Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  The Law Offices of Alan Ellis is a criminal defense law firm.  Among its areas of practice are representing criminal defendants in appeals in all U.S. Courts of Appeals from conviction and sentence.
• Sex Crimes
  A conviction for a sex crime involving a child or minor carries with it a social stigma. Without the guidance of a skilled sentencing, prisons and post-conviction attorney by your side, a defendant or prisoner could face extensive prison time and other difficulties after trial, a guilty plea or while incarcerated.
• Fraud
  Federal white collar crimes: including mortgage fraud, bank fraud, healthcare fraud, securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and other white collar crimes
• White Collar Crimes
  Whether you are a defendant, inmate, friend or family or an attorney seeking assistance for a client, The Law Offices of Alan Ellis can provide guidance with a wide variety of federal white collar crimes, including...
• Theft
• Embezzlement
• Drug Crimes
  If you are in federal prison, face sentencing or need assistance with post-conviction work for a federal drug crime, the legal team at the Law Offices of Alan Ellis can help you. Attorney Alan Ellis focuses his practice exclusively on post-conviction, prison and sentencing work at the federal level. His goal is to help every client obtain the lowest possible sentence at the best facility available with the greatest opportunity for early release.
• Murder
  Notable cases litigated by Mr. Edelstein include United States v. Rosemond, 841 F.3d 95 (2d Cir. 2016) (murder-for-hire conviction reversed due to government’s improper use of proffer statement); People v. Cabrera, 169 A.D.3d 435 (1st Dept. 2019) (defendant’s counsel was ineffective for misadvising him concerning immigration consequences of plea); People v. Hernandez, 167 A.D.3d 936 (2d Dept. 2018) (vacating murder conviction due to insufficient evidence of depraved indifference to human life); People v. Hargrove, 162 A.D.3d 25 (2d Dept. 2018) (vacating murder conviction based on newly discovered evidence); People v. Singh, 139 A.D.3d 761 (2d Dept. 2016) (reversing murder conviction due to trial court’s refusal to give a justification instruction); People v. Hamilton, 115 A.D.3d 12 (2d Dept. 2014) (defendant wrongfully convicted of murder in 1992 was entitled to a hearing on actual innocence).
• Identity Theft
• Money Laundering
• Kidnapping
• Internet Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Before entering private practice, Alan was an Assistant Professor of Law at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, and a Lecturer in Business Law at the Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.  He was also a law clerk to two federal judges.
• Trade Secrets

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy