Beyond the Legal Limit with Jeffrey Lichtman

By Jeffrey Lichtman

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Recently described by the media as a "legendary New York criminal defense attorney," Jeffrey Lichtman has successfully handled criminal trials and appeals on some of the country's largest stages. His clients include those charged in the federal and state systems with white collar and non-white collar offenses. For over 30 years, Mr. Lichtman's practice style has been marked by exhaustive pretrial preparation and smothering pressure inside the courtroom. His cross-examinations, in fact, have been described in the media during the John Gotti, Jr. trial as a "relentless pounding" in which witnesses were "put through the blender and shredded." The Gotti trial ended with the dismissal of three murder conspiracy charges, an acquittal on a $25 million securities fraud charge, and a deadlocked jury on every remaining count. The media described the verdict as an "unbelievable courtroom upset" and Mr. Lichtman's work as "brilliant." In the recent high-profile Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman trial lasting 3 1/2 months, Mr. Lichtman's work was described by the media as "an astonishing performance" and "so wildly entertaining." Some of Mr. Lichtman's recent clients also include Assistant USC basketball coach Tony Bland, Emma Coronel, rappers Fat Joe and The Game, the alleged Boss of the Colombo Family Andrew Russo, Olympians, judges, doctors, lawyers, politicians, and countless others. Mr. Lichtman's appellate practice has also had great success, winning freedom for clients sentenced to lengthy prison terms. In September of 2010, he won the freedom for a client who had been convicted and sentenced to 27 years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault of four victims. After his appeal to the NJ Appellate Division forced the trial court to grant a hearing on trial counsel's possible ineffectiveness, Mr. Lichtman's scathing examination of trial counsel was halted by the judge – who indicated she was prepared to vacate the conviction on the spot – and the client was released, never to return to prison again. A 1990 graduate of Duke University School of Law, Mr. Lichtman's office has begun representing individuals on Civil Rights/police misconduct issues as well as on sexual harassment and discrimination claims -- and in just a short time, Mr. Lichtman has garnered multiple millions of dollars of settlements for women sexually harassed in the workplace, and was selected as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Mr. Lichtman has recently been profiled in New York Magazine, the New York Daily News, and in The New York Times as part of the "Public Lives" series. Mr. Lichtman can also be heard as a guest host on 710 WOR Radio (every Monday morning at 7:05 AM), WABC Talk Radio, Fox News Radio, and AM 970 The Answer in New York City. Mr. Lichtman’s office website is www.JeffreyLichtman.com.

Episode Date
Radical Islamist Becomes NYC Mayor 24 Years After 9/11: How????
Nov 03, 2025
Anyone Who Thinks President Trump Forged Peace in the Middle East Can Buy a Bridge I’m Selling in Brooklyn / Bruce Cutler Has Died: What a Wonderful Mob Lawyer - And Friend - He Was
Oct 13, 2025
Charlie Kirk is Assassinated by a Far-Leftist and the Left Celebrated: What Must Come Next
Sep 15, 2025
Italy Was Great — Italians Are Hilarious / Young People Refuse to Work and Their Laziness Is About to Get Hamas Elected Mayor of NYC
Aug 25, 2025
Causing an International Incident on a Wednesday / The World Has Gone Insane as it Refuses to Disarm Hamas / National Baseball Card Show: Some Thoughts and a Nice Score
Aug 04, 2025
TACO Trump No More: Trump Takes Out Iran’s Nukes / Update: Federal Sentencing In Front of My Frat Brother Was a Blast
Jun 23, 2025
Israel Destroys Iran’s Terror Sites While MAGA Joins Hamas and the Far Left in Jew Hate / Trump Claims Credit for Everything / A Full Circle Suit Story and a Federal Judge I Respect
