HIGHLIGHTS

Listed below is a sampling of some of the cases Mr. Varghese has handled or is handling as a defense attorney:

• Representing a client accused of banking, mail, and wire fraud in the Southern District of New York
• Representing a client whose homes have been seized in an asset forfeiture matter in the Eastern District of New York
• Representing a business owner under investigation by the New York State Attorney General's Office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for money laundering and drug diversion
• Representing a client accused of attempted murder in Queens and preparing client for his testimony in the grand jury
• Representing a client charged with burglary in Saratoga Springs
• Representing a client charged with insurance fraud in Queens
• Representing a client accused of sex abuse and forcible touching in the Bronx
• Representing clients charged with DWI in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Nassau, Staten Island, and Westchester
• Representing a client charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property in Queens
• Presenting a case to a district attorney's office to commence an investigation regarding real estate fraud

While an assistant district attorney, Mr. Varghese tried over 20 cases to verdict, and handled the following prosecutions:

• the first defendant prosecuted under the enhanced sentencing laws for those attempting to kill police officers;
• a militant separatist who attempted to shoot a police officer before he was shot;
• a counterfeiter possessing thousands of forged dollars -- case worked jointly with the U.S. Secret Service;
• an internet pirate who downloaded and illegally resold over $100,000 worth of software; and
• a narcotics gang which had taken over a city block.

The following is a list of Published Decisions in cases Mr. Varghese has handled:

People v. Ortiz, 25 A.D.3d 811 (Appellate Division, January 2006);

People v. Carr, 24 A.D.3d 566 (Appellate Division, December 2005);

People v. Campos, 23 A.D.3d 396 (Appellate Division, November 2005);

People v. Madho, 22 A.D.3d 767 (Appellate Division, October 2005);

People v. Febus, 11 A.D.3d 554 (Appellate Division, October 2004);

People v. Henderson, 787 N.Y.S.2d 680 (N.Y.S. Supreme Court, May 2004);

People v. Tyler, 1 A.D.3d 541 (Appellate Division, November 2003);

People v. Manning, 301 A.D.2d 661 (Appellate Division, January 2003);

People v. Haneiph, 745 N.Y.S.2d 405 (N.Y.C. Criminal Court, June 2002);

People v. William, 729 N.Y.S.2d 826 (N.Y.C. Criminal Court, March 2001).