By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Round two is coming in the epic battle between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and ex-federal prosecutor Paul Bergrin, a high-profile Newark defense attorney who was accused of orchestrating a 2004 murder of an FBI witness in a case in which he had a client. The first round, for all practical purposes,…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The day before Thanksgiving, Paul Bergrin, the ex-fed prosecutor who became a high-profile defense attorney representing rappers and gangbangers, had plenty to be thankful for. That’s because a federal judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked over whether Bergrin, 55, helped orchestrate a 2004 murder of an FBI witness…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent and a body shop owners are scheduled to testify Friday in the ongoing murder trial in federal court in Newark of ex-fed prosecutor Paul Bergrin, who once represented rap stars and drug kingpins, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. Bergin, 55, is accused of orchestrating the 2004 murder of a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Ticklethewire.com has reported preveiously on Paul Bergrin, the “swaggering ex-federal prosecutor … who authorites say became the go-to defense attorney for Newark street gangs.” Bergin “dodged one bullet” in charges of running an escort service of a client of his previously, receiving a sentence of time served. But now the fed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The good news for ex-assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Bergrin is that he won’t be facing the death penalty. The Asbury Park Press in New Jersey reports that Atty. Gen. Eric Holder has decided not to seek the death penalty against the prominent defense attorney in his pending case in which he’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The swaggering ex-federal prosecutor Paul Bergrin who authorities say became the go-to defense attorney for Newark street gangs, dodged one bullet Tuesday but awaits still a bigger one that could put him down for good. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to time served for running an escort service founded by one…
This is a fascinating story that has all the markings of great movie. But federal authorities don’t see it as entertaining, nor amusing. By Joe Ryan Newark Star-Ledger NEWARK — Last August, authorities say, Paul Bergrin traveled from Newark to Chicago hoping to meet a hit man. Bergrin, who investigators describe as a go-to lawyer…
Former federal prosecutor Paul Bergrin found that he could run a $1,000 an hour escort service and charge more than an attorney does. Now he’s paying for it. Daniel Wise New York Law Journal More than two years after being accused of operating a Manhattan-based call-girl ring, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney was allowed to…
