Benjamin Brafman

Criminal defense attorney, Brafman & Associates, P.C

His clients have included Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund; Plaxico Burress, the New York Giant; Dinesh D’Souza, the right-wing political scold; and (briefly) Michael Jackson. The latest beneficiary of his advocacy was Martin Shkreli, otherwise known as, Brafman told me, “the most hated man in the world.”

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Positions

Brafman & Associates Criminal defense law firm

• Name partner

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Kathleen Rice U.S. Representative (2015-present) ; Former Nassau County District Attorney

• 4 contributions · 10,600 USD (Feb 14 '14→Nov 3 '15)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Nov 2 '04)

Noach Dear A judge of the NYS Supreme Court in Brooklyn

• 6 contributions · 3,250 USD (Dec 2 '97→Feb 24 '00)

Joe Lieberman Former US Senator for CT (1989-2013); Vice President nominee (2000)

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD (Nov 14 '03)

Stephen Joshua Solarz US Representative from New York

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Feb 15 '90→Jul 11 '92)

Edward Randall Royce Former US Representative from California

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Oct 13 '16→Oct 28 '16)

NORPAC FKA North Jersey PAC

• 3 contributions · 1,750 USD (Oct 17 '02→May 18 '09)

Carolyn McCarthy US Representative from New York

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Oct 6 '02)

Dan Donovan Former US Representative from New York (2015-2019; Former Staten Island District Attorney

• 2 contributions · 1,000 USD (Nov 23 '15→Dec 11 '15)

David I Weprin Queens NY Democratic Assemblyman

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Aug 31 '11)

Services & Transactions

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Vincent Basciano aka "Vinny Gorgeous", convicted racketeer

• client

Vincent Gigante NYC Crime boss; head of Genovese family

• client

Victor Azrak clothing and merchandising moguls

• client

Philip Banks III Chief of Department New York Police Department

• client

Charles Kushner New Jersey real estate developer

• client

Carl Kruger Former NYS Senator, District 27

• client

Martin Shkreli Founder & CEO, Turing Pharmaceuticals; sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two failed hedge funds in March 2018

• client

Dinesh D'Souza Conservative commentator and author

• client

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Managing Director- International Monetary Fund

• client

Jeffrey C. Feldman Brooklyn politico

• client (past)