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BENNETT L. GERSHMAN
Pace Law School
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EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, J.D.
1966
Princeton University, B.A., cum laude
1963
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses taught:
Constitutional Law, Evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Trial
Advocacy, Criminal Justice Seminar, Prosecutorial Ethics, Judicial Ethics,
Death Penalty Litigation, Law and Film.
Professor of Law (Tenured)
1976-85, 1988-present
Pace Law School
White Plains, New York
James D. Hopkins Professor of Law
(2009-2011)
Pace Law School
White Plains, New York
Visiting Professor
1999 (Spring)
University College
Faculty of Laws
2002 (Spring)
London, England
Visiting Professor
1984 (Spring)
Syracuse College of Law
Syracuse, New York
Visiting Professor
Cornell Law School
Ithaca, New York
1982-83
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
The Law School Experience: Law, Legal Reasoning, and Lawyering (with Lissa Griffin)
(2000)
Trial Error and Misconduct (2d ed. 2007) (supplemented annually)
Prosecutorial Misconduct (2d ed. 1999) (supplemented annually)
Trial Error and Misconduct (1997) (supplemented annually)
Prosecutorial Misconduct (1985)
Book Chapter
The Prosecutor's Contribution to Wrongful Convictions, J. Acker et al.. Examining
Wrongful Convictions — Moving Back, Stepping Forward (Carolina Academic Press
2014).
Law Review Articles
Threats and Bullying by Prosecutors, 46 Loyola University Law Review327 (2014)
Subverting Brady v. Maryland and Denying a Fair Trial: Studying the Schuelke Report,
64 Mercer Law Review 683 (2013)..
Pre-Plea Disclosure of Impeachment Evidence, 65 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 141
(2012).
Educating Prosecutors, and Supreme Court Justices, on Brady v. Maryland, 13 Loyola
New Orleans Public Interest Law Journal 517 (2012).
Judicial Interference with Effective Assistance of Counsel 31 Pace Law Review 560
(2011)
Prosecutorial Decision-Making and Discretion in Charging Decision, 62 Hastings Law
Journal 1259 (2011)
The Zealous Prosecutor as Minister of Justice, 48 San Diego Law Review 151 (2011)
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"Hard Strikes and Foul Blows"- Berger v. United States 75 Years After, 42 Loyola
Chicago Law Review 177 (2010).
Bad Faith Exception to Prosecutorial Immunity for Brady Violations, Harvard Civil
Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Amicus, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law
Review, August 2010.
Privacy Revisited: GPS Tracking as Search and Seizure, 30 Pace Law Review 927
(2010).
Confronting Scientific Reports Under Crawford v. Washington, 29 Pace Law Review 479
(2009).
The Most Dangerous Power of the Prosecutor — James D. Hopkins Memorial Lecture, 29
Pace Law Review 1 (2008).
Litigating Brady v. Maryland: Games Prosecutors Play, 57 Case Western Law Review
531 (2007).
Reflections on Brady v. Maryland, 47 South Texas Law Review 685 (2006).
Prosecutorial Ethics and Victim Rights, 9 Lewis & Clark Law Review 559 (2005).
How Juries Get It Wrong — Anatomy of the Detroit Terror Trial, 44 Washburn Law
Journal 327 (2005).
The Problem of Jury Misconduct, 50 South Dakota Law Review 322 (2005).
Misuse of Forensic Evidence by Prosecutors, 28 Oklahoma City University Law Review
17 (2003).
Witness Coaching By Prosecutors, 23 Cardozo Law Review 829 (2002)
The Prosecutor's Duty to Truth, 14 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 309
(2001)(reprinted in Chengchi Law Review, No. 116, August 2010).
Child Witnesses and Procedural Fairness, 24 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 585
(2001).
Mental Culpability and Prosecutorial Misconduct, 26 American Journal of Criminal Law
121 (1998).
