Austin Campriello has been a prosecutor and is a criminal defense attorney.  Mr. Campriello, a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, has tried cases and argued appeals in federal and New York state courts where the charges have included racketeering, securities fraud, mail and wire fraud, tax evasion, perjury, extortion, bribery, larceny, counterfeiting and murder. He has conducted investigations into many areas of fraud and municipal corruption, and has successfully represented clients in various investigations including inquiries into allegations of criminal antitrust, health care fraud, minority business fraud, election fraud, environmental crimes, and conflict of interest charges.

Mr. Campriello has written on many aspects of criminal litigation and was an adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School.  He is a past chair of the Criminal Court Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and is and a past president of the New York Criminal Bar Association.

In addition to defending business executives, attorneys, public officials and figures in the art world, Mr. Campriello has represented financial institutions, accounting firms, real estate developers, construction companies, media companies, hotels, airlines, hospitals and other health care providers, and entertainment companies.

Bar and Court Admissions

New York

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

Education

Columbia University, J.D.

Princeton University, B.A., cum laude

Publications

• "Findings and Recommendations of the Joint Commission," Report
• "Investigating the Investigators, a Gill Commission Report"

Professional Affiliations

• American College of Trial Lawyers – Fellow
• Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
• New York Criminal Bar Association – Past Service: Board of Directors; Treasurer; Vice President; President
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York – Past Service: Committee on Criminal Courts, Law and Procedure; Committee on The Judiciary; Committee on Lectures and Continuing Education; Chair, Criminal Court Committee
• Federal Bar Council
• New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• New York Council of Defense Lawyers
• American Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  

Civic Involvement and Honors

• Kent Scholar – Columbia Law School
• Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems – Writing and Research Editor
• Fordham Law School – Adjunct Professor of Law
• Assistant District Attorney, New York County
• Chief of Rackets Bureau
• Joint Commission on Integrity in The Public Schools – Chief Counsel and Executive Director
• Mayor’s Special Commission to Investigate New York City Contracts – Special Counsel
• Governor’s Screening Committee for Designation of Justices to The Appellate Division, 1st Department – Counsel
• Gubernatorial Commissioner to Investigate Election Law Commissioner
• Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division, Second Department, 9th Judicial District – Member, 2000-present
• Mayor’s Advisory Committee on The Judiciary – Member, 2002-present
• Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2013
• New York's Super Lawyers - White Collar Criminal Defense and Appeals, 2006-2012
• Pleasantville Zoning Board of Appeals – Chair, 1988-present
• Pleasantville Planning Commission