THE FIRM

In 2006, Vinoo Varghese, after working 6 years as a prosecutor, created his own practice concentrating on federal and state criminal defense.

Mr. Varghese represents clients in an array of matters where the government either has charged his clients with crimes or is investigating his clients for criminal activity.

These accusations or causes of actions include the following:

• Assault & Gang Assault - all degrees;
• Asset & Civil Forfeiture & Related Seizures of Properties;
• Attempted Murder & Homicide;
• Driving While Intoxicated, Vehicular Assault, Driving with a Suspended License, and all driving related criminal charges;
• Frauds - Bank, Insurance, Mortgage & Wire;
• Grand & Petit Larcenies;
• Money Laundering;
• Narcotics Sale & Possession;
• Rape & Sex Crimes;
• Robbery & Related Charges; and
• Weapons Possession - gun, dangerous instruments, deadly weapons.

Mr. Varghese's prior experiences as a prosecutor have helped him secure a number of dismissals for his clients as well as favorable pleas for other clients.

In some cases, Mr. Varghese has helped prevent the arrest of clients who came to him early enough.


FORMER PROSECUTOR

From September 2000 to February 2006, Mr. Varghese served as an Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) in the Brooklyn (Kings County) District Attorney's Office.

As an A.D.A., Mr. Varghese tried over 20 cases to verdict, wrote several appellate briefs, argued cases before the Appellate Division, and investigated homicides.

In 2005, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes honored Mr. Varghese with the distinction of naming him Senior Assistant District Attorney as well as appointing him to head the Assault on Police Officers Program, which handled all serious cases of assaults on NYPD officers in Brooklyn.

In January 2006, while running the Assault on Police Officers Program, Mr. Varghese investigated and prosecuted the first defendant charged under New York State's newly enacted enhanced sentencing laws for those attempting to kill police officers.


WHILE IN LAW SCHOOL

In the fall of 1999, Mr. Varghese interned for Mr. Alan Vinegrad, then the Chief Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Varghese completed research projects for Mr. Vinegrad, which included writing sections of the government's sentencing memorandum opposing former police officer Justin Volpe's requests for downward departures under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, after Volpe had violated Abner Louima's civil rights in Brooklyn's 70th Precinct.

In the summer of 1999, Mr. Varghese interned in the Sex Crimes Bureau of the Kings County District Attorney's Office.

In the summer of 1998, Mr. Varghese interned for Ms. Lisa Smith, Assistant Professor of Clinical Law at Brooklyn Law School and former Executive Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office Domestic Violence Bureau.


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Brooklyn Bar Association
• New York County Lawyers' Association, Chair of the Solo & Small Firm Practice Committee
• Nassau County Bar Association
• Queens County Bar Association
• Westchester County Bar Association
• Asian American Bar Association of New York
• North American South Asian Bar Association, member of Criminal Justice Committee
• South Asian Bar Association of New York


ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court of the United States of America
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Eastern District of New York
• Southern District of New York
• New York State

EDUCATION

• Brooklyn Law School
• New York University
• Chaminade High School