awards and accolades
Congratulations to ACDL member Frank ArleoFrank Arleo recently gained an acquittal for his client after a four month jury trial in federal district court in Newark before the Honorable William H. Walls. Frank’s client was charged with a conspiracy to commit money laundering. At trial, the government argued that the defendants had knowingly laundered millions of dollars in cash for a Colombian drug cartel. Frank convinced the jury that his client was unaware of the source of the funds and that she had not been willfully blind to the fact that the cash transactions were drug proceeds.
John C. Whipple obtains acquittal
John C. Whipple obtains acquittal in longest criminal environmental trial in the history of the Justice Department John C. Whipple obtains acquittal in longest criminal environmental trial in the history of the Justice Department.
April 28, 2006
ACDL-NJ Vice President John C. Whipple just completed a seven (7) month trial in federal court, Trenton; the longest criminal environmental trial in the history of the Justice Department. John’ client, the Environmental Manager of a pipe foundry in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was acquitted on all three counts he faced including a five object 18 U.S.C. § 371 conspiracy alleging: discharges of pollutants, violations of air permits, defrauding the United States, false statements to the EPA and obstruction of justice. The conspiracy count alleged 81 overt acts. The remaining counts charged a specific false statement to the EPA/DEP and a violation of the Clean Air Act. John was assisted at trial by ACDL-NJ member Mary Gibbons Whipple and investigator Richard Childs.
Richard S. Lehrich, Esq. receives NJSBA Professionalism Award
Congratulations to former ACDL-NJ President Richard S. Lehrich, Esq. for receiving the Professionalism Award from the N.J. State Bar Association on October 6, 2005. Press Release posted below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2005
Contact: Charles Hollenbeck, Esq.
732-937-7504; chollenbeck@njsba.com
RICHARD S. LEHRICH RECEIVES PROFESSIONAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Cranford attorney Richard S. Lehrich was among the recipients when the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law presented the 2005 Professional Lawyer of the Year Awards on Oct. 6 at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. The Professional Lawyer of the Year Award is given annually to those attorneys who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to professionalism throughout their careers in the law.
Lehrich practices law in Cranford. He is past president of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and has been a member of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Practice Committee and Committee on Model Jury Charges, as well as past chair of the Criminal Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Lehrich is a past trustee of the Union County Legal Services Corp. and currently serves as a Master in the Richard J. Hughes Inn of Court. He is a graduate of Rutgers College and Yale University School of Law.
The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism is a cooperative venture of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the state judiciary and the three New Jersey law schools. The commission’s goal is to enhance the spirit of professionalism among the lawyers of New Jersey, stress the traditional values of the bar and promote public confidence in the bar and the justice system.
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William Buckman, Esq. receives Baldwin Award
Congratulations to ACDL-NJ Trustee William Buckman, Esq. for receiving the Roger N. Baldwin Award from the American Civil Liberties Union on October 11, 2005.
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