ADAM D. PERLMUTTER has been in legal practice in New York for nearly two decades.  His work focuses primarily on New York DWI.  Mr. Perlmutter has handled hundreds of DWI cases including taking many of them successfully to trial.  He was previously an Assistant District Attorney in Queens County where he handled numerous DWI cases involving breath testing, refusals, and felony enhancements. Mr. Perlmutter has completed extensive DWI coursework through the National College of DUI Defense of which he has been amember since 2005, including three of its summer sessions at the Harvard Law School.  He also has certifications in breath testing and standard field sobriety testing.  Mr. Perlmutter owns a fully operational Intoxilyzer 5000EN machine, which is the same testing device used by the New York City Police Department.  He also has an extensive federal criminal defense practice including death penalty litigation, white-collar matters, organized crime, terrorism, narcotics, violent felonies and environmental crimes.  Mr. Perlmutter is a member of the prestigious Criminal Justice Act Panels for the United States Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.  He has appeared several times on WABC7 and News Channel 4 as a legal commentator on criminal justice issues.  Mr. Perlmutter also appeared regularly on InSession with Lisa Bloom on TruTV (formerly CourtTV).  He serves on the Forensics Committee of the New York Justice Task Force advising policymakers on changes to New York laws to avoid wrongful convictions.  Mr. Perlmutter is also a member of the Legislative Working Group of the Governor’s Impaired Driving Task Force.  He is the recent author of a chapter on trial practice for the Westlaw Inside the Minds: New York DWI series.  Mr. Perlmutter has also taught DWI law for the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Legal Aid Society.  He is the recipient of the American Jurisprudence award in trial advocacy from the University of Wisconsin – Madison where he graduated with honors.  Mr. Perlmutter also received his undergraduate degree with honors from Columbia University.  He is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

He focuses on cases in New York City, Westchester and Long Island.
 

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