In a closely watched case that drew national attention, Clayman & Rosenberg partners Isabelle Kirshner and Wayne Gosnell secured a favorable sentence for a client charged with illegally distributing oxycodone, a painkiller at the center of the nation’s opioid crisis. The client, a prominent endocrinologist, originally faced up to 20 years in prison. He was […]
Partner Wayne Gosnell recently published an editorial in the New York Daily News calling out a campaign by law enforcement to challenge important changes to New York’s criminal justice system. The changes, set to go into effect on January 1, 2020, will profoundly impact how the rules of discovery will be implemented in criminal prosecutions. […]
Clayman & Rosenberg LLP is pleased to announce the promotion of Ramsey C. Hinkle to partner. Ramsey has been an associate with the firm focusing on criminal defense, civil litigation, regulatory matters and appellate and post conviction. He has represented individuals from CEOs, CFOs and CCOs, to traders, bankers and relationship managers in cross-border investigations […]
As reported by the Daily Report here, Charles Clayman has been named to the board of Gideon’s Promise, a national non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring access to justice in under-served communities across America. “Charles has witnessed first-hand the challenges public defenders face to uphold the Constitutional rights of marginalized populations in this country and we […]
Wayne Gosnell is quoted in a Law360 article about the government’s expected use of cooperating witnesses in the trial against Philip Esformes, who is charged in a $1 billion health care fraud in Florida. Find the article here.
Isabelle Kirshner received the Hon. Thurgood Marshall Award from the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NYSACDL). Isabelle was the sixth woman to ever receive the award. Isabelle was honored at the NYSACDL Foundation Annual Dinner on January 17. The award recognizes jurists and practitioners who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to further […]
James Valentino was recently selected as a 2018 “Rising Star” by Superlawyers. This is the fourth-straight year that James has been given this distinction. Superlawyers is a nationally recognized rating service for lawyers. For its “Rising Stars” distinction, Superlawyers selects the top 2.5% of attorneys in each state annually. Lawyers are selected for inclusion in this list using […]
As reported by the New York Post, Clayman & Rosenberg brings suit against Wagner College alleging wrongful termination of an esteemed professor at its Business School because of a prior conviction. Seth Rosenberg and Christina Corcoran brought the suit on behalf of Edward Strafaci, alleging violations of the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws and breach […]
As reported in the New York Post, Seth Rosenberg‘s client Essex Global Trading has thrown down the litigation gauntlet against jeweler-to-the-stars Nissan Perla, and his company Olympic Diamond, after they failed to make good on a $1 million payment they owe Essex after it sold them a rare green diamond. Seth had this to say about the […]
As reported in Law360, Isabelle Kirshner and Wayne Gosnell successfully argued for an extraordinary variance from the federal Sentencing Guidelines on behalf of their client who had participated in a bank fraud involving Transmar Commodity Group LLC that resulted in losses to a syndicate of banks of more than $350 million. Although the Sentencing Guidelines called for a sentence […]