The Gate is Open But the Door is Locked: Habeas Corpus and Harmless Error, 51
Washington & Lee Law Review 115 (1994)
Supervisory Power of the New York Courts 14 Pace Law Review 41 (1994)
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The New Prosecutors, 53 Pittsburgh Law Review 393 (1992) [reprinted in Criminal
Practice Law Review (Michie Company, 1993)]
A Moral Standard for the Prosecutor's Exercise of the Charging Discretion, 20 Fordham
Urban Law Journal 513 (1993)[reprinted in The Jury Trial in Criminal Justice (Koski ed.
2003)]
A Tribute to Thurgood Marshall, 13 Pace Law Review 297 (1993)
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.: The Moral Force of His Language, 11 Pace Law Review
509 (1991)
The Thin Blue Line: Art or Trial in the Fact-Finding Process?, 9 Pace Law Review 275
(1989)
Proving the Defendant's Bad Character 11 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 477
(1988)[reprinted in Criminal Practice Law Review, Michie Company (1989)]
Entrapment, Shocked Consciences and the Staged Arrest, 66 Minnesota Law Review 567
(1982)
Abscam, the Judiciary and the Ethics of Entrapment, 91 Yale Law Journal 1565 (1982)
The Perjury Trap, 129 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 624 (1981)
Book Reviews
Clarence Darrow, The Story of My Life Trial, p. 80 (April 1997)
Wendy Kaminer, It's All the Rage, Trial, p. 85 (September 1995)
David Von Drehle, Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Death Row, New
York Law Journal, p. 2 (May 16, 1995)
Martin Friedland, The Death of Old Man Rice Trial, p. 90 (March 1995)
Hans Zeisel, The Limits of Law Enforcement, 33 Journal of Legal Education 745 (1983)
Abscam Ethics: Moral Issues and Deception in Law Enforcement (M. Caplan ed.), 52
George Washington Law Review 166 (1983)
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Other Published Articles
The Eyewitness Conundrum, 81 New York State Bar Journal 24 (2009).
Now You See It, Now You Don't: Depublication and Nonpublication of Opinions Raise
Motive Ouestions, 73 New York State Bar Journal 36 (2001)[reprinted in The Champion,
June 2002, p. 20]
The Election and the Supreme Court, The Reporter Dispatch (October 15, 2000)
Burdening Constitutional Rights, Criminal Justice Journal, p. 51 (Summer, 2000)
Use of Race in "Stow-and-Frisk", 72 New York State Bar Journal 42 (2000)
Race and Justice in Great Britain, New York Law Journal, p. 2 (March 11, 1999)
Prosecutorial Turf Wars, National Law Journal, p. A36 (November 18, 2002)
Busing and Desegregation, National Law Journal, p. A24 (October 18, 1999)
Lie Detection: The Supreme Court's Polygraph Decision, 70 New York State Bar Journal
34 (1998)
Perverting the First Amendment, New York Law Journal, p.2 (January 8, 1998)
Prosecutorial Interference with Judicial Independence New York Law Journal, p. 2
(April 8, 1998)
Defining Perjury Can Be Very Complex, The Reporter Dispatch (October 4, 1998)
Judicial Interference with Effective Advocacy by the Defense, 33 Criminal Law Bulletin
424 (1997)
Charging Crime: A Postscript, New York Law Journal, p. 2 (May 22, 1997)
When Enough is Enough, New York Law Journal, p. 2 (November 6, 1997)
Jurors Who Nullify, New York Law Journal, p. 2 (June 12, 1997)
Prosecuting Prosecutors, New York Law Journal, p. 2 (December 20, 1996)
Race. Crime and Punishment in New York, New York Law Journal, p. 2 (April 24, 1996)
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The Governor's Misguided Attempt to Change the Exclusionary Rule, New York Law
Journal, p. 2 (February 5, 1996)
Judicial "Conservatism" New York Law Journal, p. 2 (June 21, 1995)
Federal-State Debate Put in Perspective, The Reporter Dispatch (February 2, 1995)
Prosecutorial Misconduct in Presenting Evidence — Backdooring Hearsay 31 Criminal
