Author: Neil Rockind

Join us for Part 2 of our Killer Cross Examination Podcast as I go one on one with Jeffrey Lichtman, Esq, the El Chapo’s and John Gotti’s criminal defense lawyer. You don’t want to miss this.  The interview has been described as “two sharks on a zoom”.  A little about our guest –

If you’ve been in trouble in New York, know someone who has been in trouble in New York or followed the trials of El Chapo (yes that El Chapo) or John Gotti, Jr. (yes that John Gotti, Jr) than you know our guest, Jeffrey Lichtman.  Lichtman is perhaps New York’s most sought after criminal defense lawyer having defended El Chapo and obtaining acquittals for John Gotti, Jr.  His clients include rappers “The Game”, and “Fat Joe” among a veritable who’s who of those charged with crimes in New York.

Lichtman’s style of cross examination has been referred to as a “relentless pounding”, a bludgeoning, putting witnesses “through the blender and shreds[ing] them.” Lichtman is an advocate of “killer cross examination” and shares valuable tips, strategies and war stories that are both wildly entertaining for the non-lawyer and incredibly instructive for criminal defense lawyers and trial lawyers.  Lichtman shares with us never before revealed stories about his defenses of El Chapo and Gotti and also tells me about his preparation, work ethic, use of impeachment evidence, etc. and how he has to win for not only his client but for himself.

Jeffrey Lichtman is the principal and founder of the Law Officers of Jeffrey Lichtman and can be found at www.JeffreyLichtman.com.

Please be aware we are relying on impressions, recollections, memories and interpretations.

Join us for Part 1 of our Killer Cross Examination Podcast as I go one on one with Jeffrey Lichtman, Esq, the El Chapo’s and John Gotti’s criminal defense lawyer.  You don’t want to miss this.  The interview has been described as “two sharks on a zoom”.  A little about our guest –

If you’ve been in trouble in New York, know someone who has been in trouble in New York or followed the trials of El Chapo (yes that El Chapo) or John Gotti, Jr. (yes that John Gotti, Jr) than you know our guest, Jeffrey Lichtman.  Lichtman is perhaps New York’s most sought after criminal defense lawyer having defended El Chapo and obtaining acquittals for John Gotti, Jr.  His clients include rappers “The Game”, and “Fat Joe” among a veritable who’s who of those charged with crimes in New York.  

Lichtman’s style of cross examination has been referred to as a “relentless pounding”, a bludgeoning, putting witnesses “through the blender and shreds[ing] them.”  Lichtman is an advocate of “killer cross examination” and shares valuable tips, strategies and war stories that are both wildly entertaining for the non-lawyer and incredibly instructive for criminal defense lawyers and trial lawyers.  Lichtman shares with us never before revealed stories about his defenses of El Chapo and Gotti and also tells me about his preparation, work ethic, use of impeachment evidence, etc. and how he has to win for not only his client but for himself.  

Jeffrey Lichtman is the principal and founder of the Law Officers of Jeffrey Lichtman and can be found at www.JeffreyLichtman.com.  

Please be aware we are relying on impressions, recollections, memories and interpretations.

As a child, I was labeled a “bad kid.”  I had ADHD before anyone had really considered it an ailment.  But people want to know more about how I got here … to this point and a part of that story is how I came to relate and empathize with the little guy, the outcast and you can’t understand that part of me without knowing about my youth.

I’ve said that defending the little guy is in my genes, my blood and in my DNA.  People have asked how did I get here? How did I become an advocate for the accused, disregarded and ostracized?  To those who want to know and those interested in how someone like ends up being constructed — how I get here and what makes me tick — this episode is for you.

In this episode, I share some painful stories about my youth.  My unpopularity, my feelings of being an outsider and my diagnosis of ADHD in the 70’s!  To those parents whose children suffer from ADHD or ADD, I’ve offered an opportunity to reach out to me.  To those kids, suffering from it, I make the same offer.  Reach out … you can overcome and even in some ways, harness the condition and achieve.

Dr. Fagenbaum (the doctor that diagnosed me), Mrs. Snow (my first grade teacher at Pasteur Elementary in Detroit), Mrs. Carlton (a teacher of mine at Pasteur Elementary in Detroit), my mother, who dutifully packed my Ritalin pill every day for me to take a lunch, this episode is for you, and all the parents of kids who are on the fringe, this one is for you.

Please be aware we are relying on impressions, recollections, memories and interpretations.

We’ve all heard the stories about the tough judges, the judges who view themselves as hard-asses.  Lawyers traveling to other towns always ask, “tell me about the judge” because we want to know if the judge is tough or has developed a reputation for being a “hanging judge”.  They have no place in today’s legal system but they exist and because of their impact in the lives of the accused before them, I take them on during this episode.  We subject this style of judge to killer cross examination.

Please be aware we are relying on impressions, recollections, memories and interpretations.