Austin Campriello has been a prosecutor and is a defense attorney.  Mr. Campriello has tried cases and argued appeals in federal and New York state courts where the charges have ranged from racketeering, terrorism and murder to extortion, bribery, fraud, tax evasion and perjury; from kidnapping, counterfeiting and assault to the sale and possession of narcotics and conspiracy.  He has conducted investigations into many areas of fraud and municipal corruption, and has successfully represented clients in various investigations including inquiries into criminal antitrust, Medicaid fraud and conflict of interest charges.

Mr. Campriello has written extensively 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 a member of the Board of Directors and a past president of the New York Criminal Bar Association.

Mr. Campriello was part of a team that successfully challenged Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s subpoena of Barnes & Noble for any records it had relating to book purchases by Monica Lewinsky.  He also was part of the trial team that recently defended former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski.

Bar and Court Admissions

New York, 1971

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., 1971

Princeton University, B.A., cum laude, 1968

Publications

• "When the Criminal Defendant is a Lawyer," New York Law Journal, 1995
• "Random Drug Testing: The Expanding Frontier," New York Law Journal, 1990
• "Findings and Recommendations of the Joint Commission," Report, 1990
• "Investigating the Investigators, a Gill Commission Report," 1990
• "Special Defenses, and Opening Statements and Evidentiary Problems," Criminal Trial Advocacy, Office of Projects Development, Appellate Division, 1st Department, 1987, 1992, 1999

Professional Affiliations

• New York Criminal Bar Association – Board of Directors, 1984-1988, 1990-; Treasurer, 1987-1988; Vice President, 1991-1993; President, 1993-1995
• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York – Committee on Criminal Courts, Law and Procedure, 1974-1975; Committee on The Judiciary, 1976-1978, 1983-1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998-;Committee on Lectures and Continuing Education, 1982-1985; Chair, Criminal Court Committee, 1998-2001
• Federal Bar Council
• New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
• National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
• New York Council of Defense Lawyers

Civic Involvement and Honors

• American College of Trial Lawyers – Fellow
• Kent Scholar – Columbia Law School
• Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems – Writing and Research Editor, 1970-1971
• Fordham Law School – Adjunct Professor of Law, 1986-1992
• Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1971-1980
• Chief of Rackets Bureau, 1978-1980
• Joint Commission on Integrity in the Public Schools – Chief Counsel and Executive Director, 1989-1990
• Mayor’s Special Commission to Investigate New York City Contracts – Special Counsel, 1986
• Governor’s Screening Committee for Designation of Justices to the Appellate Division, 1st Department –Counsel, 1997-2005
• Gubernatorial Commissioner to Investigate Election Law Commissioner, 1999-2000
• 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, 2008-2012
• New York's Super Lawyers - White Collar Criminal Defense and Appeals, 2006-2011
• Pleasantville Zoning Board of Appeals – Chair, 1988-present
• Pleasantville Planning Commission, 1986-1988