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Roger L. Stavis
Partner
Tel: 212-935-3131, Ext. 332
Fax: 212-935-4515
Email:
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Law
- Civil Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- Regulatory Investigations
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Experience
Roger Stavis is one of New York’s most experienced and respected criminal defense attorneys. He has tried more than 70 cases to verdict in the state and federal courts-many of which were high-profile, complex, multi-defendant cases. Mr. Stavis has also argued more than 100 appeals in various courts around the country. He is a former prosecutor and is the current Chairman of the Criminal Courts Committee of the New York City Bar. He also lectures widely and is a faculty member at the Cardozo Law School Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.
Bar Admissions
- New York; 1983
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1988
- U.S. Court of the Armed Forces; 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1998
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1999
Education
- George Washington University, J.D., with honors, 1982
- Queens College of the City University of New York, B.A., magna cum laude, 1979
Honors
- George Washington University Law School Trustee Scholar. Recipient, Professional Achievement Award, The George Washington Law Alumni Association, 1995.
- Selected as a “Super Lawyer” in 2007, 2008 and 2009. This is an honor given to fewer than five percent of the state’s most respected attorneys.
- Earned an “AV” peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. This is its highest rating, which is bestowed on attorneys and firms with the best legal skills and highest ethical standards.
Published Works
Contributing Author: Criminal Defense Techniques (Bender 1991); Criminal Trial Advocacy (Appellate Division, 1992); “Jury Selection in the Robert Chambers Murder Trial: The Successful Use of An Individual Voire Dire,” Queens Bar Bulletin, May 1988; “Report on the Merger of the Bronx Supreme and Criminal Court,” New York City Bar Association, June, 2009.
Public Service
Assistant District Attorney and Supervising Attorney, Bronx District Attorney's Office, 1982-1986. Member, Independent Judicial Screening Panel for the Supreme Court, Democratic County Committee, 1991 and 1997.
Reported Cases
- People v. Class, 494 N.E. 2d 444 (N.Y. 1986)
- Associated Press v. Bell, 510 N.E.2d 313 (N.Y. 1987)
- People v. Robert Chambers, 512 N.Y.S.2d 631 (N.Y. 1987)
- United States v. Curtis, 32 M.J. 252 (U.S. Ct. Military. App. 1991)
- United States v. Rodriguez, 968 F.2d 130 (2d Cir. 1992)
- United States v. El Sayyid Nosair 854 F.Supp.251 (S.D. N.Y. 1994)
- People v. Maher, 675 N.E. 2d 833 (N.Y. 1996)
- United States v. Rahman, 189 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 1999)
- United States v. Kirkham, 195 F.3d 126 (2d Cir. 1999)
- United States v. Pirro, 76 F.Supp. 2d 478 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
- United States v. Al Kassar, 582 F.Supp.2d 488 (S.D. N.Y. 2008)
Read summaries of representative engagements.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chairman, Committee on Criminal Courts, 2007—; Member: Council on Criminal Justice )
- New York State Bar Association (Committee On White Collar Criminal Litigation)
- American Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers
- Adjunct Faculty - Cardozo Law School, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, 1993-Present
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