Lin in the second instance appeal of the fraud case, and defended myself around the phone agreement to wait at the unit for the police to determine whether it was voluntary surrender. Finally, the second instance verdict was changed to voluntary surrender, and the sentence was reduced from five years to four years and six months.

In November 2020, representing Hao and others in the first instance defense of the case of selling entry and exit documents, the defense focused on whether the sales form was an entry and exit document. Eventually, the charge was successfully changed to the crime of buying and selling state agency documents, and the sentence was reduced from five years to two years and two months.

In August 2021, he represented Yang in the first instance defense of the environmental pollution case, focusing on the defense that the landlord was not necessarily aware of the tenant's illegal and criminal behavior. Eventually, he was exempted from prosecution by the prosecutor's office.

In March 2022, in the second instance appeal of the case of representing Pan in opening a casino, the defense was launched based on the fact that the bad deeds of many years ago should not be an obstacle to the application of probation. Finally, the second instance judgment was changed and probation was agreed to be applied.

In the first instance defense of the case of Wu manipulating the securities and futures markets, which was represented in December 2023, the defense focused on the fact that the act of providing funds only played a helping role. Eventually, Wu was identified as an accomplice and his sentence was reduced from five years to three years, with probation applied.

In June 2024, he represented Liu in the first instance defense of the rape case, arguing that the victim's obvious fault could reduce the defendant's criminal responsibility. Eventually, he was found to be eligible for a lighter punishment, with his sentence reduced from four years to three years and probation applied.

In December 2025, I represented Wang in the theft case and defended the relationship between "handling" and "passing" and taking advantage of my position. Eventually, I successfully changed the charge to embezzlement and reduced my sentence from 11 years to 3 years and 6 months.