Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney Rockland, Westchester, Clarkstown, Nanuet, Orangeburg, Orangetown, Ramapo, Tappan

Mr. Meissner, as an experienced criminal defense attorney with a central office located in Nyack, Rockland County New York. Mr. Meissner has extensive experience defending individuals in both minor and significant criminal prosecutions, whether felonies or misdemeanors, whether white collar crimes or other crimes and has appeared in many media outlets including FOX Business, CNN, CNBC, the New York Times, NY Post, Newsday, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Down Jones, and many others. Handling everything from assaults, weapons possession charges, drug possession, larceny and sexual assaults to financial crimes, his focus on doing everything possible to keep one's record clean and to move on with one's life.

As a former prosecutor in Manhattan and for the New York Attorney General, Mr. Meissner is very familiar with the Courts and the DA's offices throughout New York so as to assist his clients to avoid jail time or blemishes on their records.

With over 27 years of criminal prosecution and defense experience Mr Meissner is well known in the legal community. Upon graduating law school,earning degrees from both Hofstra University and New York University Law Schools, Mr. Meissner worked for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Trial Division for seven years prosecuting a variety of street crimes and organized crime. Mr. Meissner then worked for the New York State Attorney General's office Financial Crimes Division for four years where he prosecuted a variety of white collar related crimes including financial schemes, internet schemes, concert ticket frauds, financial frauds, and racketeering. After leaving the Attorney General's office and working for a criminal defense firm in Manhattan Mr. Meissner opened his own firm in 2001 where he has represented people in prosecutions throughout lower New York State and City ranging from federal online poker business prosecutions and large scale ponzi schemes to minor crimes of trespass, assault, domestic violence, sexual assaults, petite larceny and other crimes.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Managing Member	Meissner Associates		2001 - Present
Senior Associate	Gusrae Kaplan & Bruno	New York N.Y.	1999-2000
Assistant Attorney General	NY State Attorney General	New York N.Y.	1995 - 1999
Assistant District Attorney	Manhattan District Attorney	New York, N.Y>	1988-1995

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
New York University School of Law	LLM	Law School	1998
Hofstra University	Bachelor		1984
Hofstra Law School	JD	Law	06/1988

State / Court	Date
New York	1989
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• New York City Bar Association        
          

• A+ Accreditation | Better Business Bureau | 2016
  Preeminent 4.5 out of 5 | Martindale-Hubbell | 2015
  Preeminent 4.5 out of 5 | Martindale-Hubbell | 2014

• ROSENFELD V. SCHREIBER
  Respondent: Attorney for the respondent, Dr. Steven Rosenfeld. Joel Schreiber, defendant appeals an order from the Supreme Court of New York County. The order denied their motion to dismiss the complaint against them. Upon review of the original complaints made by the plaintiff, the subsequent hearing and the arguments made by the defendants/appellants, the court finds their contentions unavailing. The original judgment is affirmed.

• PAST CRIMINAL MATTERS ARE CONFIDENTIAL IN RESPECT FOR MAINTAINING THEIR RECORDS. Civil matters include: Leiter vs.Morgan Stanley Smith Barney|2.4 Million Award plus all arbitration fees Agarwal vs. Delmaestro | Claim Denied & Dismissed, Client awarded Attorney Fees and Sanctions and Expungement Gale vs. Lehman Brothers Inc. | Resolved for a $587,250.00 approved Claim

• Wall Street Lawyer | Securities Fraud & Manipulation in Cyberspace | Securities in the Electronic Age        

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