Edward V. Sapone

Edward V. Sapone is a founding partner of Sapone & Petrillo, LLP He concentrates his practice on federal criminal defense and white collar litigation.

He is routinely admitted pro hac vice in various jurisdictions including New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Florida, California, Connecticut, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, and Ohio. Mr. Sapone received a B.A. from Fordham University and a J.D. cum laude from New York Law School, where he was an editor of the International and Comparative Law Journal, and a Member of Distinction of the Moot Court Association. He completed externships for a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, and for the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Court Bureau of the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Sapone was also a contributor to the suppression law section of the 1998 Bench Manual, relied upon by New York State trial judges.

He was the recipient of a Citation of Honor by the Hon. Helen M. Marshall, President of the Borough of Queens (2009), a Proclamation of Honor by New York State Senator Jose Peralta (2010 and 2014), and a Citation of Honor by New York State Assemblyman Francisco P. Moya (2011), for Mr. Sapone’s legal representation. Mr. Sapone was also listed in Super Lawyers (2014 and 2015), VerdictSearch’s Top New York Verdicts of 2010, and the National Trial Lawyers’ 2014 Top 100 Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Sapone serves as a faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy for which he teaches trial techniques at Hofstra Law School. He teaches advanced trial techniques, white collar criminal defense, and federal practice to other lawyers in Continuing Legal Education seminars in New York and New Jersey. Having represented CEOs, broker-dealers and other professionals in the securities industry, Mr. Sapone also has been invited to lecture for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Mr. Sapone has appeared as a legal analyst on CNN, Headline News, Court TV, MSNBC, Fox 5, TRUTV, and Univision, as well as international radio broadcast. He has been a subject of print news and magazines, and his cases have been printed in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week, Crain’s New York Business, the NACDL Champion, and numerous New York City and local newspapers.

Mr. Sapone is the immediate Past-President of the New York Criminal Bar Association and the current Chair of its Sentencing Committee. He is also a member of other legal bar associations, including the Federal Bar Council, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

For the last 14 years, Mr. Sapone has been criminal defense council to the Consulate of Mexico in New York, a role by which he has defended many hundreds of indigent criminal defendants and targets in New York and New Jersey.

HONORS & AWARDS

• President New York Criminal Bar Association 2015-Present.

• Listed in 2016 Super Lawyers, New York Metro.

• Listed in 2015 Super Lawyers, New York Metro.

• Listed in 2014 National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Layers.

• Rated by Avvo 10.0 Superb.

• Avvo Clients’ Choice 2014-Present, Criminal Defense.

• Appointed on Homicide Panel, Appellate Division, First Department, in March 2012-Present.

• Appointed on Criminal Justice Act Panel, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 2016.

• Awarded Citation of Honor in September 2011 by New York State Assemblyman Francisco P. Moya for exemplary service through the practice of criminal defense.

• Recognized in April 2011 by the Board of Directors of New York’s Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

• Received Proclamation of Honor in 2010 by New York State Senator Jose Peralta for accomplishments in the profession of criminal defense and extraordinary contributions to the community.

• Recognized in VerdictSearch’s Top New York Verdicts of 2010 for $1.9 million verdict following a jury trial in Queens Supreme Court.

• Received Recognition of Honor in 2009 by New York’s Comite Fiestas Patrias Mexican-American organization for humanitarian actions and invaluable service in the field of criminal defense.

• Awarded Citation of Honor in 2009, by President of the Borough of Queens, Hon. Helen M. Marshall, for outstanding leadership and work in the area of criminal defense.

