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June 24, 2009 |

Bucking Victim 'Fury,' Madoff Seeks 12 Years

With his client, Bernard L. Madoff, facing a 150-year statutory maximum sentence, defense attorney Ira Lee Sorkin asked a federal judge yesterday to set aside the "emotion and hysteria" surrounding the largest Ponzi scheme in history markets and to sentence Mr. Madoff to only 12 years in prison. In a letter to Southern District Judge Denny Chin, Mr. Sorkin said, "We seek neither mercy nor sympathy," promising that Mr. Madoff, whose name has become synonymous with greed, "will speak to the shame he has felt and to the pain he has caused" when he appears for sentencing on Monday.
9 minute read
October 22, 2013 |

Drives, Bytes, Baseball and Computer Search Protocols

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney, investigations division, Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes: The Major League Baseball steroid scandal revealed a simmering controversy concerning the manner and execution of searches of digital computer evidence, otherwise known as electronically stored information. Perhaps the debate is best summarized in the question, when can the government seize the haystack to look for the needle?
14 minute read
October 07, 2002 |

Janiszewski Bribery Plea Casts a Wide Net

As he pleaded guilty in federal court last Thursday, former Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski named a county politician with ties to Sen. Robert Torricelli and Rep. Robert Menendez as being one of two people who bribed him for his help in steering county work to contractors. The statement was among the signs that the U.S. attorney's probe into Hudson County is far from over.
4 minute read
April 10, 2012 |

During Penn Dedication, Sotomayor Voices One Regret

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told an audience at the University of Pennsylvania of one decision that she regrets to this day: Forgoing a clerkship right out of law school, against the advice of a mentor.
4 minute read
December 12, 2005 |

SOCIAL SERVICES LAW | U.S. can seize Social Security to pay off old student loans

The U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled unanimously that the government can seize a person's Social Security benefits to pay old student loans.
3 minute read
July 05, 2004 |

Army reservist JAG files class action

A reservist army judge advocate general has filed a federal challenge to the U.S. Army rule that prohibits members of the JAG corps from engaging in the civilian practice of law.
4 minute read
February 19, 2007 |

A veteran advocate offers his tricks of the trade

As an appellate attorney with 15 years in private practice, I hear a common refrain from appellate judges across the country: The overall quality of appellate briefs and oral arguments is too low.
6 minute read
September 28, 2009 |

Hotels selling at 20-year-old prices

It's back to the '90s for a growing number of troubled hotel properties. Sale prices for some South Florida hotels have declined to levels not seen in 20 years.
5 minute read
January 21, 2003 |

A Lawyer In The House Of Spies

4 minute read

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