A big time attorney:
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Gerald B. Lefcourt is the President-Elect of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and a founder of the New York Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. A past president of the New York Criminal Bar Association and one of the nation's best trial lawyers, he is the head of a four-lawyer firm in New York city, Gerald B. Lefcourt, P.C., specializing in the defense of criminal cases. Long considered one of the defense bar's leading spokesmen and most passionate advocates, he has defended clients as diverse as the Black Panthers, Abbie Hoffman, Harry Helmsley, and former New York Assembly Speaker Mel Miller.
He is an lecturer, panelist and author of publications on a wide variety of legal subjects including asset forfeiture, legal ethics, wiretapping, subpoenas to lawyers and representation of gand jury witnesses.
In 1983, he was named by the New York Law Journal in "Who's Who in the Criminal Defense Bar" as among the finest New York trial attorneys. The New York State Bar gave him their "Outstanding Practitioner" Award in 1985, and again in 1993. In 1993, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers gave him its Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award, the organization's highest honor.
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