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CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER

"We all said that if we ever got in any trouble, we would go get Jeffrey Schwartz to represent us, because he’s a fighter.”

- Janice Richardson, a juror in the Nixmary Brown child-abuse murder case (as reported in The New York Times on March 19, 2008).


Jeffrey Schwartz is a high-profile criminal defense lawyer in New York and New Jersey. He has tried almost 100 homicide cases to verdict.

He defends individuals accused of major "street crimes" and white collar crimes.

His major cases have included:

  1. Cesar Rodriguez / Nixmary Brown child-abuse murder case.

  2. Daryl Littlejohn / Imette St. Guillen (the John Jay coed murder case)

  3. Vincent “Big Pussy” Pastore (the actor on the T.V. show, The Sopranos) - civil defense for assault.

  4. Plumbers Union Local 2 racketeering trial.

  5. Erica Colon "cabbie homicide".

  6. Neighborhood church feud homicide.

  7. St. Patrick's Day parade massacre.

  8. Ninja bandits triple homicide.


 Jeffrey Schwartz

In the News:

(1) Article in The New York Times (March 2008) discussing Mr. Schwartz's efforts in the Nixmary Brown murder trial and explaining why several jurors believed that murder was not proved. (Here)

(2) Article in The New York Times (February 2008) discussing the admiration and respect that Mr. Schwartz's fellow defense lawyers have for him. (Here)


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