Garden City, NY
Appeals Lawyer at Garden City, NY
Practice Areas: Appeals, White Collar Crime ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Avoided Criminal Investigation
Represented an attorney in a IRS audit. Successfully negotiated adjustments and avoided criminal investigation. Made voluntray disclosure to New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to avoid s ... tate criminal investigation
OUTCOME: Avoided prison sentence
Obtained home detention sentence for credit card fraud conspiracy involving $275,000 according to prosecution.
OUTCOME: Saved client from deportation in criminal tax case
Obtained corporate plea against business saving legal permanent resident from deportation following criminal investigation of local businessman conducted by New York State Department of Taxation and Fi ... nance Special Investigations Unit for underpaying sales tax
OUTCOME: Saved Client from Death Penalty in Capital Murder Case
We successfully defended a client under indictment for capital case to avoid death penalty in case alleging murder in connection with the MS-13 street gang.
OUTCOME: Sentenced to Probation in Federal Tax Case
Obtained probationary sentence for for client charged with tax evasion for failure to report and pay taxes for several years. After I negotiated favorable plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office ... , I persuaded the judge to give my client probation even though the U.S. Sentrencing Guideline range required at least 12 months in prison.
OUTCOME: Sentenced to Probation in Labor Case
Represented former president and business manager of labor union at sentencing for receiving illegal payments and other offenses
OUTCOME: Obtained reduced sentence
Handled successful application under 18 USCS § 3582 (c) (2) reducing sentence for distributing rack. 18 USCS § 3582 (c) (2) permits resentencing in crack cases to correct crack cocaine disparities. The ... New York Law Journal reported on this case on January 15, 2010.
OUTCOME: Client sentenced to Conditional Discharge
Represented client indicted for enterprise corruption in connection with internet bookmaking. Negotiated plea reducing charges to misdemeanor and resulting in a conditional discharge - no jail time and ... no probation
OUTCOME: Favorable Settlement of AG Investigation
We negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of client who was accused of causing several Long Island school districts to improperly list him as an employee. We persuaded the NYS State Attorney Gener ... al and the United States Attorney's Office that criminal prosecution was not warranted.
OUTCOME: Short sentence in Million Dollar Fraud case
We persuaded court to sentence client to 6 months home detention and six months probation in case in which government alleged client took almost $100,000 from her employer