BAR ADMISSIONS:

The Supreme Court of the United States , March 1991
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1987
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1989
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1999
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2006
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1987
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1989
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1989
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, 2005
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1994
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2014
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1986
The State of New York, 1989
The State of New Jersey, 1994

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

March 1989 – Present
Solo practitioner: RUTH M. LIEBESMAN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, New York, New Jersey & Massachusetts. Conduct trials and appeals of federal criminal cases, including four and a half month racketeering trial of U.S. v. Melendez; conducted medical and psychological competency hearings in U.S. v. Gambino. Defended various Federal Racketeering, Murder, Drugs and Gun Running cases in District Courts of New York and New Jersey, as well as drug, robbery and murder trials in the state courts of New York and New Jersey. Conducted numerous federal appeals and habeas corpus proceedings before the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third and Ninth Circuits. Wrote and argued post-trial motions in U.S. v. Gotti (LoCascio) with 2nd circuit panel including Sandra Day O’Connor.

Guest commentator/analyst on Court TV; guest commentator/analyst on News Talk Television and CNBC, discussing OJ Simpson trial on numerous occasions, debating various issues, including Habeas Corpus Reform, Asset Forfeiture, Medical Marijuana and other issues.

Sept 1988 to March 1989
Associate: ROBERT M. SIMELS, P.C., New York, NY.
Prepared pretrial and post-trial motions for federal narcotics and continuing criminal enterprise cases. Second-seated numerous federal trials.

January 1988 to Sept. 1988
Associate: JUDD BURSTEIN, P.C. , New York, NY.
Prepared federal criminal appeals, and pretrial and post-trial motions. Second-seated federal trials.

Dec.1986 to Dec. 1987
Associate: HARRY MEZER, P.C. , Boston, MA.
Wrote appellate briefs for state and federal courts.

EDUCATION:

J. D. cum laude, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1986.
B.A. cum laude Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, May 1981.
Degree Requirements completed Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June to August, 1980.
Diploma, Westfield Senior High School, Westfield , New Jersey 1976.

PUBLICATIONS:

Author of three published law review articles.

PERSONAL:

Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers;
New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers;
New York Criminal Bar Association;
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey;
NORML Legal Committee; Mensa.
Published sports (boxing) photographer;
Frisbee freestyle champion;