Mark M Baker
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Appeals
- Agriculture Law
- Litigation & Appeals
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1973
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
- J.D. - 1972
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
- B.S. - 1969
Published Works
- Legal: "The Archer Aftermath and Due Process Defense in New York", N.Y.L.J., December, 1981
- Chapter 16 (Defenses), New York Criminal Practice Handbook, Supplement, 1994
- Perspectives: "Death is too Final", N.Y.L.J., February, 1995
- "The Silent Death of People v. Bernier", N.Y.L.J., January 29, 1997
- "Petit Jury Versus Grand Jury Instructions: Exploring a Legal Wilderness", Criminal Justice Journal, N.Y.S. Bar Assoc., Winter, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1998
- "Exhausting State Remedies in Criminal Leave Applications", N.Y.L.J., June 21, 1999
- "Remedying Rosario Violations Uncovered after Verdicts and Following Pre-trial Hearings: Has Per Se Become Passe?", Criminal Justice Journal, N.Y.S. Bar Assoc., Winter, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1999
- "Crafting Criminal Leave Applications: An Update", N.Y.L.J., July 17, 2000
- "The Rosario Per Se Rule: Rest in Peace", N.Y.L.J., March 14, 2001
- "Preserving Appeals Over Evidentiary Insufficiency", N.Y.L.J., January 24, 2002
- "Habeas Under the Anti terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act", N.Y.L.J., September 12, 2002
- "Post-Verdict Motions Under State and Federal Criminal Practice", N.Y.L.J., August 4, 2003
- "Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims and Deportation Consequences", N.Y.L.J., January 7, 2004
- "AEDPA: Habeas Petitions", N.Y.L.J., January 20, 2005
- "Federal Post-Verdict Motions An Update", N.Y.L.J., February 13, 2006
- "Newly Discovered Evidence Claims Based on Recantation", N.Y.L.J., February 7, 2007
- "Does Federal Anti-Terror Act Infringe on Court Independence?", N.Y.L.J., March 11, 2009
- Miscellaneous Lecture Outlines; Non-Legal: "Sol Wachtler, A New Leaf", Lifestyles Magazine, Spring, Vol. 26, No. 143, 1996
- "Ben Brafman, Swimming in the Fish Bowl", Lifestyles Magazine, Summer, Vol. 29, No. 174, 2001
- Rikki Klieman, the Play's the Thing, Lifestyles Magazine, Fall, Vol. 30, No. 181, 2002
- "Offering Defense Witnesses to New York Grand Juries", N.Y.L.J., December 9, 2009
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Touro College Law Center, Huntington, New York, 1999 - 2000
- Supervising Appellate Attorney, Cardozo Law School Criminal Appeals Clinic, 1993 - Present
- Extraordinary Trial Defenses, New York County Lawyers Association
- Motions Addressed to the Indictment, New York County Lawyers Association, Brooklyn Bar Association, Queens County Bar Association
- Participant in Seminars, Lectures and Panel Discussions in Appellate Advocacy and Other Criminal Law and Procedure-Related Topics, New York University Law School, Brooklyn Law School, St. John's University Law School, Cardozo Law School and Touro College Law Center
Honors and Awards
- Elected Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation, 1999
- Yeshiva University Community Leadership Award, 1990
- New York State Supreme Court Officers Association, Leadership Citation as Counsel for Crime Victims Political Platform, 1989
- Citation from New York State Assembly for Efforts on Behalf of Crime Victims, 1988
- Listed in Who's Who in American Law Beginning with 13th Edition, 2003 - Present
- Who's Who in America, Beginning with 59th Edition, 2005 - Present
- Voted a New York "Super Lawyer", 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Committee on Criminal Courts, 1986 - 1989
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 1998 - 2001
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 2007 - 2008
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 2008 - 2009
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Council on Criminal Justice, 2004 - 2009
- New York State Bar Association, Co-Chair, Committee on Appellate Practice, 2005 - 2008
- New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, Member, Executive Committee, 2005 - 2008
- American Bar Association, Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- New York City Criminal Bar Association, Member
- New York Counsel of Defense Lawyers, Member
- New York County Lawyers Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Slotnick & Cutler, P.C., 1983 - 1986
- Slotnick & Baker, P.C., Partner, 1987 - 1994
- Office of Special State Prosecutor Investigating the New York City Criminal Justice System, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1977 - 1978
- Office of Special State Prosecutor Investigating the New York City Criminal Justice System, Chief of Appeals and Counsel, 1978 - 1983
- Kings County, New York, Appeals Bureau, Assistant District Attorney, 1972 - 1976
