Over the previous twenty-three years as a practising lawyer, first as a Manhattan prosecutor after which a felony protection lawyer earlier than increasing my authorized companies, I’ve had the skilled success to efficiently characterize shoppers in an assortment of felony expenses and trials, Article 8 household court docket orders of safety proceedings, Title IX and collegiate code of conduct investigations, and sextortion and blackmail associated issues. I’ve executed all this whereas serving as a neighborhood prosecutor after which an elected official, even quickly serving as appearing supervisor, aka, mayor, in a Westchester County municipality.
Nonetheless, since District Lawyer Alvin Bragg’s New York County indictment of former President Donald Trump’s alleged “hush cash scheme involving Stormy Daniels on dozens of counts of First Diploma Falsifying Enterprise Information, a brand new and sudden alternative arose that has been professionally and personally rewarding: working as a authorized analyst on nationwide networks from CNN and MSNBC to extra NYC centric stations like Spectrum’s NY1 and Fox 5 NYC.
As a result of being a felony protection lawyer and household court docket lawyer in New York, amongst different areas of legislation, is a full-time job in and of itself, figuring out and seizing alternatives which can be wholesome dose of enjoyable and have a nexus to legislation isn’t all the time really easy. When you’ll find one thing that helps maintain you abreast of related felony instances and statutes, it’s worthwhile to leap on the alternative earlier than it escapes your grasp. Although I’d admittedly moderately be canyoneering or mountaineering, in case you can’t run off to Escalante or Mt. Rainier on the day by day, fielding questions from anchors retains you in your toes with a touch of adrenaline whereas serving to you hone among the abilities trial legal professionals use usually in a courtroom once they don’t know what query a decide will ask subsequent.
For the reason that first Trump indictment hit the information, what began off with MSNBC and NY1 erupted into over 170 appearances on CNN, ABC, Information Nation, NBC and different networks. Although most of my authorized evaluation has concerned or been centered across the former-President’s authorized troubles in Jack Smith’s January 6th and categorized doc indictments out of Washington DC and Florida respectively, Fulton County’s RICO case, New York Lawyer’ Normal Tish James’ civil go well with, E Jean Carroll’s defamation motion, and Manhattan District Lawyer Bragg’s “hush cash” case, networks each on-line and off have additionally invited me to debate then-Congressman George Santos’ indictment, former-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s authorized troubles, and the problems and appeals stemming from all these issues. On a extra native degree, many of those networks have sought out my commentary on instances together with the Daniel Penny/Jordan Neely NYC subway murder and new felony statutes enacted by the New York State legislature reminiscent of amendments to the state’s Revenge Porn statute and enactment of the Clear Slate Act.
Although I stay in court docket usually, have a trial schedule, discover myself coping with universities helping my student-clients with their authorized points, and serving to some undeserving particular person, usually a teen, liberating themself from a sextorter they met on Instagram, Snapchat, or elsewhere, I’m lucky to maintain my schedule full and that these networks proceed in search of my perception. As a lot as I stay up for my common appearances on CNN Information Central, CNN This Morning, and CNN Early Begin, with the occasional go to to the Lead with Jake Tapper, CNN Information Night time with Abby Phillip, NBC’s Meet the Press Now, and MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes and Katy Tur Studies, amongst others, becoming a member of Fox 5 NYC’s night Information and NY1 ’s Pat Kiernan and Shannan Ferry is all the time a welcomed alternative to dig into Gotham’s authorized happenings.
With continued constructive suggestions from viewers and producers alike, and so long as my “day job” schedule permits, I stay up for persevering with to share a few of my interviews on frontpage authorized instances with past-clients, future shoppers, buddies, household, and the general public. Although not all of them are saved and uploaded to my web site or Saland Regulation PC YouTube channel, the place you’ll find greater than 75 interviews, I’ll proceed so as to add extra “hits”, as discovered they’re referred to as within the trade, as time permits.
Thanks for permitting me to share what have been thrilling alternatives over the previous ten months (who knew getting glammed up on set could possibly be so enjoyable!). I stay up for many extra conversations, discussions, and interviews with native and nationwide networks, on-line and off, in regards to the varied indictments, lawsuits, and different authorized associated issues which can be entrance and heart proper right here in New York Metropolis, New York State, and throughout the nation within the yr to return.
Saland Regulation was based by Jeremy Saland, a former Manhattan prosecutor. Saland Regulation represents shoppers in felony investigations, arrests and trials all through the New York Metropolis and lower-Hudson Valley space. Along with felony instances, Saland Regulation represents shoppers in Article 8 Household Court docket proceedings involving orders of safety, Title IX and school disciplinary investigations and hearings all through the USA, and victims of harassment, extortion, blackmail, and stalking.