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Mr. Savatta's practice involves internal corporate investigations and criminal litigation in all federal and state courts. He has represented publicly traded companies, small and large privately held companies, a regional hospital and private individuals as well as clients in the entertainment industry. In addition, Mr. Savatta acts as lead counsel in pro bono matters representing prisoners in wrongful conviction and actual innocence cases.
Prior to establishing his private practice, Mr. Savatta was a Senior Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, New York. Mr. Savatta was assigned to the Rackets Bureau where he performed long and short-term investigations of financial crimes. He also conducted felony hearings and trials, including homicides, managed felony cases and investigations, interviewed witnesses, researched and prepared memoranda on various criminal issues, obtained videotaped confessions from homicide suspects, monitored homicide investigations, presented cases to grand juries, drafted search warrants and supervised less experienced Assistant District Attorneys. Mr. Savatta also worked with Jay Goldberg, the prominent commercial and criminal litigator who New York Magazine once reported, after polling New York lawyers and judges, was "the best pure trial lawyer in town."
In addition, Mr. Savatta has taught criminal law and procedure as an Adjunct Professor at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, and has taught trial advocacy as a Faculty Instructor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, in New York, New York. He is a court appointed Referee and appeared as a guest commentator on Court TV. He is a member of the New York County Lawyers' Association's Committee on Professional Ethics and the Ethics Hotline contact person for the New York County Lawyers' Association. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York County Lawyers' Association.
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State: New Jersey
Acquired: 1996
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630 Third Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY, 10017
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Posted by Troy | March 25, 2025 | Hired Attorney
Don Saved Me (2nd degree).
I want to publicly thank Don for helping me and saving my life. No excuses here, things happen and unfortunately I ended in a bad situation that got worse. I'm writing this review to help someone like me who felt scared and didn't know what to expect. My charge was in the 2nd degree.. first time fe...
Posted by anonymous | September 27, 2023 | Hired Attorney
wish there was a zero for this zero
beware of this atty. "greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction" I've encountered greedy, no good attys before, but this one is special. He does NOT care about his clients. He will use any scare tactic possible t...
Posted by anonymous | September 14, 2018 | Hired Attorney
Was very very disappointed in Don.
Most negligent and unconcerned attorney I have ever dealt with. The only time I contacted Don was to request an official copy of the charge that was filed against me and he never sent it, even after requesting it for a third time. For a small case, I paid Don’s law offices a substantial amount of mon...
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1996
JD - Juris Doctor
1993
BA - Bachelor of Arts
English