Jun 16, 2025
Trump Loves Big Deals and Low-Hanging Fruit / The Battle of Culiacán: The Max Docuseries and Why I Do Not Trust the Press
Apr 14, 2025
Hamas Hits A Fresh Low: When Do the Gates of Hell Open? / NY Federal Prosecutors Are Not Above Politically-Motivated Actions: Just Ask James O’Keefe
Feb 24, 2025
Trump Returns, Wreaking Havoc in Washington and Across the Globe: It’s Not Enough / My Last Few Weeks of Federal Prisons and Federal Courtrooms, and Why Lawyers Should Try to Sound Human
Feb 03, 2025
Luigi Mangione: All the Confusion Explained / A Judge Shows Extraordinary Empathy / Eric Adams’ Top Aide Indicted, Still Can’t Shut Her Mouth
Dec 23, 2024
The Daniel Penny Trial: What Happened and What’s Happening Next / Assad is Out in Syria, and the Axis of Resistance is Gone
Dec 09, 2024
How Did a Bizarre Movie Line End Up in a Famous Trial’s Summation? You’ll Never Guess / Diddy Denied Bail Due Solely to a Frenzied Media Storm / Joe Biden's Latest Disgrace: Flaunting Anti-Israel Propaganda
Dec 02, 2024
I Was Wrong: Trump’s Comeback, and a Seismic Shift Across America
Nov 11, 2024
Final Election Thoughts: Voting Trump for the First Time / Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims — And the Media Pounces / A Long Overdue Musical Tribute to Social Distortion
Nov 04, 2024
Harris vs. Trump: a Final Objective Review / Why You Should Never, Ever Go on a Cruise
Oct 21, 2024
Adams & Diddy: Why Do the Same Prosecutors Treat Them Differently? / Israel Obliterates Hezbollah—Harris and Biden are Silent
Sep 30, 2024
Case Updates: Chapo’s Sons in Chicago, Assisted Suicide Case Ends With No Jail, Columbia Fart Spray Case / Kamala Harris Dangerously Appeases Hamas
Sep 09, 2024
Fun at the DNC: Kamala’s Obvious Lies and Hamas Take Center Stage / Democrats Finally Embrace Walls, But Only for Themselves / Chapo’s Son Accused of Capturing the World’s Biggest Drug Dealer — And Gets Charged in Mexico For It
Aug 26, 2024
“El Mayo” Arrested: My Week In Chicago / Kamala Harris Was Anointed, Not Elected as the Nominee / How Can Blacks Support Harris After What She Did to Them? / It’s Time to Remove the Cancer in Iran
Aug 05, 2024
Joe Biden Gets Pushed Out of the Presidential Race: A Humiliating End Following a Coverup of Epic Proportions / Does Anyone Actually Believe Trump’s Attempted Assassin Acted Alone?
Jul 22, 2024
Sick of the News: A Return to Legal Battles / The Trump-Biden Debate Debacle
Jul 08, 2024
The Unchecked Spread of Hate in America
Jun 24, 2024
The Trump Guilty Verdict: His Lawyers Need to Stop the Excuses / Why is America Filled With Muslim Terror Supporters? Why Doesn’t Anyone Seem to Care?
Jun 03, 2024
Jihad on Campus: How to Beat it Back (Including My Lawsuit Against Columbia University)
Apr 29, 2024
Iran Attacks Israel; Joe Biden Deters No One As He Still Appeases Radical Islam / The Who vs. Led Zeppelin: Why The Who Always Comes in Second
Apr 15, 2024
Life When I Was a Kid / The P. Diddy Case / Vanderbilt Handles Terrorist Students, Northwestern Not So Much / Why do White Supremacists Love Hamas? / Greatest Music Album Ever
Apr 01, 2024
Michael Cohen Found a Lawyer Dumber Than Him / My Week: From Chapitos in Chicago to an Easy to Anger Woman Lawyer / The Clash / Democrats Abandon Israel
Mar 25, 2024
Musical Evolution Leads to a Disgusting Story or Two / Devo & The Rolling Stones / Joe Biden is Openly Helping Hamas Just To Win the Terrorist Vote in Michigan
Mar 11, 2024
I Hate Trump but Trump Got Screwed / Joe Biden is Appeasing Hamas Supporters For Votes — Can This Guy Ruin America Even More? / Update on Assisting Suicide Case / Two Musical Interludes: Velvet Underground & Big Star
Feb 26, 2024
Judge Kaplan Hates Dumb, Unprepared Lawyers It Seems / Assisted Suicide Client Has High Stakes Bail Hearing / Dems’ Dual Election Strategies: Open Borders and Appeasing Muslim Terror Supporters
