Executive Committee
- Gloria Allred
- Sam Bernstein
- Roy Black
- Benjamin Brafman
- Joseph Bruno
- Michael Burg
- Fernando Chavez
- Sam Cherry
- Ernest Cory
- Grant Davis
- Morris Dees
- Tom Demetrio
- Tim Dollar
- William Edwards
- Robert Eglet
- Geoffrey Fieger
- George Fleming
- Mark Geragos
- Tom Girardi
- Keith Givens
- Maurice Graham
- Edward Hershewe
- Ed Hill
- Len Jacoby
- Lynn Johnson
- Gail Koff
- Mark Kosieradzki
- Mark Lanier
- Fred Levin
- Ramon Lopez
- Tom Mesereau
- Robert Michael
- Sheldon Miller
- Billy Murphy
- Howard Nations
- Richard Newsome
- Brian Panish
- Jerry Parker
- Jim Parkman
- Darryl Phillips
- Dan Ramsdell
- Gary Robb
- Mark Robinson
- James Rolshouse
- John Romano
- James Roy
- Sheldon J. Schlesinger
- Derek Sells
- Hezekiah Sistrunk
- Jock Smith
- Stephen Smith
- Kent Spence
- Harvey Weitz
BENJAMIN BRAFMAN
Practice Areas:
- Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice
- Civil Trial Practice
- White Collar Criminal Law
Bar Admissions:
1975, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
Ohio Northern University, J.D., with distinction, 1974
New York University, LL.M., Criminal Justice, 1979
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1971
Member:
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Criminal Justice)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
New York Council of Criminal Defense Lawyers
New York Criminal Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992).
Biography:
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Recipient: "Outstanding Private Criminal Defense Practitioner Award," New York State Bar Association, 2005; Norman Ostrow Award, for outstanding achievement in the field of White Collar Criminal Defense, New York Counsel of Defense Lawyers, March, 2006. Presented with the first ever "Clarence Darrow" Distinguished Practioner Award by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2007. Manuscript Editor, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: "Sovereign Immunity," Vol. III, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1973; "Inventory Search-Fourth Amendment Dilemma," Vol. I, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1973; "Insider and Employee Thefts-Role of Corporate Counsel," P.L.I. #124, 1981. Lecturer, Role of Corporate Counsel-In-House Investigation, P.L.I., 1981. Selected by the New York Magazine as the "Best Criminal Defense Lawyer," New York, 1997. Lecturer, Cross Examination to Kill NYS Criminal Bar Association, 1990. Lecturer, Cross-Examination of a Tape Recording. Lecturer, Giants of the Bar. Frequent lecturer and Panelist, Criminal Defense Issues sponsored by the United States District Courts in New York, Association of the Bar for the City of New York, New York County Lawyers. Assistant District Attorney, Rackets Bureau, New York County District Attorney's Office, 1976-1979.
Born: New York, N.Y., July 21, 1948
The American Trial Lawyers Association