Law Bulletin 99 (1995)
Forfeiture and the Constitution, New York Law Journal, p. 1 (January 11, 1994)
Second Circuit Evidentiary Ruling Includes Caution to Prosecutors, New York Law
Journal, p. 1 (April 1, 1994)
Abuse of Power in the Prosecutor's Office 6 The World and I 476 (1991) [reprinted in
Criminal Justice, Annual Editions (1992-93)]
Themes of Injustice: Wrongful Convictions. Racial Prejudice and Lawyer Incompetence,
29 Criminal Law Bulletin 502 (1993) [reprinted in L. Stolzenberg & S. D'Alessio,
Criminal Courts for the 21' Century, p. 354 (1998)]
Defending the Poor, Trial, p. 47 (March, 1993)
Update on Rape Law in New York, New York Law Journal, p.1 (June 9, 1993)
Reforming New York Criminal Discovery, New York Law Journal, p. 1 (January 27,
1993)
Tricks Prosecutors Play, Trial, p. 46 (April, 1992)
Will the Real Jim Garrison Please Stand Up?, New York Law Journal, p. 2 (January 27,
1993)
Entrapment Revisited, New York Law Journal, p. 1 (January 27, 1993)
Supervising Prosecutorial Misconduct in Grand Juries, New York Law Journal, p. 1
(August 3, 1992)
Disqualifying Judges for Bias: The Sarokin Case, New York Law Journal, p. 1
(September 21, 1992)
Justice Must Temper Zeal in Death Cases, The Reporter Dispatch (May 24, 1992)
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Judicial Misconduct During Jury Deliberations, 27 Criminal Law Bulletin 291 (1991)
[reprinted in L. Stolzenberg & S. D'Alessio, Criminal Courts for the 21m Century, p. 289
(1998)]
State Constitutionalization of Criminal Procedure and the Prosecutor's Disclosure
Obligations, 18 Westchester Bar Journal 101 (1991)
Understanding and Challenging DNA Proof, 17 Westchester Bar Journal 91 (1990)
The New Omnibus Crime Bill New York Law Journal, p. 1 (December 27, 1990)
Capital Punishment Fails Economic Test, The Reporter Dispatch (April 10, 1990)
The Prosecutor's New Power in Sentence Reduction, 5 Criminal Justice 2 (Fall, 1990)
IRS Form 8300, 5 Criminal Justice 22 (Spring, 1990)
The Right to Evidence, 61 New York State Bar Journal 52 (1989)
Prosecutorial Suppression of Evidence 16 Westchester Bar Journal 275 (1989)
Lawyers Shunning Death Row Cases, 16 Westchester Bar Journal 17 (1988-89)
The Prosecutor as a "Minister of Justice", 60 New York State Bar Journal 8 (1988)
[reprinted in Criminal Justice, Annual Editions 1989-90]
The Prosecutor's Obligation to Grant Defense Witness Immunity, 24 Criminal Law
Bulletin 14 (1998)
The Harmless Error Rule: Overlooking Violations of Constitutional Rights 14
Westchester Bar Journal 291 (1987)
Reflections on Client Perjury, 59 New York State Bar Journal 30 (1987)
Why Prosecutors Misbehave, 22 Criminal Law Bulletin 131 (1986) [reprinted in G. L.
Mayes, P.R. Gregware, Courts and Justice, 268 (1995); reprinted in M. Braswall, B. R.
McCarthy, B. J. McCarthy, Justice, Crime, and Ethics 163 (1991)]
The Burger Court and Prosecutorial Misconduct 21 Criminal Law Bulletin 217 (1985)
Judicial Misconduct: Civil Rights Immunities and Liabilities, Civil Rights Litigation and
Attorney Fees Handbook III (1985)
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Civil Rights Immunities and Liabilities, Civil Rights Litigation
and Attorney Fees Handbook 103 (1985)
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Sanctioning Prosecutorial Misconduct, Bronx County Bar Journal 19 (Winter, 1985)
U.S. Supreme Court Deals with Prosecutorial Misconduct, New York Law Journal,
(October 18, 1995)
Capital Punishment and Guilty Pleas, Journal News — June 14, 2003.
Prosecution Double Standards , Journal News — October 26, 2003.
Kelly Case Undermines Pirro Image, Journal News — February 16, 2004
Bush Will Lose `Presidential Power' Cases, Journal News — June 13, 2004
Religious McCarthyism, Hearsay, Winter 2004.
