Lawrence Hochheiser

Biography:

Mr. Hochheiser is the Senior Partner of Hochheiser & Hochheiser, LLP. He graduated from NYU Law School in 1966, where he was a member of the Law Review. www.nyu.edu/law.nyu

Mr. Hochheiser served as Assistant District Attorney in New York County from 1967 to 1971, specializing in the investigation and prosecution of organized crime cases in the office's famed Rackets Bureau www.manhattanda.org.

Mr. Hochheiser is: former President of the New York Criminal Bar Association www.nycrimbar.org, former co-chair of the American Bar Association's Defense Function Committee, a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers www.nacdl.org, and a member of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers www.nysacdl.org.

He has lectured on criminal law subjects for many organizations including: the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; the Nassau County Criminal Courts Association; the Westchester County Bar Association; Yeshiva University's Cardozo School of Law www.cardozo.yu.edu/; the John Jay School of Criminal Justice; and the New York State Attorney General's Organized Crime Task Force www.oag.state.ny.us.

For many years, Mr. Hochheiser has been a regular guest lecturer speaking on the practice of criminal law from a defense perspective at the Organized Crime courses taught at NYU, Cornell www.lawschool.cornell.edu and Columbia law schools www.law.columbia.edu.

Mr. Hochheiser is consistently selected by New York Magazine and The Best Lawyers In America as one of "The New York Area's Best Lawyers" in the Criminal Defense category. www.bestlawyers.com

Mr. Hochheiser was honored by the New York Criminal Bar Association: "For excellence in the practice of criminal law" and "maintenance of the profession's highest standards"; and received the Frank S. Hogan Association's "Award for Legal Excellence" – an association of former assistant district attorneys who served under the legendary Manhattan DA.

Mr Hochheiser has tried uncountable criminal cases – in both state and federal courts – many of them high profile, often infamous murders. These range from the small and simple to the complex and large mega-trials; they include (among other types) murder, economic fraud, tax fraud, narcotics, organized crime (federal RICO and state Enterprise Corruption), gambling, alien smuggling, and – almost every sort of criminal case one might think of.

Mr. Hochheiser is admitted to practice in the courts of New York State, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court; and has been admitted to other jurisdictions pro hac vice.