New York, NY Lawyers

Criminal Defense Law

305 Broadway 7th flr., Ste. 700, New York, NY 10007

Laura M. Miranda Counselor At Law Graduate of Cornell Law, JD '89, Cornell University School of Arts & Sciences, AB ‘86 For the past 34 years, Ms. Miranda has effectively defended cases including DWI, Murder, Manslaughter, Criminal Negligent Homicide, Vehicular Assault/Homicide, Gang Assault, Assault, Drug Trafficking, Conspiracy, Weapons, Sex Crimes, Burglary, Robbery, Larceny, and White Collar crimes. Although her law firms are in NYC, 1 block North of the World Trade Center, & in PR, Ms. Miranda has sued & deposed in Guadalajara, Mexico; defended clients in CT, MA, NJ & PA, state courts, & PR Federal District Court. Admitted: NYS 1st Dep't., NYS Eastern, Southern, & Northern Federal District Courts; 1st & 3rd Circuit, Court of Appeals; Federal District Court of Puerto Rico (304804). CONSULTANT Fifteen (15) years of experience, Ms. Miranda has been hired by other law firms as a Consultant to assist in defending their clients. Ms. Miranda has advised on Voir Dire, Trial Strategies and Negotiated Plea-Bargains with Prosecutors on NY State & Federal felony cases. 2015 & 2009 PUBLICATIONS Ms. Miranda's expertise was also sought by Thomson Reuters when the publisher requested she write chapters for "Inside the Minds, DEFENDING DUI VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CASES" to advise trial lawyers. Both chapters Ms. Miranda submitted were published: "Checklist for Effective Representation on a DUI Vehicular Homicide" and "Selecting a Defense Strategy: Understanding the Charges, Analyzing the Evidence, and Always Considering Your Client." LECTURER - 28 YEARS Throughout the five (5) boroughs and upstate NY, including New York Law, Brooklyn Law, Fordham, Hofstra, and Cornell, Ms. Miranda has lectured on Criminal Defense practice. Likewise at the Brennan Center for Justice,“The Future of Social Justice Lawyering”; CUNY Law School, "Progressive approach to Defending a Criminal Case" and "Cross-Examination"; John Jay College, "Sex Abuse Crimes" and "Stop & Frisk"; Cornell Law School, "Legal Aid to NYS Supreme Court Clerkship to Private Practice, and "Race, Class & Gender"; Fordham Law School on "Sex Offenses"; NY County District Attorney's Office, Internship Program, "Defending the Criminal Case"; and New York Law School on "Motion Practice". LEGAL EXPERIENCE In 1989 after graduating from Cornell Law School, Ms. Miranda began living her teenage dream to be a Public Defender. The first seven (7) years of her career Ms. Miranda was a trial attorney at the NYC Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division. She was also responsible for investigations, line-ups, grand jury presentations, legal memoranda, habeas writs, hearings, teaching interns and young attorneys the ropes. Ms. Miranda began lecturing on Criminal Defense in 1991 and has continued throughout her career. She was one of two (2) attorneys chosen for the first time to join management at the NYC Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, in recruiting attorneys. CLERKSHIP Due to Ms. Miranda 's litigation excellence she followed Legal Aid with a two (2) year clerkship in NYS Supreme Court, advising Judge Nicholas Figueroa on complex felony legal issues at pre-trial hearings and criminal trials. She drafted nine (9) legal decisions published in the NYLJ, two (2) in which evidence unlawfully obtained was not admitted against the accused at trial. Both decisions made the front page. As a Law Clerk, Ms. Miranda was also responsible for teaching legal interns and young attorneys criminal law and procedure, assigning legal issues for them to research and critiquing their memos of law. At her own law firms for the past 22 years, Ms. Miranda has defended serious and minor crimes, State and Federal, upholding her commitment to make a difference in how People of Color and Immigrants are treated and viewed by our society. Critically empowering her clients to have a voice, to stand up for themselves and others.