Recent Blogs
Preet Bharara Talks Too Much, Slate, March 2, 2015
Smartphones, Smart Ruling, Huffington Post, June, 2014
Cruel Justice — The Case of Don Siegelman, Huffington Post, June, 2014
New Commission to Regulate Prosecutorial Misconduct, Huffington Post, May 2014
Don't Let the Prosecutor Off the Hook, Huffington Post, May, 2014
Hurricane Carter's "Pig Circuis" Trials, Huffington Post, May, 2014
Smartphones and Befuddled Justices, April, 2014
The Senate's 7 Cowards, Huffington Post, March, 2014
Dumb District Attorneys, Huffington Post, March 2014
Refusing to Defend Unjust Laws: Prosecutorial Discretion or Prosecutorial
Nullification?, Huffington Post, February, 2014
Licensing Crimes, Huffington Post, May 2013
CIA's Paranoid Response on Drones, Huffington Post, March, 2013
Cops Are Stupid But Prosecutors Are Smart Huffington Post, April, 2011
Why Barry Bonds?, Huffington Post, April, 2011
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Clocking Trials, Huffington Post, May, 2011
"Rats" — Why Juries Believe Them, Huffington Post, May, 2011
DSK and Bail: But Aren't the French Right?, Huffington Post, May, 2011
Ashcroft Perverted Federal Law, the Supreme Court Blinked, Huffington Post, June 2011
When a Judge Stumbles. Do Appearances Matter? Huffington Post, June 2011
DSK and the Rest of Those on the Criminal Docket, Huffington Post, July, 2011
Was Casey Anthony's Jury Misled (By the Prosecutors)? Huffington Post, July 2011
Did Lawyers Abet the Phone Hacking Scandal?, Huffington Post July, 2011
The Case for Prosecuting Strauss-Kahn: Or Should Prosecutors Play God?. Huffington
Post August, 2011
Let's Get Real About Eyewitness Identifications, Huffington Post September, 2011
"Tent City" Is Protected Speech, Huffington Post October, 2011
Ticket-Fixing: It Isn't "Professional Courtesy," It's Racketeering, Huffington Post
October, 2011
"Big Brother" is Really Watching You -- GPS Surveillance in the Supreme Court,
Huffington Post November, 2011
'See No Evil, Hear No Evil': Joe Patemo, Kitty Genovese, and the Crime of Silence
Huffington Post November, 2011
Let's Kill All the Law Students Huffington Post November, 2011
Campus "Justice" Shows a Culture of Complacency, Huffington Post November, 2011
Shining a Light on Britain's "Gutter Press", Huffington Post December, 2011
Gingrich And The Constitution, Huffington Post December, 2011
Punishing Cops for Hate Speech. Huffington Post December, 2011
"Three Generations of Imbeciles Are Enough" Huffington Post January. 2012
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Pardoning Criminals -- Appropriate Mercy or Perverting Justice?, Buffington Post
January, 2012
Immigration Justice: Biased. Irrational. Unfair Buffington Post January 2012
How Immigration Courts Contaminate American Justice, Buffington Post January, 2012
Criminalizing Lies -- An Unusual Free Speech Case in Supreme Court, Buffington Post,
February, 2012
It's Not About Conscience, It's About Bullying, Buffington Post February, 2012
51st State -- "Tranquility" or Puerto Rico?, Buffington Post, February, 2012
Law Schools in the Dock, Buffington Post, March, 2012
Charging George Zimmerman: Why Bypass the Grand Jury? Buffington Post April 2012
Were Trayvon Martin Witnesses Coached? Buffington Post, May 2012
When Rabbis Muzzle Sex Crimes Victims, Buffington Post, May 2012
Corruption, Bribery, and the Quid Pro Quo Conundrum, Buffington Post, June 2012
The District Attorney and the Penn State Scandal, Buffington Post, July 2012
Teaching Tolerance to Boy Scouts, Buffington Post, July 2012
Why Hasn't Lance Armstrong Been Prosecuted? Buffington Post, October 2012
Did Puerto Rico Really Vote for Statehood? Buffington Post, November 2012
Recent Op Ed Pieces
The Eric Gamer Case Cries Out for Disclosure, Newsday, December 9, 2014
Gun Owners have a Responsibility, Journal News, December 29, 2012
Alas, Assembly Scandal Nothing New, Journal News, September 9, 2012
Police Did Not Need to Kill Kenneth Chamberlain, Journal News, May 13, 2012
Silencing Amicus Curiae National Law Journal, March 21, 2011
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When Procedure Trumps Justice, National Law Journal, November 2, 2009
Jurisprudence of Labels, National Law Journal, March 30, 2009
Bell Shooting Critics Are Mistaken National Law Journal, June 2, 2008.
