Benjamin Brafman
|  Bejamin Brafman
Lead Co-Counsel
Biography
Born: New York, N.Y., July 21, 1948 (55 years old)
Business: Principal in the Manhattan law firm Brafman and Ross. Practice areas include: Criminal Trial and Appellate Practice; Civil Trial Practice; White Collar Criminal Law
Position on the Michael Jackson Legal team: Lead Co-Counsel
Former high profile cases: Best known for winning an acquittal in 2001 for Sean "P. Diddy" Combs on bribery and weapons charges and for successfully defending the former mafia hit man Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano 1991.
Admitted: 1975, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1971; Ohio Northern University, J.D., with distinction, 1974; New York University, LL.M., Criminal Justice, 1979
Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section on Criminal Justice); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York Council of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New York Criminal Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1992)
Career Highlights: Manuscript Editor, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: "Sovereign Immunity," Vol. III, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1973; "Inventory Search-Fourth Amendment Dilemma," Vol. I, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1973; "Insider and Employee Thefts - Role of Corporate Counsel," P.L.I. #124, 1981. Lecturer, Role of Corporate Counsel - In-House Investigation, P.L.I., 1981. Lecturer, Cross Examination to Kill NYS Criminal Bar Association, 1990. Lecturer, Cross-Examination of a Tape Recording. Assistant District Attorney, Rackets Bureau, New York County District Attorney's Office, 1976-1979. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Date: 2004/1/17
Section: Personalities
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