Nathaniel E. Burney
Associate

Nathan Burney is seasoned criminal defense lawyer who handles federal and state cases and represents clients in ongoing investigations.  He has been in private practice for a number of years after having served in the Rackets Bureau and as a Special Narcotics Prosecutor in the Manhattan DA’s Office. He obtained his law degree, cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virgina.

As a prosecutor, Nathan was the first to indict and convict a labor union at the state level.  He single-handedly ran the investigation that ultimately took down a capo of the country’s largest Mafia family, his organized crime associates, and the entire leadership of a corrupted labor union.

Mr. Burney has an ongoing lecture series with West LegalEdCenter called “Hope for Hopeless Cases.” Recent lectures include such things as how to defend internet crime cases and how to defend cases involving wiretaps.  He has been the author of a blog entitled “The Criminal Lawyer,” which has a loyal following and is listed by the ABA Journal as one of the more popular blogs.

Nathan has published legal articles, including “Understanding the Investigative Process to Better Defend Your Client,” in Inside the Minds: Strategies for Defending Internet Pornography Charges (Thomson 2008); and Antitrust Violations, 32 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 158 (1995).

Nathan is a member of the Federal Bar Council, the Federalist Society, various state and local bar associations, the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, and the Knights of Columbus.