Richard Luthmann, a Staten Island lawyer who once grabbed headlines by challenging another attorney to “trial by combat” and who has been in jail since December as he awaits trial on kidnapping and other charges, could be released as early as next week on a $1.5 million bond.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Vera Scanlon of the Eastern District of New York granted Luthmann’s bail motion on Wednesday after a hearing that Luthmann’s attorney, Arthur Aidala of Aidala Bertuna & Kamins, described as a battle against a “hyper-aggressive” pretrial stance by prosecutors in which Luthmann was painted as a public safety risk with ties to organized crime.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]