Who would you hire if caught up in a complex criminal case – murder, racketeering, bribery, any type of fraud – facing the prospect of spending the rest of your life, or too much of it, in prison? Take that question to New Yorkers familiar with the city’s legal elite, and Gerald Shargel’s name might be the most common response. The trial lawyer’s trial lawyer – who in the early years was known more as an appellate star (see the 1972 Supreme Court case Giglio vs. U.S.) – always seems to find himself … [Read more...]
