Managing Partner

Daniel N. Arshack

We win unusual cases that require very delicate negotiating, a deft touch with the media, and tenacious creativity. Our depth of experience and willingness to make the effort to fully investigate and understand the factual minutiae of each case consistently yield successful outcomes. We even the playing field by never—never—passing on an opportunity to advocate for our client. Our dedication is complete.

– Daniel N. Arshack”

Daniel N. Arshack is the firm’s managing partner and a founding member of the International Criminal Bar. For over 30 years, he has been getting calls from clients with unusual, high-stakes cases that require creative and aggressive representation. By completely understanding his clients and their situations, he is often able to solve their legal problems before charges are ever brought.

With offices in New York and London, Mr. Arshack represents clients in state, federal, and international courts at all levels. He also represents clients before administrative bodies and at the United Nations. He is known as a global leader in criminal justice and legal reform, and has taught lawyers and law students in the US and abroad, from New York to Paris.

For a detailed biography of Mr. Arshack, see his Wikipedia page.

Practice Areas

Mr. Arshack focuses his practice on criminal defense, civil rights protection, and complex civil litigation, and has successfully defended a wide range of cases, from securities fraud and international arms-dealing to homicide and malpractice.

Representative Clients

Devyani Khobragade, Acting Deputy Consul of India, who had faced federal visa fraud charges. Read more

James Holmes, the Aurora theater shooter. Read more

Chetan Kapur, manager of the hedge fund ThinkStrategy, who had faced highly publicized fraud charges. Read more

Robert Alain, the “French Spiderman,” who had faced felony charges for scaling the New York Times Building in 2008. Read more

Congo’s largest individual taxpayer, who had been falsely identified by the U.N. as a funder of rebel groups

Education

Mr. Arshack graduated from Brandeis University and the University of Stockholm in 1978. He obtained his law degree from the Antioch School of Law in 1983 and thereafter practiced criminal and civil rights law in Washington, D.C. In 1994, he completed post-graduate work in Medical Bio-Ethics and the Humanities at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Einstein School of Medicine.

Bar Admissions

Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department

New York Court of Appeals

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Western District of New York

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

United States District Court of the District of Columbia

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Supreme Court of the United States of America

Honors & Awards

Media Appearances Include: The Today Show; Nightline with Ted Koppel; The Queen Latifa Show; CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, Arise America, and Court TV.

AV “Preeminent” Rating from Martindale Hubbell

Elected to “Super Lawyers” (2011–2014)

10 Out of 10 “Superb” Rating from Avvo

Former President, New York Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Bar/Professional Activity

New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Elected President (2007)

Founded a New Public Defender’s Office in The Bronx, “The Bronx Defenders,” Under Contract to the City of New York (1996)

New York Sun Works, Member of the Board

Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), International Affairs Committee Co-Chairman and Elected Representative to the International Criminal Bar (ICB)

International Bar/Professional Activity

Perren Buildings Chambers, London, International Member

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague, US Counsel

International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association – USA (ICDAA), Member of the Board of Directors

International Criminal Bar (ICB), Founding Member

Co-Drafter of the Rules of Professional Conduct Submitted by the ICB to the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Active NGO Delegate, NACDL at the United Nations Preparatory Commission on the ICC

Pro Bono/Community Service

Created the First Institutional Review Board to Review Clinical Research Proposals for Their Ethical Impact on Participants at Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York City, 1992

Started the Manhattan School for Children, a Public School, 1991

Publications

“It’s Just Not OK: Sexual Relations Between Physicians and Their Patients,” Daniel N. Arshack and David J. Knight, New York Law Journal (March 7, 2013)