Family and Divorce Law

99 Madison Ave 8th floor, New York, NY 10016, USA

Lauren Crane represents and advises the most accomplished individuals in a wide array of matrimonial and family law matters including the equitable distribution of assets, spousal and child support, child custody and access, and prenuptial, postnuptial and separation agreements. While she skillfully resolves such matters through artful negotiation and settlement, when necessary, she is an aggressive litigator at the trial and appellate court levels. In addition to her prodigious litigation experience, Lauren is an appointed mediator in New York County. She completed several mediation courses to advance her mediation training for divorce and child custody related issues—the Essential Mediation Skills for the New Mediator with the American Arbitration Association and the Advanced Mediation Training with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. In February of 2020, Lauren was selected to serve as a Mediator on the New York County Supreme Court’s Roster of Matrimonial Mediators. Upon graduation from law school, Lauren had the unique privilege of serving as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ellen L. Koblitz, Superior Court, Family Division, New Jersey. She joined Bender & Rosenthal LLP in 2005, where she practiced exclusively in the area of matrimonial and family law, specializing in high net worth clients. Then, in 2022, after 17 years of exceptional advocacy, she is now one of the primary attorneys of Bender & Crane LLP. Lauren earned her B.A. in English and History from Emory University and her J.D. from Rutgers Law School.

Family and Divorce Law

99 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016-7419

Lauren Crane represents and advises the most accomplished individuals in a wide array of matrimonial and family law matters including the equitable distribution of assets, spousal and child support, child custody and access, and prenuptial, postnuptial and separation agreements. While she skillfully resolves such matters through artful negotiation and settlement, when necessary, she is an aggressive litigator at the trial and appellate court levels. In addition to her prodigious litigation experience, Lauren is an appointed mediator in New York County. She completed several mediation courses to advance her mediation training for divorce and child custody related issues—the Essential Mediation Skills for the New Mediator with the American Arbitration Association and the Advanced Mediation Training with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. In February of 2020, Lauren was selected to serve as a Mediator on the New York County Supreme Court’s Roster of Matrimonial Mediators. Upon graduation from law school, Lauren had the unique privilege of serving as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ellen L. Koblitz, Superior Court, Family Division, New Jersey. She joined Bender & Rosenthal LLP in 2005, where she practiced exclusively in the area of matrimonial and family law, specializing in high net worth clients. Then, in 2022, after 17 years of exceptional advocacy, she is now one of the primary attorneys of Bender & Crane LLP. Lauren earned her B.A. in English and History from Emory University and her J.D. from Rutgers Law School.

Family and Divorce Law

299 Broadway, Suite 1405, New York, NY 10022

Laurence P. Greenberg is a matrimonial powerhouse who was recently rated one of NYC’s top ten divorce lawyers. He has handled numerous trials in his career, which spans over 20 years and has been devoted to representing clients in complex divorce cases. Mr. Greenberg has keen interpersonal skills and unique ability to understand the nuances surrounding every client matter, each of which he recognizes is distinct and individual in nature.

Securities Law

205 Hudson St 7th floor, New York, NY 10013, USA

Lee Squitieri is a partner of Squitieri & Fearon, LLP. Mr. Squitieri represents stockholders, consumers and pension plan participants in complex class actions and individual lawsuits throughout the United States. His primary practice involves pursuing class actions on behalf of investors and retirement plans. He has received an “AV” rating by Martindale Hubbell, indicating the highest level of professional excellence and was named a “Super Lawyer” for the New York Metro area in 2010. Mr. Squitieri has successfully litigated class actions in the antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, ERISA, consumer and labor areas of practice. Mr. Squitieri has also successfully prosecuted private and class action securities fraud and other types of claims on behalf of large investors. Mr Squitieri has obtained significant recoveries for diverse clients such as an improperly terminated attorney at a large prominent law firm; a wrongfully terminated executive of a Fortune 500 company alleging race discrimination whose case Mr. Squitieri tried to a jury for five days before a settlement was reached and has defended through trial and jury verdict a former CEO of a multi-national food retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer and distributor against charges of self-dealing, mismanagement and bad faith. Currently, Mr. Squitieri is currently court appointed lead counsel in such major matters, among others, as an antitrust class action suit against Live Nation alleging monopolization of the concert promotion business; a shareholders’ derivative lawsuit against CA, Inc.’s former officers and directors for breach of their duties; an ERISA suit against the fiduciaries of AIG’s various pension plans for losses of hundreds of millions of dollars of pension assets. Mr. Squitieri is also representing institutional investors against Royal Bank of Canada in a fraud and fiduciary breach action arising out of the Canadian Norsheild investment scandal in 2005 and private investors in a fraud and fiduciary breach action against a notorious Madoff “feeder” fund. Since he began practicing law, Mr. Squitieri has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for the people he has represented, in many class actions and individual lawsuits.