Case Successes – Criminal Defense

2025

  • Criminal Sexual Act - Successfully defended Hollywood movie producer and founder of Miramax Pictures and The Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, in his re-trial against a charge of forced oral sex filed on behalf of a new accuser who came forward after his initial trial and claimed to have first been sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein when she was just 16 years old and then again 4 years later resulting in a complete acquittal at trial as to this new accuser's allegations and a mixed verdict as to prior charges from two other accusers. (HW)
  • Felony Gun Possession - After meticulous analysis of extensive police body worn camera footage, aggressive cross-examination of various police witnesses and a comprehensive and thoroughly researched legal argument, we successfully obtained suppression of a firearm resulting in the immediate release of our client and the dismissal and sealing of all charges after conducting hearings and oral argument. (KM)
  • Felony Drug Possession - After thorough preparation of our client to testify before the Grand Jury about his lack of knowledge of drugs recovered by the police in a car he was a passenger in, all charges against him were dismissed by the Grand Jury.

2024

  • Criminal Obstruction of Breathing - Our client was acquitted at trial after extensive trial preparation, including an investigation which revealed a video and audio recording of the alleged incident demonstrating a lack of any criminal intent by our client, as well as obtaining prior school disciplinary records of the accuser by subpoena showing various prior bad acts related to her credibility and establishing a motive to fabricate the allegations. (LN)
  • Forcible Touching - Prevailed on a motion to dismiss for violation of our client's right to a speedy trial.  Later, prevailed on further motion practice in preventing this allegation from being admitted as Molineux evidence at the trial of a different allegation against our client.  (LN)
  • Early Termination of Probation - Successfully moved for the early termination of probation on behalf of a sex offender client based upon the client's extraordinary progress in treatment and success on probation. (DT)

2023

  • Murder - An extensive defense investigation which included enhancement of surveillance video, meticulous examination of gun shot residue patterns and other ballistics evidence, as well as an autopsy review that further examined bullet trajectories in support of a defense of self defense and inadvertent firing of a gun led to a negotiated a plea to a lesser charge and just 9 years in jail where our client had been charged with Murder in the Second Degree and was facing as much as 25 years to life in prison. (JR)
  • Forcible Touching / Sexual Misconduct - successfully negotiated a plea to a non-criminal offense after persistent negotiations with the prosecutor, including presenting my client for a proffer meeting with the prosecutor and preparing an extensive pre-pleading memorandum on his behalf. (RP)

2022

  • Murder - An extensive defense investigation which included enhancement of surveillance video, meticulous examination of gun shot residue patterns and other ballistics evidence, as well as an autopsy review that further examined bullet trajectories in support of a defense of self defense and inadvertent firing of a gun led to a negotiated a plea to a lesser charge and just 9 years in jail where client was charged with Murder in the Second Degree and facing as much as 25 years to life in prison. (JR)
  • Murder - Worked with a forensic psychiatrist Prepared an extensive mitigation report Negotiated a plea to a lesser charge and just 9 years in jail where client was charged with Murder in the Second Degree and facing as much as 25 years to life in prison. (JR)
  • Vehicular Homicide - Successfully negotiated a plea to a non-criminal offense on behalf of a client who was charged with striking a pedestrian she did not see walking in a crosswalk causing that person's death. (IG)

2021

  • Murder - Successfully negotiated a plea to a lesser charge and 13 years in jail where client was charged with Murder in the Second Degree and facing as much as 25 years to life in prison. (SO)
  • Assault - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our client in a dispute between neighbors after obtaining and presenting video evidence showing the accuser had fabricated various details of his allegations from both before and after the alleged assault, as well as presenting additional video and audio recordings demonstrating the accuser's motive to fabricate allegations. (JL)
  • Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) - successfully argued for the lowest level of registration on behalf of a client despite the SORA calculation calling for a higher, lifetime period of registration based upon the the scoring of factors in this case. (DT)

2020

  • Felony Assault - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our client after refusing to accept a plea offer and insisting on exercising her right to trial where her ex-boyfriend had falsely accused her of attacking him with a knife. (CR)
  • Robbery - All charges were dismissed and sealed after successful motion practice establishing our client's right to a speedy trial was violated. (MB)

2019

  • Murder - Successfully negotiated a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, otherwise known as an insanity defense, where our client was charged with Murder in the Second Degree for the brutal and unprovoked attack of en elderly neighbor. (RW)
  • Assault - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our client in a dispute between neighbors after obtaining and presenting video evidence and other witness accounts establishing the video had been been edited to cut out a portion of the encounter which would have shown the supposed victim actually starting the altercation. (GP)

2018

  • Murder  - An extensive investigation and forensic psychiatric evaluation revealed a horrific pattern of abuse of our client and his siblings by their father, resulting in our successful negotiation of a plea to a reduced charge and just 4 years in jail where our client was originally charged with Murder in the Second Degree and had been facing as much as 25 years to life in prison. (HR)
  • Felony Gun Possession - Successfully negotiated a misdemeanor weapon possession charge and conditional discharge sentence on behalf of an out-of-state client found to be in possession of a legally owned gun from his home state of Missouri while working temporarily in New York City on a construction project. (NH)
  • Sexual Misconduct - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our 17 year old client charged with sexual abuse of his 16 year old girlfriend. (ZT)

