Richard Portale | White Plains Criminal Lawyer

Criminal allegations of any kind carry with them the potential to be life-changing; however, as overwhelming and frightening as your charges may be, you may not be penalized until you have been found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. As one of the premier criminal litigators in Westchester, Richard A. Portale of the Law Offices of Richard A. Portale, P.C., will tirelessly defend your rights through each and every stage of the legal process and help you manage any damage your charges have done to your professional and private lives.

More critically though, Mr. Portale will work closely with you to develop a comprehensive legal strategy that challenges each and every aspect of the charges brought against you in an effort to reduce and, ideally, altogether eliminate the charges you are facing. At the Law Offices of Richard A. Portale, P.C., our legal team understands what you’re going through, and we’ll do everything we possibly can to get you through this.

As a former ADA for the Westchester County’s DA Office, Richard A. Portale has experience with the criminal litigation process from both sides of the aisle. After being educated at the University of Buffalo, where he earned his BA, and John Marshall Law School, where he earned his JD, Mr. Portale served as an ADA to the Westchester County’s DA Office for five years. As an ADA, he quickly climbed the ranks. After starting out in Motions and Appeals, Mr. Portale moved on to the Grand Jury and, ultimately, to Gangs and Narcotics. As a prosecutor, Mr. Portale successfully secured convictions in all but one of the cases he tried.

Following his service with Duffy, Duffy & Burdo—one of the most successful plaintiff’s medical malpractice firms in the country—Richard Portale established his own criminal defense practice. Since the Law Offices of Richard A. Portale, P.C.’s inception, Mr. Portale has been taking on and winning cases that others may think impossible.

Over the last 15 years, Richard Portale has represented dozens of defendants to verdict and has only been unsuccessful in five cases. Mr. Portale is a member of the Bar of New York State and the United States Federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is also a member of the prestigious New York State Defenders Association and the National College for DUI Defense.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Principal Attorney	Law Offices of Richard A. Portale		2004-Present
Senior Criminal Trial Attorney	Gaines, Novick, Ponzini, et al		2012-2014
Partner	Pappalardo & Pappalardo, LLP		2009-2012
Associate	Duffy, Duffy & Burdo, LLP		2003-2004
Assistant District Attorney	Westchester County District Attorney's Office		1998-2003
Clerk	Honorable Peter Broderick, Niagara County Court Judge		1990-1990

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University	J.D.	Law School	1997
State University of New York at Buffalo	B.A.	Classics, Philosophy of Law	1994

State / Court	Date
New York	1999

• Member | Federal District Courts for the Southern & Eastern Districts of New York
  Member | New York State Bar Association (Criminal Law Section)
  Member | Westchester County Bar Association        
  Member | NYS Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Member | NY State Trial Lawyers Association
  Member | Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  Member | Columbian Lawyers Association
  Member | New York State Defenders Association
  Member | National College for DUI Defense

• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, 2015
  National Leadership Award, National Republican Congressional Committee, 2005

• Criminal Defense | Acquittal on Manslaughter Charges | After a 3 week trial - a westchester Jury acquitted this 22 year old mother of killing her 1 year old child after deliberating 10 hours

• Operation Safe Smiles, Autombile Presumption in Drug and Gun Arrests, 2002
  

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