Feb 05, 2024
Another Trump Trial, Another Comically Bad Trump Lawyer, Another Trump Loss / Musical Interlude / Two New Cases: Assisted Suicide & Terrorists Made to Smell Bad
Jan 29, 2024
Far Left Democrats Openly Support Iran Against America — Or Why I’ve Had Enough With Liberals / Saying That Claudine Gay Was a Victim of Racism Is Like Saying Hamas Are Freedom Fighters
Jan 15, 2024
Presidents of Ivy League Schools are Too Dumb to Hide Their Jew Hate: the Latest Hypocrisy When it Comes to Jews and Israel / Growing Up in the 70s Wasn’t a Piece of Cake
Dec 11, 2023
The World is On Fire With Injustice: If a Lawyer Only Speaks Out When Paid, What Kind of Advocate Is He? / Some Unlikely Heroes Fight Back
Nov 13, 2023
A Ceasefire in Gaza Now Means Much More Death Later / Trump Won’t Be in Prison By Election Day / Memories of the Puerto Rican Day Parade: From a New Yorker
Nov 06, 2023
The World Goes Islamist Apeshit: City After City Wants to Gas the Jews / A Study of the Useful Idiot / Trump’s Attorneys Plead Guilty in Georgia, Why It’s Not Fatal to Him
Oct 30, 2023
Lines Are Drawn: The Battle for Civilization Between Radical Islam and the Free World
Oct 16, 2023
Palestinian Terrorists Again Show the World Why They Are Today’s Nazis — What Israel Should Do Next
Oct 09, 2023
The One and Only Issue for the Next Election — Illegals Overrunning the Border / Ovidio Guzman, El Chapo’s Son is Extradited to the U.S. / My Germ Phobia: Born at Deli King, Continues at Subway
Sep 25, 2023
8 Days, 3 Cases, $11M in Fraud — and 7 Days in Jail / Mayor In Da Club Admits NYC Was Destroyed by His Own Party / MAGA Super Mad / Alina Habooby Strikes Again
Sep 11, 2023
Many More Trump Indictments: He May Be Guilty of Some or All — But Should His Opponent Be Permitted to Defeat Him and 80 Million Americans Without Defeating Him at the Ballot Box? Why Is He Running When He Knows He Can’t Win?
Aug 21, 2023
The Baseball Card Show Got Me Thinking About Parenting / Hunter Biden Had a Bad Father / Now Trump is Stealing From His Supporters — and Nobody Cares
Jul 31, 2023
Of Course It’s Hunter Biden’s Cocaine and a Bevy of Biden Lies / Pinpointing When Society Jumped the Shark and Why Do Lawyers Lie When They Know They’ll Get Caught?
Jul 10, 2023
Sick of Trump’s Dopey Lawyers, Sick of Hunter & Joe Biden Getting Away With Crimes — Let’s Talk About Baseball Cards and the Meaning of Life
Jun 26, 2023
Trump’s Florida Indictment: Incredibly His Lawyers are the Main Witnesses Against Him / An Ugly Case in the News and Why I’m Handling It
Jun 19, 2023
Brutal Memorial Day Weekend Ends in Night Court at Midnight / DeSantis Finally Enters the Race; Trump Loses What’s Left of His Mind
May 30, 2023
Daniel Penny is Charged With Manslaughter, Even as His Fellow Passengers Thanked Him For His Heroism / Final Thoughts on the Trump Verdict: Obliteration and No Issues On Appeal
May 15, 2023
The Jordan Neely Subway Killing – But Was a Crime Committed? / Ed Sheeran Copyright Case: Not Every Lawyer Knows the Rules of Evidence / The Trump Civil Case Was a Case I Thought Couldn’t Be Lost
May 08, 2023
A Case I Was Born to Defend: The Plot to Kidnap Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad – The Sentencing and an Awkward Introduction / The Trump Indictment is Laughable – But He’s Still Not Winning in ‘24 / The Trans Community is Really Pissed
Apr 17, 2023
Just When It Appears Alvin Bragg’s Indictment Is on the Ropes — Donald Trump Saved Him With Threats / Uri Geller, Psychic Spoon Bender, and Me
Mar 27, 2023
Trump to be Indicted — and This is Just Some of the Liberal Insanity of This Week / Cross Examination is Art: An Example from the Chapo Case
Mar 20, 2023
Kay Flock Update / Gisele Fetterman Takes an Awesome Vacation / Essential Oil Enthusiast Wants to Kill Me / Mayor Pete Heads to E. Palestine / The Worst Thursday Ever
Feb 27, 2023
John Fetterman’s Demise Was Obviously Predictable — How Far Have We Fallen to Let This Happen?
