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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
Mr. Stavis is a former prosecutor with wide experience defending individuals and companies in the state and federal courts.
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 and 2008. This is an honor given to fewer than five percent of the state’s most respected attorneys.
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.
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. 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)
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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