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The Attorneys of Sullivan & Brill, LLPPersonal injury attorney Joseph F. Sullivan and criminal defense lawyer Steven Brill lead the New York City-based law firm of Sullivan & Brill, LLP and serve clients in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties. They are joined by experienced federal appeals and criminal defense lawyer Rachel Brill, who works of counsel to the firm and assists clients throughout the United States. In the areas of both criminal defense and personal injury, the attorneys of the firm have brought hundreds of cases to a successful conclusion. Visit the links below to learn more.
Personal Injury Attorney, Joseph F. SullivanAfter graduating Cum Laude from Temple University School of Law, Joseph Sullivan started his legal career defending insurance companies and corporations. He gained valuable trial experience and saw first hand how individuals were disadvantaged in litigation. In 2001, he left his former partners and began his own personal injury law firm, focusing on representing individuals who where injured due to the negligent and intentional acts of others. Mr. Sullivan’s experience representing insurance companies and corporations has given him a unique understanding of how the opposition thinks and enables him to maximize settlements and verdicts for the firm's injured clients. He has obtained numerous significant settlements for clients injured in automobile accidents, construction accidents, scaffolding accidents, slip and fall accidents, sexual assaults, lead paint ingestion, medical malpractice, defective products, animal bites, and violations of the liquor law.
Criminal Defense Attorney, Steven BrillSteven Brill graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1994. Mr. Brill defended clients accused of criminal offenses until 2001, when he joined Mr. Sullivan in practice. Steven Brill has exceptional experience as a criminal defense lawyer, handling serious felony cases, including sex offenses, robbery, gun and weapon charges, drug charges, conspiracy, kidnapping, homicide, and white collar offenses, as well as misdemeanor cases involving DWI/DUI, prostitution, domestic violence, assault, and shoplifting. Since founding the firm, Steven Brill has continued to defend the accused in federal cases in all Federal District Courts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Miami. Most of these cases involved charges of international drug conspiracies, 924 cases, white collar crimes, and securities fraud. Attorney Brill has also been involved in several notable cases, including People of the State of New York v. Martha Yates, a case where a mother was charged with recklessly endangering her foster children by allowing her son to keep a tiger and an alligator in her house, and United States of America v. Julio Vasquez, a case involving an NYPD Detective who was charged with Federal drug conspiracy and corruption in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY).
Federal Criminal Defense, Appeals, and Post-Conviction Remedies Attorney, Rachel Brill, of CounselRachel Brill, of counsel to the firm, maintains an office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she represents the firm's individual and corporate clients who have been charged with serious federal offenses, including white collar crimes and drug conspiracies. In addition to representing clients at the investigation and trial court stages, Rachel Brill handles the firm's federal appeals to the Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court and Writs of Habeas Corpus under 22 U.S.C. 2254. Rachel has successfully argued and briefed numerous appeals and has become one of this country's leading attorneys in cases involving post-conviction relief and other sentencing proceedings like the case United States v. Booker, and the United States Sentencing Guidelines.
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