AREAS OF PRACTICE

• New York Criminal Appeals

• New York Post-conviction Collateral Litigation & Federal habeas corpus

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York, 1973

• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York

• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York

• U.S. District Court Western District of New York

• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

• U.S. Supreme Court

• EDUCATION

• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, J.D. – 1972

• Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, B.S. – 1969

PUBLISHED WORKS

• Legal: “The Archer Aftermath and Due Process Defense in New York”, N.Y.L.J., December, 1981

• Chapter 16 (Defenses), New York Criminal Practice Handbook, Supplement, 1994

• Perspectives: “Death is too Final”, N.Y.L.J., February, 1995

• “The Silent Death of People v. Bernier”, N.Y.L.J., January 29, 1997

• “Petit Jury Versus Grand Jury Instructions: Exploring a Legal Wilderness”, Criminal Justice Journal, N.Y.S. Bar Assoc., Winter, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1998

• “Exhausting State Remedies in Criminal Leave Applications”, N.Y.L.J., June 21, 1999

• “Remedying Rosario Violations Uncovered after Verdicts and Following Pre-trial Hearings: Has Per Se Become Passe?”, Criminal Justice Journal, N.Y.S. Bar Assoc., Winter, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1999

• “Crafting Criminal Leave Applications: An Update”, N.Y.L.J., July 17, 2000

• “The Rosario Per Se Rule: Rest in Peace”, N.Y.L.J., March 14, 2001

• “Preserving Appeals Over Evidentiary Insufficiency”, N.Y.L.J., January 24, 2002

• “Habeas Under the Anti terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act”, N.Y.L.J., September 12, 2002

• “Post-Verdict Motions Under State and Federal Criminal Practice”, N.Y.L.J., August 4, 2003

• “Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims and Deportation Consequences”, N.Y.L.J., January 7, 2004

• “AEDPA: Habeas Petitions”, N.Y.L.J., January 20, 2005

• “Federal Post-Verdict Motions An Update”, N.Y.L.J., February 13, 2006

• “Newly Discovered Evidence Claims Based on Recantation”, N.Y.L.J., February 7, 2007

• “Does Federal Anti-Terror Act Infringe on Court Independence?”, N.Y.L.J., March 11, 2009

• Miscellaneous Lecture Outlines; Non-Legal: “Sol Wachtler, A New Leaf”, Lifestyles Magazine, Spring, Vol. 26, No. 143, 1996

• “Ben Brafman, Swimming in the Fish Bowl”, Lifestyles Magazine, Summer, Vol. 29, No. 174, 2001

• Rikki Klieman, the Play’s the Thing, Lifestyles Magazine, Fall, Vol. 30, No. 181, 2002

• “Offering Defense Witnesses to New York Grand Juries”, N.Y.L.J., December 9, 2009

CLASSES/SEMINARS

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Touro College Law Center, Huntington, New York, 1999 – 2000

• Supervising Appellate Attorney, Cardozo Law School Criminal Appeals Clinic, 1993 – Present

• Extraordinary Trial Defenses, New York County Lawyers Association

• Motions Addressed to the Indictment, New York County Lawyers Association, Brooklyn Bar Association, Queens County Bar Association

• Participant in Seminars, Lectures and Panel Discussions in Appellate Advocacy and Other Criminal Law and Procedure-Related Topics, New York University Law School, Brooklyn Law School, St. John’s University Law School, Cardozo Law School and Touro College Law Center

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Elected Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation, 1999

• Yeshiva University Community Leadership Award, 1990

• New York State Supreme Court Officers Association, Leadership Citation as Counsel for Crime Victims Political Platform, 1989

• Citation from New York State Assembly for Efforts on Behalf of Crime Victims, 1988

• Listed in Who’s Who in American Law Beginning with 13th Edition, 2003 – Present

• Who’s Who in America, Beginning with 59th Edition, 2005 – Present

• Voted a New York “Super Lawyer”, 2009

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Committee on Criminal Courts, 1986 – 1989

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 1998 – 2001

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 2007 – 2008

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 2008 – 2009

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Council on Criminal Justice, 2004 – 2009

• New York State Bar Association, Co-Chair, Committee on Appellate Practice, 2005 – 2008

• New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, Member, Executive Committee, 2005 – 2008

• American Bar Association, Member

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member

• New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member

• New York City Criminal Bar Association, Member

• New York Counsel of Defense Lawyers, Member

• New York County Lawyers Association, Member

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS

• Of counsel: Brafman & Associates, PC – 1994 to present

• Slotnick & Cutler, P.C., 1983 – 1986

• Slotnick & Baker, P.C., Partner, 1987 – 1994

• Office of Special State Prosecutor Investigating the New York City Criminal Justice System, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1977 – 1978

• Office of Special State Prosecutor Investigating the New York City Criminal Justice System, Chief of Appeals and Counsel, 1978 – 1983

• Kings County, New York, Appeals Bureau, Assistant District Attorney, 1972 – 1976