Michael K. Bachrach
Top rated Criminal Defense attorney in New York, New York
Law Office of Michael K. Bachrach
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
Licensed in New York since: 2001
Education: Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2011 Law Office of Michael K. Bachrach
224 W 30th StSuite 302
New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-929-0592 Email: Michael K. Bachrach Visit website
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Michael K. Bachrach practices in both Federal and State courts at all stages of trial and appeal, and has participated in approximately 24 Federal death penalty cases and one – as an expert – in North Carolina State court. Michael’s current and past clients include: the first and thus far only Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to civilian custody for trial; the former acting boss of the Bonnano organized crime family; a New York State Assemblyman; and one of two defendants indicted for the life insurance related deaths of four people in New York and Guyana. In 2012, Michael was honored by the New York State Bar Association for Courageous Efforts in Promoting Integrity in the Criminal Justice System, and in 2015 Michael became a Fellow in the American Bar Foundation. Michael is a Past-President of the New York Criminal Bar Association and has tought continuing legal education in New York and in California.
First Admitted: 2001, New York
Professional Webpage: http://www.mbachlaw.com/attorney-profile/
- Admitted in the following jurisdictions: New York State, Minnesota, Washington D.C., Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, District of Colorado, District of Vermont, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court
- Member, New York County Lawyers' Association ("NYCLA")
- Member, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ("NYSACDL")
- President, New York Criminal Bar Association ("NYCBA") (2011 - 2013), 2011
- Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ("NACDL")
- Vice President, New York Criminal Bar Association ("NYCBA") (2009 - 2011), 2009
- Treasurer, New York Criminal Bar Association ("NYCBA") (2005 - 2009), 2005
- Faculty, The Bryan R. Schechmeister Death Penalty College, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA (2008 - present), Faculty
- Lecturer, The Bryan R. Shechmeister Death Penalty College, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA, “New Perspectives on Future Dangerousness", 2009
- Lecturer, The Bryan R. Shechmeister Death Penalty College, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA, “Future Dangerousness", 2008
- Lecturer, Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education (“MICLE”), New York, NY, “A Modern Look at Federal Sentencing", 2009
- Lecturer, Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education (“MICLE”), New York, NY, “Ethical Considerations in the Criminal Law Practice", 2008
- Lecturer, Institute for Continuing Legal Education (“MICLE”), New York Law School, New York, NY, “An Introduction to Federal Sentencing", 2008
- Panelist, Federal Capital Defense Strategy Session, Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel, Baltimore, Maryland, “Current and/or Difficult Federal Death Penalty Issues: Future Danger Experts, New BOP Data and Daubert Challenges to Future Danger Evidence", 2007
- Lecturer, Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education (“MICLE”), New York, NY, “Negotiating the Disposition of a Guilty Plea in the NYC Criminal Courts", 2006
- Law Journal Article, “The Protection and Rights of Victims under International Criminal Law, The Internatinal Lawyer, 2000
- Law Journal Article, “The Rome Statute Explained", The International Law Practicum, 1999
- Law Journal Article, “The Permanent International Criminal Court: An Examination of the Statutory Debate", ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1998
- Editor, Treatise, Second Circuit Criminal Law Update, North Law Publishers, 2000
- Faculty, The Bryan R. Shechmeister Death Penalty College, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA, 2011 to present, Faculty, 2011
- Co-Author, Understanding International Criminal Law, Aspatore Books (a Thomson Reuters publication), 2014
- BA, Sarah Lawrence College, 1996
- Senior Year Abroad, Wadham College, Oxford University, 1996
- David S. Michaels Memorial Award for Courageous Efforts in Promoting Integrity in the Criminal Justice System, New York State Bar Association, 2012
- Recipient of the New York State Bar Association's (NYSBA) "David S. Michaels Award for Courageous Efforts in Promoting Integrity In the Criminal Justice System"., 2012
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Office location for Michael K. Bachrach
224 W 30th St
Suite 302
New York, NY 10001
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2011