Criminal & White Collar Defense

Our Criminal & White Collar Defense team represents individuals and businesses facing allegations involving all types of federal and state offenses. Our attorneys have won numerous acquittals in high-profile cases, litigating and taking to trial complex cases of all kinds, involving everything from securities/mail fraud, bribery, racketeering and embezzlement to drug offenses, sex crimes, murder cases and a multitude of other felonies. We also handle complex civil rights litigation involving such issues as malicious prosecution, false arrest, and the use of excessive force.

We are often retained by clients to handle investigations, subpoenas, grand jury presentations, and FBI and other government interviews. Through grit, tenacity, and courtroom skill, our defense attorneys have put together an impressive string of trial victories that span more than two decades. We have had tremendous success in thwarting or shutting down prosecutions before they result in an arrest or indictment. In additional to trial work, our attorneys are skilled at appellate and post-judgment client representation. Many of our cases have garnered national media attention on various outlets such as Court TV, CNN, The New York Times and USA Today and our attorneys are often consulted by the media to offer expert opinions on criminal matters.

All of our Criminal & White Collar Defense attorneys are former prosecutors or former public defenders. They bring those skills and experiences to the table in vigorously pursuing the rights of the firm’s clients.

Bruce Barket is the leader of the Group. Clients frequently seek out Mr. Barket due to his reputation for successfully handling the most difficult, high profile matters. He has tried and won numerous cases in the state and federal courts around the region, and his record of success places him in the elite circle of trial attorneys in the New York Metropolitan Area.

Mr. Barket is best known for a number of cases that have garnered national media attention on various outlets such as Court TV, CNN, The New York Times and USA Today. His reputation for outstanding results has been enhanced by his uncanny ability to successfully re-open “cold cases” and obtain justice where others lawyers could not. One recent example is the Martin Tankleff double homicide case in which Mr. Barket and a team of attorneys freed a man from jail after nearly 20 years of incarceration by establishing that the murder of his parents was committed by others.

Richard Quadrino, Nathan Burney and Amy Marion are members of the Practice Group. Both Mr. Quadrino and Mr. Burney served as prosecutors with long track records of success. Mr. Quadrino won numerous trials as a prosecutor in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and Mr. Burney successfully handled high-profile organized crime and narcotics cases in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Burney was the first New York State prosecutor to take down a capo of the country’s largest Mafia family, his organized crime associates, and the entire leadership of a corrupt labor union. As a defense attorney, Nathan Burney brings those skills and experiences to the table in vigorously pursuing the rights of the firm’s clients. Amy Marion is a former Principal Law Clerk to the Honorable Tammy S. Robbins, Nassau County Court Judge, and an accomplished criminal defense lawyer and civil litigator. Ms. Marion has an insider’s perspective of the court system and a seasoned litigator’s understanding of trials. Her courtroom successes during her tenure in the Criminal Defense Division of the New York City Legal Aid Society were so notable that she was featured on a Court TV documentary.