LECTURES & TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS

• CROSS EXAMINATION: THE ‘SWEET SCIENCE’

Explained By A Former Boxer Turned Trial Lawyer,” Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education, August 21, 2016

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE ADVANCED TRIAL TECHNIQUES TRAINING

Course for Lawyers: Course on Cross-Examination, August 9, 2016

• “MODERN RAZOR-EDGE TRIAL TECHNIQUES: JURY SELECTION THROUGH CLOSING ARGUMENT,”

Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education, July 9, 2016

• U.S. DISTRICT COURT S.D.N.Y AND FEDERAL BAR COUNCIL SYMPOSIUM ON FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS

A Lecture on How to Prepare and Deliver an Effective Opening Statement, May 2016

• FEDERAL AND NJ STATE COURT CRIMINAL DEFENSE: THE DESERT AND THE PROMISED LAND (PART TWO)

New York County Lawyers Association, CLE Institute, December 14, 2015

• FEDERAL AND NJ STATE COURT CRIMINAL DEFENSE: FROM THE DESERT THROUGH THE PROMISED LAND (PART ONE)

Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education, December 12, 2015

• TRIAL ADVOCACY TRAINING FOR PRO BONO LAWYERS

Federal Bar Council at U.S. District Courthouse, Southern District of New York, May 7, 2015

• COURSE ON PERSUASION IN LEGAL ADVOCACY, CO-LECTURER

New York Law School, November 18, 2014

• WELCOME TO THE PROFESSION: SOME THOUGHTS ON SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN THE COMING DECADE

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, October 11, 2014

• TRIAL ADVOCACY: CROSS-EXAMINATION

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, May 17, 2014

• TRIAL PREPARATION AND JURY SELECTION

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, April 13, 2014

• THE E. DAVID WOYCIK INTENSIVE TRIAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM, TRIAL TECHNIQUES

Hofstra Law School, January 2014

• DELIVERING A CLOSING ARGUMENT, NOT JUST A SUMMATION

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, December 14, 2013

• THE E. DAVID WOYCIK INTENSIVE TRIAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM, TRIAL TECHNIQUES

Hofstra Law School, January 2013

• INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL PRACTICE

New York County Lawyers Association, CLE Institute, August 22, 2012

• TRIAL TECHNIQUE SPRING SEMESTER SERIES: CLOSING ARGUMENT

Hofstra Law School, March 2012

• NEW JERSEY CRIMINAL TRIAL PREPARATION AND ANATOMY OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE: ACCUSATION THROUGH SENTENCING

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, March 24, 2012

• THE E. DAVID WOYCIK INTENSIVE TRIAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM, TRIAL TECHNIQUES 2012

Hofstra Law School, January 2012

• NEW JERSEY FEDERAL AND STATE TRIAL TECHNIQUES: CRIMINAL TRIAL CROSS EXAMINATION

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, December 18, 2011

• WHITE COLLAR CRIME: EXPOSING THE FRAUD WHILE DEFENDING THE INNOCENT AT TRIAL

New York County Lawyers Association, CLE Institute, June 21, 2011

• EFFECTIVE, ZEALOUS AND ETHICAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE ADVOCACY

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, April 30, 2011

• DEFENDING THE MODERN-DAY PROFESSIONAL AGAINST ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUD

Long Island University, April 29, 2011

• DEFENDING A FEDERAL NARCOTICS TRIAL

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, February 5, 2011

• THE E. DAVID WOYCIK INTENSIVE TRIAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM, TRIAL TECHNIQUES 2011

Hofstra Law School, January 2011

• BRIDGE THE GAP: A PROGRAM FOR NEWLY ADMITTED ATTORNEYS

New York County Lawyers Association, CLE Institute, December 17, 2010

• WIN YOUR TRIAL ON DAY ONE: HOW TO DELIVER A WINNING OPENING STATEMENT

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, December 12, 2010

• DEFENDING A FEDERAL FRAUD CASE IN THE YEAR 2010

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, December 5, 2010

• TRIAL TECHNIQUES: JURY SELECTION

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, October 17, 2010

• FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, September 26, 2010

• BRIDGE THE GAP: A PROGRAM FOR NEWLY ADMITTED ATTORNEYS

New York County Lawyers Association, CLE Institute, May 15, 2010

• TRIAL TECHNIQUES: THE SCIENCE OF CROSS-EXAMINATION

Marino Institute for Continuing Education, May 1, 2010

• TRIAL TECHNIQUES ON EFFECTIVE CROSS-EXAMINATION