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Laura K. Gasiorowski, Esq., who has been practicing criminal defense law since 1994, joined the Stahl Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2005, and has concentrated her career on complex pre-trial, trial and appellate matters in a wide variety of state and federal criminal matters, including mail fraud, money laundering, gambling, narcotics violations, murder, and RICO.. Most notably, Ms. Gasiorowski represented one of the two capital defendants who avoided an execution sentence in the federal death penalty trial of individuals involved in the bombings of American Embassies in Tanzania and Nairobi, Africa.. Ms. Gasiorowski also served as lead counsel in the sentencing phase of the State of Louisiana v. Leonard Williams death penalty murder trial, coordinating, preparing and presenting the defense's mitigation case.  In the Williams case as well, the defendant was spared execution and received a life sentence.  In addition to her criminal practice, Ms. Gasiorowski has also represented police officers in civil service hearings related to employment matters, and in civil rights and equal protection litigation in the federal court as counsel for PANO, the Police Association of New Orleans.. Ms. Gasiorowski has specialized experience in pretrial motion work, sentencing matters, and appellate brief writing.  Among her reported cases are Jenkins v. Artuz, 294 F.3d 284 (2nd Cir. 2002), in which the court order a new trial based on evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in examining a state witness; and State v. Bishop, 686 So.2d 1053, 96-694 (La.App 5 Cir. 1996), in which the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Louisiana agreed that application of sexual offender notification laws prohibited constituted ex post facto punishment and therefore was prohibited.. Other significant published cases decided in Ms. Gasiorowski’s clients' favor include the first case in which a United States federal district court held that foreign subjects interrogated abroad by American law enforcement are entitled to Fifth Amendment protections, and a case in which the district court struck several aggravating factors from death penalty notice.Ms. Gasiorowski is admitted to the state bars in New York, New Jersey, and Louisiana.  She is also admitted to the United States District Court, District of New Jersey; the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.

I have exclusively focused my practice on criminal law, and in particular white-collar criminal defense, for the past 28 years, first as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey and for the past 20 years as a criminal defense attorney.  I handle significant, complex federal and state crimes involving wire and mail fraud, tax evasion, securities fraud, healthcare fraud, drug crimes, money laundering and murder.  Our goal is to prevent someone that is being investigated from being charged.  If someone has already been charged, our goal is to win an acquittal or work out the best possible disposition under the circumstances.  My entire firm is devoted to defending client's rights and liberties. We strive to offer big firm results at small firm costs. I am a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney; named a Super Lawyer in White Collar Criminal Defense for the past 10 years; AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell; and a Top 100 Criminal Trial Attorney by The National Trial Lawyers.