Clayman & Rosenberg

Isabelle A. Kirshner,
Partner

Isabelle A. Kirshner is one of New York's premier trial attorneys. She has won acquittals for her clients in both state and federal court.  Among her successes have been acquittal of murder and racketeering charges in a multi-defendant case in federal court, acquittal of all charges in a conspiracy case in which she successfully asserted an entrapment defense on behalf of her client, and an acquittal of all charges in a federal Hobbs Act and conspiracy case.

Isabelle has over 20 years of experience defending individuals on a wide range of criminal charges including representation of corporate employees and other individuals facing scrutiny in investigations and prosecutions relating to securities fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, tax fraud, as well as drug trafficking, murder, and other violent crimes. She has represented individuals at every stage of the proceedings, from the inception of a criminal investigation, through indictment and trial.

Isabelle graduated from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1981 and served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York County until 1986. After leaving the D.A.’s office, Isabelle entered the private sector as a criminal defense attorney. She joined Clayman & Rosenberg in 2005.

Isabelle has lectured on federal and state criminal practice in CLE courses for the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is also a long time faculty member of the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program at Cardozo Law School and a frequent guest commentator on COURT TV.

Isabelle is a Fellow of the American College of Trial lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in the United States. She has been appointed to sit on the Criminal Justice Act Committee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, as well as the Criminal Courts and Judiciary Committees for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the New York Council of Defense Attorneys, the New York State Criminal Bar Association, and the New York City Criminal Bar Association.