New York City Federal Criminal Lawyers.
Two of the most consequential federal courthouses on earth, ten minutes from this firm’s front door. Manhattan and Brooklyn are not districts we visit - they are where this practice was built, case by case, since 1976.
Netflix told the story. The defense was ours.
When Shonda Rhimes built Inventing Anna, the defense at its center was Todd Spodek’s - argued for the so-called fake heiress in a Manhattan courtroom long before Arian Moayed of Succession played him on screen. What 320 million hours of viewers watched is the method every client of this firm gets, in every federal district.
The record, dated and sourced.
The courthouse.
The center of the federal universe.
New York City’s two districts prosecute the country’s defining cases: Wall Street’s securities and commodities fraud, the crypto industry’s collapses, sanctions and FCPA matters with global reach, public corruption, and the celebrity prosecutions that fill the tabloids this firm regularly appears in. The U.S. Attorneys here are the profession’s most credentialed - and their cases are built accordingly, on years of grand jury work before any arrest.
This is the firm’s home: the Sorokin trial Netflix dramatized ran at 100 Centre Street with the federal press corps watching; the Maxwell juror inquiry and the R. Kelly witness matter ran in these federal courthouses; and the bench walks to arraignments. When the government’s New York offices call, they know who answers.
Federal defense lawyers in New York City, ten minutes from both courthouses.
Two courthouses that run the country.
The Southern District calls itself the Mother Court - Wall Street’s securities cases, sanctions with global reach, crypto’s biggest collapses, the celebrity dockets. The Eastern District across the bridge tries organized crime, JFK’s trafficking, and the verdicts Brooklyn juries hand down with the whole country watching. If federal law has a center of gravity, it is these two buildings - and the government staffs them with the most credentialed prosecutors in the profession.
What you’re actually up against.
Grand jury investigations that run years before you hear a word. Cooperators everywhere - the city’s currency. Press pressure that starts before arraignment and never lets up. New York federal cases are built, not filed. By the time the caption reads United States v. You, the government’s version of your life is already in binders. The defense’s job is to write the other version - fast.
Why Spodek Law Group.
Because this is where the practice was built. 85 Broad Street is a ten-minute walk from 500 Pearl Street and one stop from Cadman Plaza. Todd Spodek is a second-generation New York federal lawyer - thousands of matters since 1976. The Sorokin trial became Inventing Anna. The Maxwell juror inquiry made the Post. The R. Kelly witness matter made the AP wire. The press calls this firm when New York cases break, because the prosecutors already know its name. There is no travel, no local counsel, no relearning - just the home court.
The clock is already running.
An S.D.N.Y. subpoena. A proffer invitation. An agent’s card under the apartment door. In this city the file is thick before it surfaces - and the first 72 hours still decide the next 72 weeks. The consultation is free. It’s confidential. It’s answered 24/7 - 212 300 5196. The government has a head start. Stop giving it a bigger one.
Ten minutes from both courthouses.
The firm’s headquarters at 85 Broad Street sits a short walk from 500 Pearl Street and one stop from Cadman Plaza - with Midtown and Brooklyn offices covering the boroughs. Todd Spodek is a second-generation New York federal practitioner, the bench appears in both districts continuously, and the Second Circuit’s law is our daily work. There is no travel, no local counsel, no relearning: New York City is the home court, and the first-72-hours protocol starts the minute you call.
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Todd A. Spodek is a second-generation trial lawyer whose defense of Anna Delvey became Netflix's Inventing Anna. He appears on Fox News and CNN as a legal analyst, authored "My Advice to Diddy" in The Spectator, and is quoted by the Associated Press when the biggest federal cases break. The record behind the profile: a complete acquittal in a $26M money-laundering trial, RICO charges carrying a 10-year minimum dismissed, and 6 months on a $12M Ponzi case.
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Why this firm.
Five decades of federal courtrooms. Whatever the government has charged, this firm has defended it before.
No allegiance to U.S. Attorneys, agents, or agencies. The client is the only constituency.
Every district in the country, one client portal - documents, invoices, counsel, in real time.
We decline more federal matters than we accept - and every accepted case gets the whole bench.
The first 72 hours decide the next 72 weeks.
No interviews, no consents, no explaining, no deleting. The words said in hour zero are the exhibits at trial. Write down what was asked and by whom - then stop.
Privilege attaches, facts get mapped while memory is fresh, documents get preserved the right way, and nobody in your orbit talks to agents unrepresented again.
We contact the government as your counsel: target, subject, or witness gets confirmed, deadlines get calendared, and the defense - not the investigation - sets the tempo.
How your case unfolds.
THE FULL PROCESS →Risk-free, in person or by phone. Ask anything, for as long as it takes. Strategy starts the same day.
Subpoenaed inboxes and a drawn timeline - we engage prosecutors at the target-letter stage, where charging is still a choice.
Suppress the overbroad seizure, contest intended loss, redraw the timeline - and when trial is the advantage, intent gets tried on the whole inbox, not the excerpts.
On the record, on the wire.
Get ahead of the case.
Answered within 24 hours, guaranteed. Some stories are better told out loud -
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