Jeffrey H. Lichtman

Top rated Criminal Defense attorney in New York, New York

Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman
Jeffrey H. Lichtman
Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, White Collar Crimes, Civil Rights; view more

Licensed in New York since: 1991

Education: Duke University School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2023

Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman

11 East 44th Street
Suite 501
New York, NY 10017 Visit website

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Recently described by the media as "legendary New York criminal defense attorney," Jeffrey Lichtman has successfully handled criminal trials and appeals on some of the country’s largest stages. His clients include those charged in the federal and state systems with white collar and non-white collar offenses. For over 30 years, Mr. Lichtman's practice style has been marked by exhaustive pretrial preparation and smothering pressure inside the courtroom. His cross-examinations, in fact, have been described in the media during the John Gotti, Jr. trial as a "relentless pounding" in which witnesses were "put through the blender and shredded." In the recent high profile Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman trial lasting 3 1/2 months, Mr. Lichtman's work was described by the media as "an astonishing performance" and "so wildly entertaining."

Some of Mr. Lichtman's recent clients also include Assistant USC basketball coach Tony Bland, Emma Coronel, rappers Fat Joe, The Game and Kay Flock, the alleged Boss of the Colombo Family Andrew Russo, Olympians, judges, doctors, lawyers, TV personalities, politicians and countless others. 

Mr. Lichtman's appellate practice has also had great success, winning freedom for clients sentenced to lengthy prison terms  In September of 2010, he won the freedom for a client who had been convicted and sentenced to 27 years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault of four victims. After his appeal to the NJ Appellate Division forced the trial court to grant a hearing on trial counsel's possible ineffectiveness, Mr. Lichtman's scathing examination of trial counsel was halted by the judge – who indicated she was prepared to vacate the conviction on the spot -- never to return to prison again.

A 1990 graduate of Duke University School of Law, Mr. Lichtman holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and is one of just a handful of Manhattan criminal defense attorneys to be recognized in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is also a frequent lecturer at law schools throughout the country and an active member of several professional organizations, including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  In 2015, Mr. Lichtman's office began representing individuals on Civil Rights/police misconduct issues as well as on sexual harassment and discrimination claims -- and in just a short period of time Mr. Lichtman has garnered multiple millions of dollars of settlements for women sexually harassed in the workplace, and was selected as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. 

Mr. Lichtman has recently been profiled in New York Magazine, the New York Daily News and in The New York Times as part of the "Public Lives" series. Mr. Lichtman can also be heard as a guest host on 710 WOR Radio (every Monday morning at 7:05 AM), WABC Talk Radio, Fox News Radio and AM 970 The Answer in New York City.

*AV Preeminent and AV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

Practice areas

Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Civil Rights, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Arrest & Arraignment, Assault & Battery, Criminal Domestic Violence, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Criminal Law - Federal, Employment Discrimination, Felony, Misdemeanor, Murder, Police Misconduct, Retaliation, Sex Offenses, Tax Evasion, Theft, White Collar Crime

  • 40% Criminal Defense
  • 40% Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • 10% Civil Rights
  • 10% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 1991, New York

Professional Webpage: https://jeffreylichtman.com/attorney-profiles/jeffrey-lichtm...

Other Outstanding Achievements:
  • Radio host, AM 970 The Answer NYC
Bar/Professional Activity:
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2021
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut 
  • Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Educational Background:
  • Emory University, B.A., Honors: Class of 1987
Honors/Awards:
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2004
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2005
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2006
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2007
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2008
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2009
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2010
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2011
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2012
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2013
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2014
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2015
  • Criminal Lawyer of the Year, Institute of Jewish Humanities, 2015
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2016
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2017
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2018
  • AV+ rated/Bar Register for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, Martindale-Hubbell, 2019
  • AV+ rated/Bar Registry for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, 2020
  • AV+ rated/Bar Register for Criminal Defense, Martindale Hubbell, Martindale Hubbell, 2021
Representative Clients:
  • United States v. Gotti, 04 CR 690 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) -- After a nearly two month federal RICO trial, John Gotti, Jr.'s trial ended with the dismissal of three murder conspiracy charges, an acquittal on a $25 million securities fraud charge and a deadlocked jury on every remaining count. Just days after this stunning verdict, Mr. Lichtman secured Mr. Gotti's release on bail., 2005
  • State of Alabama v. John Doe (Tuscaloosa County, AL 2015) -- University of Alabama student investigated on allegations of Rape in the First Degree, punishable by a minimum sentence of 10 years to life; results of thorough investigation of victim supplied to the grand jury which then voted not to indict. A "no bill" result occurs in just 9% of all cases presented to this Alabama grand jury., 2015
  • People v. DeMentri, Dkt. No. 2010 NY 44538 (New York County 2011) -- WPIX TV reporter Vince DeMentri charged with assault quickly acquitted of all charges after trial.  , 2011
  • State of New Jersey v. Noerdlinger, Ind. No. 16-04-00492-I (New Jersey 2018) -- Client charged in high profile case with manslaughter, weapons offense and obstruction of justice first has the top charge dismissed by Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office after rampant perjury revealed in grand jury; later, remaining charges voluntarily dismissed, leaving defendant with no criminal record.    , 2018
  • People v. Deverman, Ind. No. AG-3-7030 (Albany County 2015) -- Client charged with Grand Larceny in the First Degree of over $6 million in connection with her position as Director of adult day healthcare center has indictment dismissed for insufficient evidence., 2015
  • State of New Jersey v. Iadipaoli, Ind. No. 05-02-0441 (New Jersey 2010) -- Client convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault had his 27 year sentence vacated – and left prison a free man – after Mr. Lichtman successfully argued that trial counsel was ineffective. The Court took the unusual step of indicating its decision to vacate the conviction in the midst of Mr. Lichtman's examination of trial counsel.   , 2010
  • United States v. Zhang, 12 CR 390 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) -- New York Federal Reserve Bank computer programmer and Chinese national convicted of stealing $9.5 million U.S. Treasury Department software as well as immigration fraud received a non-guidelines sentence of just six months home confinement despite lack of cooperation agreement with the government., 2012
Verdicts/Settlements:
  • Workplace sexual harassment settlement of $4.35 million. , 2017
  • Workplace sexual assault settlement of $650,000., 2016

Office location for Jeffrey H. Lichtman

11 East 44th Street
Suite 501
New York, NY 10017

Phone: 212-581-1001

Selections

13 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2011 - 2023

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