New York Criminal Defense Attorneys

Focus on criminal trials, appeals, and civil rights actions

The Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin is a boutique criminal defense and civil rights firm that concentrates on general white-collar and general criminal defense, state and federal criminal appellate practice, and civil rights lawsuits for police and prosecutorial misconduct. The firm’s four attorneys focus on the following types of cases:

Attorney Joel B. Rudin has made a name for himself with a fearless and imaginative approach to law. He has argued appeals in the United States Supreme Court, various Federal Courts of Appeal, and in the New York Court of Appeals and Appellate Divisions. He has won numerous criminal trials in federal and state courts and successfully overturned many convictions, both on direct appeal and collateral attack, usually after re-investigating cases other attorneys have lost. He has won substantial civil rights settlements by exposing systemic abuses of power by prosecutors and police.

Selective and dedicated

The firm is extremely selective about the clients they represent. They only take the cases of criminal defense clients with the resources needed to engage this elite, highly inventive, and successful team of lawyers. Civil rights clients usually retain the firm on a contingency fee basis.

The Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin practice primarily in the New York Metropolitan area, but the firm has appeared in federal district and appellate courts in numerous other states.

Practice Areas

Criminal Investigations and Trials

Pre-indictment, pretrial, and trial representation in the state and federal courts (general white collar crime, business fraud, securities fraud, immigration fraud, mortgage fraud, money laundering, violent crimes, racketeering, narcotics, sex offenses, violent crimes)

Criminal Appeals and Collateral Attacks

Direct appeals of criminal convictions in the state and federal courts; state and federal collateral attacks on convictions (440 motions, coram nobis petitions, federal habeas corpus) for prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of defense counsel, and newly-discovered evidence

Civil Rights and Commercial Litigation

Civil damage claims for false arrest against individuals, and municipal, state and federal governments and officials, false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, unjust convictions, violations of due process and equal protection, police misconduct, excessive use of force; general commercial and business litigation, and serious personal injury claims."