Why a Public Outing? National Law Journal, February 21, 2008
Tankleff Case Needs Special Prosecutor, Newsday, December 30, 2007
The Stinger Missile Sting, Slate, December 12, 2007
Use Common Sense to Evaluate Ridley Shooting, The Journal News, April 30, 2009
Westchester County and Equality The Journal News, March 5. 2009
Separate and Unequal — The Paradox of 2008 Election The Journal News, November 12,
2008
No Guaranteed Right to Own Firearms, The Journal News, December 3, 2007
Client Choices and the Role of Arent Fox National Law Journal, November 12, 2007
When to Fault Client Choices, National Law Journal, October 8, 2007
Justices Go Hollywood, National Law Journal, August I, 2007
High Time The Hands-Off Approach to Prosecutorial Misconduct Changes, The San Jose
Mercury News, July 1, 2007
Challenges to Justice, National Law Journal, June 18, 2007
No Gate Keeper of Justice, National Law Journal, February 19, 2007
Latest Exoneration Proves Experts' Lack of Credibility, January 31, 2007.
Cleansing a Candidate's Sins...by Re-Electing Him, November 23, 2006
Hussein Trial Lessons, National Law Journal, November 13, 2006
Independent Inquiry is Needed in Deskovic Case, The Journal News, October 15, 2006
Pirro Failed to Follow Prosecutorial Rules, The Journal News, September 17, 2006
At Last, A Citability Rule. National Law Journal, May 22, 2006
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Reporters Under Subpoena, National Law Journal, January 10, 2005
Cracking Justice's Facade, National Law Journal, October I1, 2004
Let's Untie Judicial Hands National Law Journal, August 9, 2004
Independent Labs Are Best, National Law Journal, June 14, 2004
Prosecutors Tell Lies, Too National Law Journal, March 22, 2004
The Spin, Confidentially, National Law Journal, July 21, 2003
Prosecutors' Tug of War, National Law Journal, November 18, 2002
Scholarly Papers at Conferences and Symposia
Sentence Structure: The Elements of Punishment, Loyola University Chicago School of
Law (April 4, 2014)
Prosecutorial Ethics and Brady v. Maryland: Mercer Law School (October 5, 2012).
Prosecutorial Immunity: Deconstructing Connick v. Thompson — Loyola University New
Orleans Law School (November 4, 2011).
The Most Dangerous Power of the Prosecutor — James Hopkins Memorial Lecture — Pace
Law School (Oct. 6, 2008)
Prosecutorial Ethics and the Right to a Fair Trial — Case Western School of Law (January
26, 2007)
Reflections on Brady v. Maryland — South Texas Law School (November 4, 2005).
