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Areas of Practice

• Federal and New York Criminal Appeals
• Federal and New York Criminal Motion Practice
• Federal Habeas Corpus

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, 1972
  J.D.
  
  
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1969
  B.S.
  
  

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 Antiterrorism 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 Taught

• 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, 1986 - 1989
  Member, Committee on Criminal Courts
  
  
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1998 - 2001
  Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary
  
  
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2007 - 2008
  Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary
  
  
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2008 - 2009
  Interim Member, Committee on the Judiciary
  
  
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2004 - 2009
  Council on Criminal Justice
  
  
• New York State Bar Association, 2005 - 2008
  Co-Chair, Committee on Appellate Practice
  
  
• New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, 2005 - 2008
  Member, Executive Committee
  
  
• 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

Birth Information

• November 20, 1947, Long Beach, New York, United States of America