About Peter Joel
Peter J — Schaffer is a seasoned criminal defense lawyer based within the Bronx, New York. He has been practicing law since 1987, focusing mainly on felony protection, DUI/DWI instances, legal rights, and white-collar crime. His firm, positioned at 888 Grand Concourse, #1-O, Bronx, NY 10451, serves clients during the New York City metro area and components of Connecticut. Mr. Schaffer earned his law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 1986. He was honored with membership in the Order of St.
Ives and served as an editor for the Administrative Law Review. He finished his undergraduate studies summa cum laude at Western State College in 1980, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Political Science. Throughout his profession, Mr. Schaffer has defended over two thousand clients, including adults, juveniles. Organizations, towards many charges such as arson, assault, tried murder, burglary, conspiracy, counterfeiting, drug offenses, firearms violations, DUI/DWI, forgery, fraud, kidnapping, cash laundering, motor vehicle offenses, murder, obstruction of justice, conditional release and probation revocation, racketeering, robbery, sex crimes, stolen property, trespass, guns offenses, and witness tampering. In addition to his criminal defense practice, Mr.
Schaffer represents sufferers of fake arrest and police brutality. He has carried out severa proceedings, jury and bench trials, and indicting jury hearings. His civil rights work includes litigating cases within the United States District Courts and handling injury claims. Mr. Schaffer is a member in good standing of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Bronx County Bar Association. He is likewise an active member of the Criminal Justice Administration Panel for the U.S.
District Court in Connecticut and the Assigned Counsel Plan for the Appellate Division, First Department in New York City. He has seemed on national tv programs similar to The Nancy Grace Show on CNN Headline News, Court TV, and In Session on truTV as a visitor commentator. Additionally, he has been featured on Bloomberg Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio as an expert in felony regulation and trial practice. He has additionally served as a guest speaker in felony regulation at the CUNY School of Law in New York City.
