.STEPHEN P. SCARING - Curriculum Vitae

POSITION: Member PRACTICE-AREAS: Criminal Law. ADMITTED: 1967, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. LAW-SCHOOL: Catholic University of America (J.D., 1967 ) COLLEGE: C.W. Post College (B.A., 1962) TEXT: Stephen Scaring has been engaged in the private practice of law since 1977, specializing in criminal law and white collar criminal matters. He was an Assistant District Attorney and Chief of the Homicide Bureau in Nassau County from 1969 to 1977. He served as a Special Prosecutor in Suffolk County, and taught with the title of Associate Professor or Law and Psychiatry at C. W. Post College. He is a Fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, former President of the Theodore Roosevelt Inn of Court, and active in many bar associations. Mr. Scaring has been selected by the New York Times to its top 100 list of Super Lawyers in the New York Metropolitan area and was the 2008 selection of the New York State Bar Association for the Charles F. Crimi Memorial Award for Outstanding Defense Practitioner. MEMBER: Nassau County (Chairman, Criminal Law Procedure Committee, 1981; Member, Board of Directors, 1984), Suffolk County (Member, Federal Court Committee, 1996- ) and New York State (Member, Grand Jury Project Committee, 1998) Bar Associations; Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association; Nassau Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1985); Criminal Courts Bar Association; New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Federal Bar Council; Theodore Roosevelt Inn of Court (President, 1990-1991) National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association (Board of Directors, 1984); New York Council of Defense Lawyers. BORN: October 13, 1941, New York, N.Y. ISLN: 904011782

.MATTHEW W. BRISSENDEN

POSITION: Partner PRACTICE AREAS: White Collar Criminal Defense ADMITTED: 2000, New York, New Jersey, United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. LAW SCHOOL: University of Michigan (J.D., 1999) COLLEGE: Vanderbilt University (B.A., Philosophy and Economics, 1996) TEXT: Matthew Brissenden, a partner in the firm, began his practice as an associate at the Manhattan law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, where he specialized in complex commercial litigation, serving a variety of clients in the securities, banking and insurance industries. In January of 2003, Mr. Brissenden joined Stephen P. Scaring, P.C. Since that time, he has focused on representing the interests of clients accused of significant state and federal white collar crimes involving securities fraud, insurance fraud, tax evasion, and other financial crimes. MEMBER: New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section; Nassau County Bar Association.

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