In The News

Here are some high-profile cases I have handled:

The '91 Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner. The article disusses a client of mine who was accused of stalking the chief surgeon of Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital for nine years. The character, 'Kate Burton' is based on me.

VanityThe ’91 Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner. The article discusses a client of mine who was accused of stalking the chief surgeon of Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital for nine years. The character, ‘Kate Burton’ is based on me.

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Obsessed – the film based upon  the Brennan case.

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 Spotlight on… Joyce B. David.

New York Women in Communications profile 1993.

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Newsday Profile 1993 Newsday Profile from February 1993.

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The Bassam Reyati case – conspiracy, murder, and cover-up. Mr. Reyati was charged with helping a gunman hide the car he used in a shooting on Yeshiva students in 1994.

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Scapegoat31Felony Murder – Joseph Barker, charged with murdering a police officer in 1988. I argued that Barker intended to buy drugs. The shooting was an accident, a fact the slain police officers’ partner testified to.  Mr. Barkers’ chargers were reduced.

 

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Kidnapping Conviction Kicked – Malka Helbrans case.

Malka’s conviction was thrown out as the Judge felt that the evidence against my client was “legally insufficient”

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Ex-Jet Accused in Assault – the Mark Gastineau case.

Former NY Sack Exchange leader was charged with assault. I argued that the dispute was blown out of proportion due to Gastineau’s fame.

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  Two gun rampage – Van Anthony  Hull case.

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Hull was eventually found unfit to stand trial.

He was charged with the shooting death of a lab technician at New York Technical College and wounding four others. due to his mental condition.

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“Agnes of God” case – Leonora Gayle charged in the stabbing and murder of her infant son.

Leonora, 17, high school track star with a bright future, suffered from a mental disorder. I succeeded  to get her probation and psychiatric treatment.

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Here is my swearing in as the first (as yet only) woman president of the Kings County Criminal Bar Association.  I served as President from 1993-1994.

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Trial-begins_120-100-opt-8The little boy that played with matches and accidentally took a life – the Salvador Roman case.

He was 13 when he set a car on fire that accidentally took a mans life.

Prosecution wanted to charge him as an adult.

 

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