Prosecutorial Ethics and Victim Rights — Lewis & Clark Law School (March 11, 2005)
Misuse of Forensic Evidence By Prosecutors — Oklahoma City University Law School
(March 6, 2003)
Problems of Cooperating Witnesses - Benjamin Cardozo Law School (November 30,
2000)
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The Prosecutor's Duty to Truth, Georgetown Law Center, Symposium on Government
Ethics (March 30, 2000)
The "Term Limits" Case — Conference on the Supreme Court and Local Government
Law: The 1994-95 Term — Touro Law School (October 6, 1995)
Urban Criminal Justice — Is It Fair? Does It Appear Fair? Stein Center for Ethics and
Public Interest Law — Fordham University School of Law (November 18, 1992)
The Expanding Criminal Law — CATO Institute, Washington, D.C. (November 15, 1990)
Prosecutorial Discretion — Conference on Municipal Law, Brigham Young Law School,
Salt Lake City, Utah (March, 1987)
The Struggle for Justice - Law Day Keynote Speech, Rockland County Bar Association
(May 1, 1992)
How Just Are Our Courts? - The League of Women Voters, Ossining, New York
(September 12, 1991)
Grand Jury Abuse, - League of Women Voters, Bronxville, New Work (November,
1985)
The Hinckley Trial and the Insanity Defense - Cornell Law School (March, 1983)
Lectures at Training Programs for Judges and Lawyers
ABA Symposium for Judges and Prosecutors on Victims' Rights, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (January 19-21, 2011)
ABA Roundtable on Revisions to Criminal Justice Standards, Texas law School
November 19, 2010
Criminal Discovery in New York State, New York State Judicial Institute, November 54,
2010
Missouri Office of Prosecutorial Training, Osage Beach, MO (March 21, 2008)
Update on New York State Criminal Law, Judicial Institute (January 8, 2004).
Orientation Program for Newly-Elected and Newly-Appointed Judges and Justices,
N.Y.S. Office of Court Administration (1994-present)
Summer Judicial Seminar for New York State Trial Judges (1995, 1996)
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Confronting and Handling Judicial Misconduct, Annual Meeting, New York State
Defenders Association (September 22, 1995)
Fundamentals of Appellate Advocacy, New York State Bar Association (October 21,
1992)
Evidence Update, Practice Skills Seminar, Duchess County Bar Association (March,
1992)
Current Trends in Criminal Law — Public Defender Training Program, Montpelier,
Vermont (June, 1991)
Prosecutorial Misconduct — Practice Skills Seminar, New York State Defenders
Association, Poughkeepsie, New York (January 1, 1991)
Closing Arguments to a Jury — Practice Skills Seminar, New York State Bar Association,
Poughkeepsie, New York (September 16, 1987)
Prosecutorial Misconduct — National Legal Aid and Defenders Association, Washington,
D.C. (December, 1985)
Prosecutorial Misconduct — Erie County District Attorney's Office, Buffalo New York
(September, 1985)
Driving While Intoxicated, Westchester County Bar Association (September, 1984)
Undercover Police Investigations, Onondaga County Bar Association (May, 1984)
Search and Seizure, Monroe County Bar Association (October, 1983)
Program Coordinator, Sing Sing Correctional Facility Paralegal Program. Taught and
administered courses in evidence, criminal law, and criminal procedure to inmates and
correctional staff at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Ossining, New York (1984-1988)
Cornell Institute on Organized Crime, Lecturer (Summer, 1976)
Other Recent Speaking Engagements
Keynote Speaker, Innocence Symposium, Albany Law School, April 23, 2015
Editorial Spotlight, Journal News. Future of Gun Laws, December 20, 2012
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Debate Over Gun Control, League of Women Voters — Ridgefield Ct, September
13, 2012
American Bar Association, Annual Litigation Meeting, Panel on Prosecutorial
Misconduct, Washington D.C. April 17, 2008
Victims and the Criminal Justice System, Judicial Institute — April 4, 2008
USA Patriot Act - Hudson River Museum — June 10, 2003.
Forensic Evidence — Moderator - Judicial Institute - May 22, 2003.
Lawyers and Media - Public Relations Association of America — Sept. 10, 2003.
The Brady Rule Forty Years After — Annual Mid-Hudson Trainer — November 14,
2003.
USA Patriot Act — White Plains Democratic Committee — December 3, 2003.
Religious McCarthyism - Benjamin Cardozo Society — December 8, 2003.
The Bill of Rights — 212'h Anniversary — St. Paul's Church — December 15, 2003.
Terrorism and Civil Liberties - Sarah Lawrence College — March 6, 2004.
