Michael K. Bachrach is the principal of the Law Office of Michael K. Bachrach, having begun his career as an associate at the Law Offices of Richard Ware Levitt. Mr. Bachrach's primary focus is criminal defense, but also practices general civil litigation. Mr. Bachrach practices in both Federal and State courts at all stages of trial and appeal.

Mr. Bachrach was born in Philadelphia and raised in New York. He received his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, having also spent his final year of undergraduate school studying international law at Oxford University. Mr. Bachrach is admitted to practice in New York State and Washington D.C., as well as before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Bachrach has extensive experience with complex criminal cases involving Federal and State charges, civil and criminal appeals, violent crimes, large-scale conspiracy charges, white collar crimes, drug charges, allegations of organized crime, and the defense of individuals facing the death penalty. Mr. Bachrach is a resolute advocate for the protection of clients' rights and interests. He handles a selective case load so he may give each case and each client the dedication and meticulous attention to detail they demand and deserve.

Mr. Bachrach is the Vice-President and a Member of the Board of Directors of the New York Criminal Bar Association (NYCBA). Mr. Bachrach also serves as Chair of the NYCBA's International Criminal Law Committee and is a member of the NYCBA's Internet Committee. Similarly, Mr. Bachrach is a member of the New York County Lawyers' Association (NYCLA), where he is a former Co-Chair of NYCLA's Committee on Foreign and International Law, is currently Chair of NYCLA's United Nations Sub-Committee, and is a member of NYCLA's Criminal Justice Section.

Mr. Bachrach has lectured, taught workshops and continuing legal education classes, and chaired conferences on the subjects of Criminal Law, Ethics, Public International Law, Human Rights and International Criminal Law, both here in New York, across the United States, and abroad. Since 1997, Mr. Bachrach has been the lead/main United Nations representative for the New York County Lawyers Association, having also represented Redress Trust during the Preparatory Committee meetings that negotiated and eventually established the permanent International Criminal Court.

From 2000-2004, Mr. Bachrach was the editor of the Second Circuit Criminal Law Update, an annually updated criminal law outline, and is currently co-author of the New York Criminal Bar Association's monthly newsletter. He has appeared as a legal analyst on CourtTV, and his cases have been reported on in the New York Times, New York Newsday, New York.Post, New York Daily News and the Caribbean newspaper, Hard Beat News. In 2008 Mr. Bachrach joined the faculty of the Bryan R. Shechmeister Death Penalty College at the Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, California, where he teaches other experienced attorneys how to defend a capital trial.

To speak with Mr. Bachrach, call his office in New York City at 212-929-0592 or contact  him by e-mail.

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• White Collar Crimes
• Violent Crimes
• Non-Violent Crimes
• International Criminal Law
• Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• New York
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York, 1999
  J.D.
  
  
• Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1996
  B.A.
  
  
• Wadham College, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1996
  Undergraduate Study
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: With Distinction
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York Criminal Bar Association
  Member, Board of Directors
  
  
• NYCBA's International Criminal Law Committee, 2005 - Present
  Chair
  
  
• NYCBA's Internet Committee. Similarly
  Member
  
  
• New York County Lawyers' Association
  Member
  
  
• NYCLA's Committee on Foreign and International Law, 2001 - 2004
  Co-Chair
  
  
• NYCLA's United Nations Sub-Committee
  Chair
  
  
• NYCLA's Criminal Justice Section
  Member
  
  
• NYCLA, 1997 - Present
  U.N. Representative