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About Mr. Burney Nathaniel Burney has been practicing criminal law since 1996. He graduated with honors from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the American Criminal Law Review. He served under Robert Morgenthau for about ten years in the Manhattan DA's office, first with the Special Narcotics office, and then in the famed Rackets Bureau. He earned a reputation for his ability to single-handedly run large-scale, complex investigations involving multiple agencies. Among his successes included the first conviction in New York state court of a labor union, along with the entire leadership of that union and the organized crime bosses who controlled it. As a defense attorney, he has racked up an impressive string of victories. Click here for a list of recent success stories. He has represented clients in a wide variety of matters, from high-profile federal white collar cases, to street-level narcotics charges. His experience includes cases involving:
In addition to his popular blog, "The Criminal Lawyer," Mr. Burney also teaches a nationwide legal education series for West Legal Ed Center, called "Hope for Hopeless Cases." His courses have included such things as defending wiretap cases, cases where the client confessed, cases involving DNA evidence, and the like. Mr. Burney is also a respected legal author. His Primer on International Law is widely-cited throughout Wikipedia, and is also part of the syllabus for some law school courses. He is the published author of "Understanding the Investigative Process to Better Defend Your Client," in Inside the Minds: Strategies for Defending Internet Pornography Charges (Thomson 2008). He is also one of the co-authors of Antitrust Violations, 32 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 158 (1995). He has also been published in Forbes on white-collar issues. Mr. Burney is frequently quoted in the press on current legal topics. News sources that have sought his expertise include the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NBC, CNN, Forbes, Crain's, Inside Counsel, the New York Post, and even the Onion. For fun, he hikes, bikes, writes wedding music, and makes up children's stories. He does all his own programming, web design and graphic design. His manual on motorcycle skills has been translated into several languages around the world. He once beat an Olympic fencer at an épée tournament (though that was a fluke). He has circled the globe, traveling to more countries than he can count, but he's never been to Paris. Or Los Angeles. Bar Admissions
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