Gerald B Lefcourt

Gerald B Lefcourt

April 13, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Trump: A Victim of Pretrial Publicity?

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has chosen to venture significantly beyond using the bare-bones indictment. Accordingly, while did he file a spartan Trump indictment, contemporaneously he filed a 13-page "Statement of Facts" that was made available to the public.

By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt

8 minute read

May 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

When the Homes of Justices Are Picketed

"Any encroachment on the right to protest threatens us all, especially in divisive times such as these."

By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt

8 minute read

October 09, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A Video to Excavate for Unconsious Bias in Jurors

At least one federal district court located in the state of Washington has created a 10-minute video that is played at every juror orientation session for every criminal or civil trial in that district, writes Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt.

By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt 

7 minute read

May 21, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Why Does the House Intel Committee Want To 'Kill the Lawyers'?

Chairman Schiff, presumably with the support of the House Intelligence Committee, has frankly gone way over the top.

By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt

7 minute read

March 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The President and the Fifth Amendment

What is most telling is a message deriving from this investigation for virtually every target vacillating over whether to accept his lawyer's knee jerk, playbook advice to remain silent.

By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt

5 minute read