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Elkan Abramowitz of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C., a distinguished white-collar criminal defense lawyer, is sought after by individuals and corporate clients for both civil and criminal cases in state and federal courts. Abramowitz recently acted for the former CEO of American Media, Inc. in SDNY and Manhattan DA investigations related to the Michael Cohen and Donald Trump prosecutions, securing immunity for the client and preparing for the grand jury and trial testimony in People of the State of New York v. Donald Trump. Other key clients include Melissa DeRosa and Richard Azzopardi, who retained Abramowitz to defend a complaint filed by a trooper regarding allegations in the Attorney General’s report on sexual harassment and retaliation, successfully securing a motion to dismiss. Abramowitz is based in New York.
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Elkan Abramowitz is a leading white collar criminal defense lawyer experienced in handling civil and criminal matters in state and federal court for individual and corporate clients. He has built his career as a trial lawyer representing prestigious clients who have fallen into high stakes personal and professional crises both in and outside the courtroom. Elkan is the recipient of the 1999 Milton S. Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy presented by the Office of the Appellate Defender. In 2008, he was honored with the New York Council of Defense Lawyers’ Norman S. Ostrow award for the defense of liberty and the preservation of individual rights. More recently, Elkan received the New York Law Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Career
Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, 1979; Served as counsel to the Special Master in the garment center antitrust case in 1992; Appointed Special Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Investigation for the City of New York in 1990 to investigate a stock transfer by Mayor David Dinkins to his son; Chief of the Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1976; Law Clerk, Honorable Inzer B. Wyatt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York; Assistant Deputy Mayor, City of New York; Special Counsel, Select Committee on Crime for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Memberships
Elkan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a former director of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. He also is a member of the New York State and American Bar Associations, the New York City Bar Association (past member of the Criminal Law, Federal Courts, Ethics, and Judiciary Committees), and the Federal Bar Council.
Education
New York University School of Law (LL.B.; Pomeroy Scholar; Editor, Law Review), 1964; Brown University (B.A.), 1961.
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