“It’s a huge victory — they were facing 200 years,” said their lawyer, Norman Steiner
A fed up family was accused of taking things into their own hands and charged with kidnapping their own children from the City’s Foster Care system. The case drew national attention after the family went missing and were found in a van out of state. Norm negotiated a deal that had serious felony charges that carried with multi-century prison sentence potentially reduced to a misdemeanor.
Building Owner charged with manslaughter in a construction related tragedy
At a time when cranes were collapsing and people were getting killed in construction incidents, Kings County chose to indict a building owner for manslaughter. The building owner retained Norm. Norm believed the matter was entirely civil in nature and should not be in criminal court.
A potential Juror’s honestly got him Contempt of Court charges
When a juror voiced his honest hesitation to serve on a jury, based on his own prior experiences, the Judge lodged Contempt charges against him. The juror quickly retained Norm who came to the juror’s defense and beat all charges.