Expert Opinion. Testimony. and Consultation
Bozella v. County of Dutchess (deposition)
Donald Eugene Gates v. The District of Columbia (deposition)
State Bar of Arizona v. Thomas, Aubuchon, and Alexander (Aug. 30, 2011)(deposition)
Oliver Jovanovic v. City of New York et al., (2009)(expert report)
Kevin Fox v. Will County (October 18, 2007)(deposition)
Harrington v. Pottawattamie County (January 22, 2007)(deposition)
New York State Assembly Codes Committee, Hearing on New York State's Death
Penalty (January 21, 2005)(testimony)
U. S. Congress, House Committee on Government Reform (February 25, 2002)
(Amendment to 18 U.S.C. §I503)(testimony)
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U.S. Congress, House Judiciary Subcommittee (July 27, 2000) (Testimony on H.R. 4015:
Fair Justice Act of 2000)(testimony)
State of Louisiana v. Kyles (October 31, 1997)(testimony)
State of Connecticut v. Valentin (March, 1995)(testimony)
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Davidson (April, 1992)(testimony)
Matter of Anonymous, Grievance Committee, Massachusetts Bar Council (March,
1986)(testimony)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Criminal Law Bulletin.
Consultant, New York State Board of Bar Examiners (2000-2012)
LITIGATION EXPERIENCE
Prosecutorial Work
Office of the New York State Anti-Corruption Prosecutor (1973-76)
Chief, Appeals Bureau, Special Assistant Attorney General (1974-76)
Chief, Bronx Anti-Corruption Unit (1973-74)
Argued cases in state and federal courts involving public and political officials charged
with corruption. (See, e.g., Cunningham v. Nadjari, 39 N.Y.2d 314 (1976); Nigrone v.
Murtagh, 36 N.Y.2d 421 (1975); People v. Mackell, 40 N.Y.2d 59 (1976)
Office of Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney, New York County (1967-72)
Assistant District Attorney, Homicide, Rackets, and Appeals Bureaus. Investigated, tried
and argued on appeal hundreds of felony cases, including murder, kidnapping, and
corruption cases. Conducted major rackets investigations (e.g., municipal loan scandal
and organized crime)
Member, Mayor's Committee for the Enforcement of Law During Civil Disorders (1969)
Criminal Defense Litigation
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Author of Amicus Brief in Matter of Robert Gorghan v. DeAngelis et al., New York
State Court of Appeals (September, 2006).
Author of Amicus Brief in People v. Angel Mateo, New York State Court of Appeals
(February, 2004)
Author of Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court in Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S.
540 (1992) on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union and National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers
Argued numerous federal and state criminal appeals involving significant criminal
defense issues (See, e.g., People v. Brims, 66 N.Y.2d 61 (1985) (confessions); Hynes v.
ICarrasik, 47 N.Y.2d 659 (1979) (stealing records); People v. Ellis 62 A.D.2d 469 (1978)
(judicial misconduct); United States v. DiTommaso 817 F.2d 102 (2d Cir. 1987) (right to
counsel); People v. Howard, 513 N.Y.S.2d 973 (1987) (discovery); Hoff v. Kelly,
(unreported) (2d Cir. 1987) (speedy trial); People v. Saraireh, 134 A.D.2d 464 (1987)
(accomplice corroboration); People v. Mezon, 80 N.Y.2d 155 (1992) (suppression of
evidence)
Defended murder, conspiracy, and other complex federal and state felony indictments
(1976-present)
Panel member, Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York (1985-1992)
Panel member, Homicide, Felony, and Appellate panels, First Department, New York
State Supreme Court (1976-present)
Assisted in death penalty litigation with Southern Prisoners Defense Committee, Atlanta,
Georgia (1989-90)
Supervised law students on death penalty appeal, Alabama v. Duncan, 575 So.2d 1198
(1990) (remanded)
Assistant Public Defender, Rockland County (1984-85)
AWARDS
Pace Law School Outstanding Professor of the Year Award (May 23, 2004)
Pace Law School Outstanding Professor of the Year Award (May 18, 2003)
Pace Law School Outstanding Professor of the Year Award (May 19, 2002)
Pace Law School Outstanding Professor of the Year Award (May 20, 2001)
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Pace Law School Outstanding Professor of the Year Award (May 21, 2000)
Pace Law School Outstanding Professor of the Year Award (May 31, 1998)
New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section Award for Outstanding Work in
Criminal Law Education (January 24, 1991)
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