Attorney Stephen A Somerstein's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

People v. E.C.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

At the time this case went to trial it was the largest fraud case ever brought in New York State. E.C. and his three co-defendants were accused of defrauding the elderly last surviving member of th ... e famed Brooklyn Lundy's Restaurant family of all his assets. It was charged that not only did they raid Mr. Lundy's bank and stock brokerage accounts, but ,also, by using disguises and a corrupt local attorney, the defendants were even able to steal several valuable tracts of farm land the family had owned in upstate New York for decades. The scheme was discovered only after Mr. Lundy died and his heirs discovered his estate was empty.

Criminal defense

People v. T.A.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

Our client was indicted for milking her company sponsored retirement savings account for money to which she was not entitled. T.A. was charged with using a glitch she had inadvertently discovered i ... n the fund manager' s computer based accounting system. Each month T.A. would submit a withdrawal slip for an amount to which she actually was entitled under the terms of the plan. The fund manager, a large insurance company, never reduced her account by the amount withdrawn. As a result, she was able to make the same withdrawal month after month for years without any reduction in her account balance. On cross examination the D.A.'s forensic computer expert admitted the fault lie with the insurance company, not the defendant.

Criminal defense

United States v. D.L.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

D.L. was tried in the United States District Court in Tucson, Arizona, charged with masterminding a multinational conspiracy to obtain ground to air missiles, blasting caps, .50 caliber sniper rifles a ... nd other weapons for the Irish Republican Army. A forensic audio tape expert was able to enhance and analyze hours of secret government recordings of conversations between the defendants to demonstrate the contents claimed by the government were not as they seemed.

Criminal defense

United States v. E.J.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

E.J. was tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on the charge of being a member of a global conspiracy that imported huge amounts of heroin into the United Stat ... es from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos by concealing them in the coffins of returning American soldiers.

Criminal defense

People v. K.H.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

Our client was a troubled young student at the City University of New York. He obtained an antique .44 caliber revolver on the internet--no questions asked. He used it to take a young fellow student ho ... stage on campus. We retained a forensic psychologist and a psychiatrist, who provided a diagnosis that was key to K.H.'s defense.

Criminal defense

People v. W.B.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

A twenty four year old man from a good home, with no prior criminal record, W.B. was charged with entering a church on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn to burglarize it. Once inside, he was confronted by th ... e pastor, who was armed with a small pistol. The pastor was disarmed and killed with his own weapon. The only evidence against W.B. was a report from a drug addicted couple that they had purchased from W.B. the gun used. A forensic map maker employed by us prepared a diagram of the crime scene and surrounding neighborhood that we used at trial to demonstrate the prosecution's version of events was entirely implausible.

Criminal defense

United States v. M.A.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

An ambitious young Algerian national, lawfully living in the United States with his wife and infant son, was working as a manager and personal trainer in a Boston branch of well known national health c ... lub. He was indicted for stealing the identities of customers and providing the information to the members of the "Millennium Conspiracy" so the data could be used to steal money to fund its plot to place bombs at the Los Angeles International Airport. An analysis of the health club's computer system showed that its security measures were so weak that access to the information at issue could have been had by any number of people other than our client.

Criminal defense

People v. A.K.

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

A.K. was a real estate entrepreneur. He managed large investment trusts for an exclusive list of friends and relatives. The properties included prestigious office complexes on the Upper East Side of Ma ... nhattan and residential apartment buildings in Scarsdale, New York. He was indicted for raiding the trusts and stealing millions of dollars from his investors.

Criminal defense

United States of America on Behalf of the United Kingdom

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OUTCOME: We do not state outcome. Each case is different. Past performance is no indicator of future results. We do have an excellent record, but believe it is not a reliable measure to select an attorney.

J.D. was a member of the Irish Republican Army in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was accused of taking part in a gun battle between his unit of the I.R.A. and a feared secret plain clothes unit of the o ... ccupying British army--The Special Air Services. During the exchange of gunfire an English captain was killed. During the show trial conducted in a special British security court J.D. escaped from a maximum security Belfast prison, but was convicted in absentia. He left Northern Ireland and settled in New York City, where he was ultimately arrested by the F.B.I and the United States Immigration and Nationalization Service. He was held for extradition upon the request of the British Government. The extradition demand was heard by the Hon. John Sprizzo in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Stephen A Somerstein's Legal Cases (9)

People v. E.C.

People v. T.A.

United States v. D.L.

United States v. E.J.

People v. K.H.

People v. W.B.

United States v. M.A.

People v. A.K.

United States of America on Behalf of the United Kingdom