CRKL attorneys Ramsey C. Hinkle, James Valentino and Eliel Talo recently secured a full dismissal for a client charged with multiple misdemeanors including criminal contempt, harassment, menacing and unlawful imprisonment. Prosecutors in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office initially offered a plea deal to the client, which was rejected. In response, Hinkle, Valentino, […]

CRKL partner Isabelle Kirshner recently spoke with Reuters to share her insight and perspective about the decision to charge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter. “The decision to charge Alec Baldwin flies in the face of a thoughtful, intelligent exercise of prosecutorial discretion,” Kirshner said. “Alec Baldwin had every reason to believe that the weapon […]

Partners Ramsey Hinkle and Paul Hugel recently secured a rare non-incarceratory sentence for an individual charged with filing fraudulent applications for Covid-19 relief loans. Although their client faced up to 20 years imprisonment, the attorneys successfully argued that prison time was not warranted in this instance. “The Department of Justice has been aggressively filing enforcement […]