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Contact Mr. Kessler at:
Mr. Steven L. Kessler
Law Offices of Steven L. Kessler
The Chanin Building
Suite 606
122 East 42 Street
New York, NY 10168-0699
212-661-1500
Email: kessleronforfeiture@msn.com |
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Steven
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Steven L. Kessler practices white collar criminal law
in New York and is counsel to Kessler & Kessler in Manhattan. He
litigates cases of first impression and has been involved with many forfeiture
cases of national significance. Prior to entering private practice,
Kessler was head of the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the Bronx District Attorney's
Office in New York, where he supervised and litigated all phases of forfeiture
and related matters. In that capacity, he served as a member of the
Forfeiture Law Advisory Group of the New York State District Attorney's
Association.
Kessler is a nationally recognized expert in the field
of forfeiture law. He has written and lectured extensively on topics
relating to forfeiture. He is the author of Civil and Criminal Forfeiture:
Federal and State Practice (West Group 1993 & Supp. 2000), a three-volume
treatise, now in its eleventh release, analyzing the forfeiture and RICO
statutes of all 50 states and the District of Columbia and the major federal
forfeiture provisions. He received the Otto L. Walter Distinguished
Writing Award from New York Law School in June 2000 for his highly acclaimed one
volume handbook, New York Criminal and Civil Forfeiture (Gould 1999).
Kessler is a regular contributor to the New York Law Journal on issues relating
to forfeiture and criminal law and is the author and Revisions Editor of eight
chapters in Weinstein, Korn & Miller's New York Civil Practice, including
the chapter "New York Forfeiture." He is widely quoted and cited
in court opinions and media of legal and general circulation nationwide.
Kessler is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School and a frequent
lecturer at CLE programs throughout the county, and is listed in Who's Who in
American Law.
An Arbitrator in the Small Claims Part of the Civil
Court of the City of New York, Kessler serves as member of the Board of
Directors of the Association of Small Claims Arbitrators. He also serves
as Treasurer of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and
is co-Chair of the association's Forfeiture sub-committee.
Kessler is a member of the Forfeiture Abuse Task Force of the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a member of the White Collar
Crime Committee of the American Bar Association and the Criminal Justice Section
of the New York State Bar Association.
A graduate of the Cornell Law School, Kessler is Chair
of the 4,000 member General Practice Section of the New York State Bar
Association. Since 1989, he has served as editor of One on One, the
General Practice Section's highly acclaimed newsletter, and currently edits the
Section's monthly Fax Update. He is a member of the NYSBA's House of
Delegates and a Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation. Kessler is a member
of the Civil Courts Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New
York and served for three years as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Bronx County Bar Association.
Kessler is a member of the New York and Connecticut
Bars and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
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