Experience:
Upon graduation from law school forty years ago, Mr. Walter was hired as a staff attorney by The Legal Aid Society of New York(”LAS”) in their Criminal Defense Division. At the LAS, he represented defendants from arraignment through plea or trial. The LAS promoted Mr. Walter, becoming a Federal Defender for complex cases heard before the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Walter was then promoted as a supervising attorney teaching newly hired LAS attorneys during a six week orientation program designed to provide them with the complex issues pertaining to client representation in Court. Mr. Walter was later promoted as the Attorney-Charge of the LAS’ Criminal Court Office the Bronx, New York, where he supervised between 30-35 lawyers, investigators and all support staff.
Mr. Walter left the LAS and entered private practice in Brooklyn,New York.. His main areas of practice have been in State and Federal criminal law as well as family law with an emphasis in contested custody issues. Joel has represented thousands of clients and has tried hundreds of cases to verdict in State and Federal Courts in and outside New York.
Mr Walter's major skill sets are in the areas of negotiation and trial work in the Criminal and Family Law arenas.
Education:
  • Clark University, Worcester, Mass, B.A in History 1967
  • SUNY Buffalo Law School, Juris Doctor in Law 1970
Bar Admissions:
  • Appellate Division, First Department of New York
  • The four Federal District Courts of New York (Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western)
  • The Federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Organizations:
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • New York Criminal Bar Association
  • New York County Lawyers Association (member of the Criminal Law and Family Law sections)
  • The Brooklyn Bar Association