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NACDL Board Member, Past President,-New York State Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Co-Chairman- NACDL Intl. Affairs Committee,Governing Council- Intl. Criminal Bar Committee, Co-Founder and Former Attorney in Charge of the Bronx Defenders, President of the Center for Community Alternatives, Vice President of The Restorative Center. Consulting Attorney to Pregnancy Justice.Â
Daniel N. Arshack focuses on the criminal defense and civil rights of individuals and businesses in state and federal courts in the United States and throughout the world. He graduated from Brandeis University and the University of Stockholm in 1978 and started his career as a systems analyst at Abt Associates, a social science think-tank in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He obtained his law degree from the Antioch School of Law in 1982 and thereafter practiced criminal and civil rights law in Washington, D.C. before moving to New York and becoming a public defender in Manhattan. He completed Medical Bio-Ethics training at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and Einstein Medical School.
Dan has successfully defended a wide range of cases, from securities fraud and international arms-dealing to homicide, domestic violence and professional malpractice. He has represented thousands of clients in forty years of practice both as a Public Defender and in private practice. He has successfully fought for his clients in every level of court throughout New York, in other states, in the Supreme Court and in courts throughout the world. He is regularly called upon to represent foreign diplomats and foreign missions in courts in the United States.
In 1996,  Dan co-founded a new public defender’s office in The Bronx known as The Bronx Defenders and thereafter supervised 25 lawyers and the necessary support staff to handle 13,000 cases/year.
 Since 2015, He has been consulting counsel to the National Advocates for Pregnant Women and in that capacity has represented women across the United States charged with crimes associated with being pregnant.
Dan was U.S. counsel on a case heard in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and was Learned Counsel on an extradition case heard in Kenya.  He has been asked to speak and/or teach trial advocacy in Oklahoma,  Beirut, Paris, British Columbia, Budapest, the Hague, Tokyo, Sophia, Amsterdam and the Cardozo School of Law.
Dan served as President of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has previously served on the Board of the NACDL and was Co-Chairman of its International Committee.
He led the first NACDL training initiative to Liberia, participated as NACDL’s representative in various UN activities, organized NACDL co-sponsored trainings in British Columbia, and  participated in NACDL training on defending women charged with crimes associated with perinatal infant demise.
He was the elected representative to the Council of the International Criminal Bar and was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association – USA.
 Dan also helped found and is Vice- President of the Center for Restorative Justice, an organization which provides restorative justice training and interventions.
Since 2016,  Dan has been President of the Center for Community Alternatives which is New York’s only statewide organization focusing, as does NACDL,  on redressing racism in the criminal legal system by providing alternatives to incarceration for legal system involved adults and children, reintegrative services and award winning housing for formerly incarcerated people and state and national grassroots organizing and advocacy on  criminal justice issues such as Clean Slate legislation, bail reform, ban the box and mandatory minimums. Â
Education
Undergraduate: Brandeis University, University of Stockholm BA, 1978
Law School: Antioch Law School , JD, 1982
Bar Information
NY State and Federal , Supreme Court, Pro Hac Vice in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Virginia, Arkansas, California
Charlie Asher is an AV-rated attorney, now largely retired from the active practice of law except for pro bono work. Â He now leads the creative team behind DefenseMap.com, a resource for improved defense preparation and case presentation. Â Â
Education
Undergraduate: Earlham College, BS, 1974
Law School: Indiana University School of Law, JD, 1977
Bar Information
United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, State of Indiana.
-MACDL President 1989-1990-NACDL Board of Directors 1990-1996-Appointed Circuit Judge in August 1996-Voted best Circuit Judge in the State of MO in 2007-Presiding Judge for Jackson County, MO 2010-2012-Special Judge on MO Supreme Court & MO COA Western District-Member & Chairman of MO Supreme Court Committee on Procedures in Criminal Cases-NACDL CLE Chair 1992-1994-ADA 1977-1981-AUSA 1983-1984-Law Partner of James Wyrsch & J.R. Hobbs 1985-1996
Education
Undergraduate: University of Kansas, BS in Education, 1972
Law School: University of Missouri-Kansas City, JD, 1978
Bar Information
Supreme Court of the USUS District Courts for KS & the Western District of MO
Founding Life Member, Montana Assn. of Criminal Defense LawyersPresident, Montana Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2009-2010)Recipient, Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year, Montana Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2003)State and federal court approved for appointment in capital cases
Education
Law School: Rutgers University Law School, JD, 1984
