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 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 the […]
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 […]
On October 4, 2018, Amy E. Millard was a panelist at a program sponsored by the New York City Bar entitled “Ethical Considerations for Corporate Investigations: Views from All Sides.” This program explored current issues and recent developments relating to ethical duties and responsibilities of lawyers in corporate internal investigations. In connection with the program, Clayman & […]
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 […]
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York recently unsealed an indictment against New York Congressman Chris Collins charging him with insider trading and lying to federal agents, along with his son, Cameron Collins, and Stephen Zarsky, the father of Cameron Collins’ fiancée. See Isabelle Kirshner‘s interview about these charges on PBS’s MetroFocus here.
Isabelle Kirshner was honored by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers with its Hon. Thurgood S. Marshall Award for Outstanding Criminal Practitioner of the Year during the NYSACDL’s annual dinner in January 2019. The NYSACDL dedicates itself to protecting the rights of the accused through a strong, unified, and well-trained criminal defense bar.