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{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Gerald Lefcourt
| birth_name  = Gerald Bernard Lefcourt
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| education   = [[Brooklyn Law School]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| occupation  = Attorney
| spouse      = Ilene Sackler (divorced)<br />Robin Lewis
| children    = 3
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'''Gerald Bernard Lefcourt'''<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.martindale.com/new-york/new-york/gerald-bernard-lefcourt-482544-a/| title = Gerald Bernard Lefcourt Profile {{!}} New York, NY Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com}}</ref> is an American criminal defense lawyer. He has represented a number of high-profile clients, including financier and [[sex offender registry|registered]] [[sex offender]] [[Jeffrey Epstein]],<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-200303 Jeffrey Epstein’s Sick Story Played Out for Years in Plain Sight], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', Vicky Ward, March 2003. Retrieved July 10, 2019.</ref> the [[Black Panthers]], activist/author [[Abbie Hoffman]], hotelier [[Harry Helmsley]], former [[Speaker of the New York State Assembly]] [[Mel Miller]], and actors [[Russell Crowe]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/nyregion/06cnd-crowe.html|title=Russell Crowe Charged With Assault in Tiff With Hotel Clerk|date=June 6, 2005|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=September 2, 2010 | first1=Michael | last1=Wilson | first2=Andrew | last2=Jacobs}}</ref> and [[Tracy Morgan]].
==Biography==
Lefcourt graduated from [[Brooklyn Law School]] in the class of 1967, and heads a firm in [[New York City]] that specializes in criminal defense.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0061FFE3D5B0C718DDDA80894DB494D81|title=Plea Deal For Trader Unravels|date=January 12, 1993|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=September 2, 2010 | first=Kenneth N. | last=Gilpin}}</ref> A high-profile [[trial lawyer]], Lefcourt is a leading spokesman of the defense bar, a past President of the [[National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers]] and the New York Criminal Bar Association, and a founder of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Lefcourt is also a lecturer and panelist and has authored publications on legal subjects including asset forfeiture, legal ethics, wire-tapping, plea bargaining, subpoenas to lawyers, and representation of grand jury witnesses.
He was named as among the best [[trial attorney]]s in New York by the [[New York Law Journal]]'s 1983 "Who's Who in Criminal Defense Bar", and received the [[New York State Bar]]'s Outstanding Practitioner Award in 1985 and 1993, and the [[National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers]]' highest honor, the Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award, in 1993. In 1997 he was presented the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award by The New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Lefcourt was a featured personality in the 2006 documentary ''[[Giuliani Time]].'' His victories have included a full acquittal of rap mogul and [[Murder Inc. Records|Murder Inc.]] founder [[Irv Gotti]] on federal money laundering charges. Lefcourt was an attorney of "aider and abettor" non-KMPG employee David Amir Makov,<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/ruling-kpmg-20060627.pdf U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York v. Jeffrey Stein, et al], ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', June 27, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2019.</ref> in the 2008 federal [[KPMG tax shelter fraud]] prosecution, believed to be the largest tax fraud case ever brought in the history of the United States.{{citation needed|date=December 2008}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/business/18kpmg.html|title=3 Convicted in KPMG Tax Shelter Case|last=Browning|first=Lynnley|date=2008-12-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Lefcourt has been married twice. His first wife was Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, the daughter of [[Mortimer Sackler]]. Lefcourt has a son, Jeffrey Lefcourt (born 1971/1972),<ref name=NYTWedding>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Heather Hitchcock, Jeffrey Lefcourt   |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 6, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/fashion/weddings/06hitchcock.html  |accessdate=|quote=The bridegroom, 34, is a managing partner in Jane, an American bistro, and the Neptune Room, a seafood restaurant, both in New York.}}</ref> and two daughters, Karen Lefcourt and Alison Lefcourt. Lefcourt is married to Robin Lewis Lefcourt.
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==External links==
*[http://www.lefcourtlaw.com/ Official website]
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