Mr. Hochheiser is senior counsel to the firm and brings over 50 years of experience in criminal law to the firm’s clients. He began his storied career in the Hogan District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan in 1967, and over the past almost five decades has defended some of New York’s most infamous cases which have been widely written about in the press and featured on television. Some of Mr. Hochheiser’s most famous cases are chronicled in books: “The Westies” “Severed Relations” and “The CBS Murders”. Mr. Hochheiser has frequently given lectures to various criminal bar associations, law schools and to CLE classes on the subjects of defending client’s in criminal cases at Trial, Cross Examination, Summations, and RICO.

Admission Details

• Admitted in U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Courts, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York
• 1966, New York

Law School Attended

• New York University Class of 1966 LL.B.

University Attended

• University of Bridgeport Class of 1964 B.S.

Associations & Memberships

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers