The Law Offices of Gordon Mehler, PLLC
Publications and Appearances
For more than two decades, Gordon Mehler's writing has appeared in numerous publications, both legal (The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal and The New York Law Journal, among others) and non-legal (including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Miami Herald). He is the lead author of a practitioner's treatise on federal criminal practice, now in its eighth edition, as well as one of six outside editors of an eight-volume treatise on New York criminal practice. Both works are published by Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender. He has also participated as a speaker on legal topics in a variety of forums.
Books | Selected Articles | Selected Speaking Engagements
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Co-Author (with John Gleeson and David James), FEDERAL CRIMINAL PRACTICE: A SECOND CIRCUIT HANDBOOK (Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender 8th ed. 2007), 1464 pages, the only treatise on federal criminal practice in the courts of the Second Circuit (New York, Connecticut, Vermont).
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Board of Editors, NEW YORK CRIMINAL
PRACTICE (Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender 2d ed. 2005),
eight volumes, the most extensive work on New York State criminal
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Selected Articles

Days of Wine and Lexis
The American Lawyer, October 1981
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Persecution Witnesses
The National Law Journal, March 22, 1982
Crime-Related Restitution Under the Bankruptcy
Code
Annual Survey of American Law, 1983 Volume, Issue 4
Inmates Need Jobs
The New York Times, July 17, 1984
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The Message of the Marathon
The Heights Press, October 20, 1985
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China Goes Capitalist
The Boston Herald, September 28, 1986
Moderates Dare to be Dull
The Chicago Tribune, September 4, 1987
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The Use of Foreign Testimony
The New York Law Journal, October 3, 1988
Looking at Public Corruption
Cotidianul, November 11, 1992
The Amazon's Unknown Neighbor
South American Explorers, September 1994
Informants, Rats and Tattletales
Criminal Justice Ethics, Winter/Spring 1997
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Crime in the Clergy
Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 23, 2003
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Selected Speaking Engagements and Appearances
In the Shadow of Justice
(Attorney for subject of two-hour wrongful conviction documentary)
Dateline NBC, August 5, 2007
Carving A Path in the Law: Alternatives to Big Firm Life
(Panelist)
New York State Bar Association, October 21, 2006
Heroes of the Bar: A Salute to Pro Bono Achievements in 2005
(Honoree with others)
Federal Bar Council, December 8, 2005
Lessons from Recent Press-Worthy Cases
(Coordinator)
Fall Bench and Bar Retreat (FBC), November 6, 2004
Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence Seminar: Ethics Panel
(Moderator)
Brooklyn Law School, October 30, 2004
Michael Peterson Murder Trial
(Commentator)
Court TV, September 8, 2003
After the Attacks: Terrorism and the Future of National Security
(Presenter)
Council for Emerging National Security Affairs, October 22, 2001
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