Jeffrey Harris Lichtman (born June 5, 1965) is a New York-based

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Early life and education

Jeffrey Lichtman was born on June 5, 1965, in

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area. He grew up in

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. He attended

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for his bachelor's and graduated in 1987. He then went to

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and graduated in 1990. He opened his own law firm in 1999.Finn, Robin
"For a Lawyer Who's Angry, a Gotti Is Therapy"
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'', September 30, 2005. Accessed April 14, 2008.

Career

Lichtman's law offices are located in midtown Manhattan. He represented

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, and secured a dismissal of three charges of murder conspiracy, an acquittal on a $25 million securities fraud charge, and a hung jury on every remaining count brought against him. Some of his other clients include rappers The Game (who had his case dismissed) and

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.As John Gotti Goes on Trial, All Agree He's a Family Man
/ref> In 2010, Lichtman's client—who was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault—had his 27-year sentence vacated, and was released after Lichtman successfully argued that trial counsel was ineffective. In 2011, Lichtman achieved an acquittal after trial for WPIX television reporter

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, on assault charges. From 2011 to 2013, Lichtman hosted a radio talk show on AM 970 The Answer during the

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. In 2018, Lichtman represented Khari Noerdlinger, son of former New York City Hall aide Rachel Noerdlinger, on charges including manslaughter. After discovering that evidence was withheld which exonerated his client, the charges were dropped. In 2018, he was hired by suspected Mexican drug lord

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to represent him in his federal trial in Brooklyn, which lasted from November 2018 to February 2019. Guzmán was found guilty of all 10 counts in February 2019. In 2022, Lichtman was hired as counsel in Bronx rapper

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's murder case.

Known Jeffrey Lichtman's clients

, American mobster, former

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and son of

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* The Game,

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, Mexican drug lord and one of the founders of the

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(

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's most powerful

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) *

drill rapper *

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and convicted criminal

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lichtman, Jeffrey 1965 births American talk radio hosts Duke University School of Law alumni Emory University alumni Living people New York (state) lawyers People from Clark, New Jersey Lawyers from Newark, New Jersey

Early life and education

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Known Jeffrey Lichtman's clients

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