2017

  • Murder  - Our client was facing 25 years to life on a Murder in the Second Degree charge and we were able to successfully negotiate a plea to a lesser Manslaughter charge where he had to serve less than half that amount of jail time. (CM)
  • Assault - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our client who had been arrested and charged with an alleged assault caught on video after establishing the video had been been edited to cut out a portion of the encounter which arguably would have shown the supposed victim actually starting the altercation. (GP)

2016

  • Homicide Investigation - Our client, a sex worker advertising on Grindr, was investigated for his alleged involvement in the death of a client who suffered a fatal drug overdose while on a date while with our client, was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing after an extensive investigation and proactive negotiations with the District Attorney's Office. (DJ)
  • Attempted Murder - An in-depth forensic psychiatric investigation and evaluation revealing a prior history of severe emotional abuse and persistent negotiations with the prosecutor further highlighting our client's impeccable record and achievements despite such adversity convinced the prosecutor's office to offer a non-jail plea to a misdemeanor where our client was initially charged with Attempted Murder and Assault in the First Degree of his father. (CM)
  • School Threat - an ill-advised joke on social media among friends during school finals led to our client, a high school honor student, being charged with making a terrorist threat and being suspended from school and charged with a crime, only to have all charges dismissed against him after a further investigation by our office following his arrest. (TM)

2015

  • Felony DWI (2nd DWI) - Our client, a mother and investment advisor, was charged with her 2nd DWI in less than 3 years resulting in felony charges that would jeopardize her professional licenses, and we were able to negotiate a non-felony disposition that allowed her to retain all her professional licenses and continue to support her family. (AB)
  • DWI - Our client was involved in an accident and charged with DWI and having a BAC of .16 and we were able to avoid a misdemeanor conviction and criminal record allowing our client to maintain his liquor license as the sole owner of a local convenience market. (FL)
  • Grand Larceny - Through prompt action and negotiation on behalf of our client, who had been charged with a felony for repeated thefts from his employer, we were successful in negotiating a disposition that avoided any criminal conviction or jail. (AG)
  • Domestic Violence - Obtained an early dismissal and sealing of assault charges falsely filed against our client by establishing for the prosecutor that the alleged victim, her former girlfriend, was actually stalking our client through social media, leading to the subsequent arrest of the alleged victim for stalking and harassment and the issuance of an order of protection in favor of our client. (NK)
  • Drug Possession - Misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance charge against our client was dismissed and sealed. (PP)
  • Shoplift - Misdemeanor petit larceny charge against our client was dismissed and sealed. (SC)
  • DWI - Our client was involved in an accident and charged with DWI, having a BAC of .17, and leaving the scene, and we were successful in negotiating a disposition that avoided any misdemeanor conviction or criminal record. (KC)
  • Felony Domestic Violence - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our client, a cab driver, who was charged in two separate cases alleging domestic violence and felony assault of a former girlfriend, where through investigation we were able to prove that the complainant was lying based upon video evidence depicting our client elsewhere at the time of one of the alleged assaults and compelling evidence from his employer that he was at work at the time of the other alleged assault. (OC)

2014

  • Domestic Violence - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our client, an investment banker, who was charged in two separate cases alleging domestic violence, aggravated harassment and violation of a restraining order during a hotly contested divorce, where through a multi-front investigation we were able to prove that both the injuries initially alleged were self-inflicted and that the later email communications that were allegedly sent by our client to the complainant in violation of a court order, were actually sent to the complainant by herself by hacking into our client's email accounts through an IP address at her place of employment. (DR)
  • Homicide Trial - Co-counsel in a Murder trial where our client was facing 25 years' to life for the death of a child and obtained a jury verdict for a non-violent crime where our client will be eligible for parole in less than 5 years from his arrest. (KO)
  • Insurance Fraud - Police and insurance company investigation into an auto accident involving possible DWI, leaving the scene, false reporting and insurance fraud, resulted in a negotiated surrender avoiding any incarceration and a non-criminal disposition for our client. (TS)
  • Felony Gun Possession - All charges were dismissed and sealed at the Grand Jury level where our client was charged as a result of a search warrant and was the target of the warrant. (GS)
  • Medicaid Fraud - As a result of prompt investigation and negotiation, we were able to avoid any arrest, incarceration or criminal record for our client and resolved what started off as likely felony charges based upon allegations of fraud in excess of $100,000.00, with a civil settlement for a small fraction of the initial alleged amount. (MI)
  • DWI - Our client was involved in an accident, causing physical injury, and charged with Aggravated DWI, having a BAC of .21, and we were successful in negotiating a disposition that avoided a misdemeanor conviction or any criminal record. (LT)
  • Felony Assault Weapon Possession - We were successful in avoiding a felony conviction for our client, a professional architect and gun enthusiast, upon showing irregularities in the paperwork of the licensed gun dealer that sold the assault weapon to our client and never should have, through no fault of our client. (FF)
  • Assault - All charges were dismissed and sealed on behalf of our client, a bar manager, who had been arrested and charged with assault of a drunk and rowdy patron after obtaining video of the incident demonstrating that the patron clearly initiated the incident and then lied to the police and prosecutor. (RO)

Prior Years