Feb 20, 2023
The China Virus Got Me Again / The China Spy Balloon Again Shows Our Weakness / World-Renowned Doctor Loses Extradition Hearing for Graffiti Offense Even as Millions of Illegals Get Red Carpet Treatment
Feb 06, 2023
Very Risky Bet I Made Which Could Have Cost a Client Life in Prison / Palestinians Show How True to Life Fauda, the Best Show on TV, is / Tyre Nichols – Racist Murder or Just Awful Killer Cops? / George Santos Jumps the Shark with Hitler Praise
Jan 30, 2023
Ovidio Guzman, El Chapo’s Son, is Arrested in Mexico in a Purely Political Move / Republicans Elect a Congressional Leader — No One Cares / Why I Can’t Play Nice on the Radio
Jan 09, 2023
New Year's Eve Celebrations are Dumb / Terror Attack in Times Square / Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom Villency Trump Demanded 60K for a Three Minute Speech For President Trump / How Music Has Made Its Mark Into My Work, From Gotti to Chapo
Jan 03, 2023
1979: Iran Holds 52 Americans Hostage for 444 Days; 43 Years Later, A Small Bit of Payback
Dec 19, 2022
The Brittney Griner/Viktor Bout Swap: How Does Our Govt Decide Who Comes Home First? / Why I Hate Lawyers (Part 12)
Dec 12, 2022
Trump Has Dinner With a Nazi and Somehow This Does Not Bother Everyone / A Star NY Doctor May Be Extradited to Japan — After Being Accused of Effectively Drawing With Chalk on a Building
Nov 28, 2022
A Week of My Practice: What Prison is Really Like, Introducing “Shellackhead” and “Sally Dogs” / A 7 Figure Settlement For a Herpes Case / Representing James O’Keefe of Project Veritas
Nov 21, 2022
The Midterms Disaster: Had Enough of Trump Yet? / Kyrie Update: Everyone Agrees He’s All About Love
Nov 14, 2022
Kyrie Irving Isn’t a Deep Philosophical Thinker — He’s an Antisemitic Idiot / Kay Flock Legal Update / Trump’s Selfishness on Display
Nov 07, 2022
Jerry Lee Lewis Passes / John Fetterman is a Bigger Mess than Anyone Imagined / Jeff’s First Job in Law Ends With the Mafia Showing Up at his House
Oct 31, 2022
Joe Biden Refuses to Tell the Truth / Senate Candidate John Fetterman Can’t Speak or Think Due to a Stroke — But He’s Leading in the Polls / Palestinians Think Putin Respects International Law / the Hells Angel Extortion Opening Statement Finally is Given
Oct 17, 2022
Eric Adams Stopped Partying Long Enough to Declare State of Emergency / A Gay Palestinian Has His Head Cut Off on Video — and the American Liberal Press Ignores It / A Hells Angel Refuses to Go To Prison — My Work Kept Him Out: How I Did It (Intro)
Oct 10, 2022
The Craziest Case I Ever Had / Mayor Adams and His Brand / Kamala Harris Wants Federal Hurricane Aid to Go To Blacks First / Jeff Bezos is Laughing His Ass Off
Oct 03, 2022
Stacey Abrams Thinks the Ultrasound Was Created to Enslave Women / We Gave the Red Carpet Treatment to the Butcher of Tehran / The Craziest Case I Ever Had (Intro)
Sep 26, 2022
2 Million Illegals Later, Liberals Decide The Border is a Problem — After 50 Are Sent to White Heaven, aka Martha’s Vineyard / Rapper Kay Flock’s Case Update — We’re Getting Closer
Sep 19, 2022
Memories of the 9/11 Attacks
Sep 11, 2022
You’ve Heard of Felix Sater? Wait Until You Hear About Gene Klotsman and “Money Marvin” / Joe Biden’s Philly Speech Called for Civil War
Sep 06, 2022
A Wild Mafia Story About Vinnie Gorgeous, Which I Had Somehow Forgotten / College Loan Forgiveness Is Actually Racist / Another Trump Own Goal on the Mar-a-Lago Search
Aug 29, 2022
Salman Rushdie Brutally Stabbed Due to Iranian Fatwa / More Thoughts on the Mar-a-Lago Raid / When I Nearly Represented Jeffrey Epstein
Aug 15, 2022
Breaking: The Raid on Mar-a-Lago
Aug 09, 2022
When I Almost Represented Harvey Weinstein / 9/11 Mastermind Killed, 20 Years Too Late / Palestinians Kill Their Own Children — the World Yawns
Aug 08, 2022
Representing Tony Bland, USC College Basketball Coach, in Bribery Scandal — a Ridiculous Prosecution / Joe Biden Lies and Lies About Our Recession and Just One Demographic, Suburban Women, Believe the BS — Why?
Aug 01, 2022
Some Funny Ivana Trump Memories / Jerry Shargel, a Legal Lion, Passes / The Bodega Clerk Who Stabbed His Attacker is Charged With Murder / Male Inmate Masquerading as a Female Knocks Up Two Inmates — and Insists Upon Being Treated as a Woman
Jul 18, 2022
Memories of the Ultimate Warrior / Joe Biden and Hunter Biden — It’s More Disgusting Than You Thought / Why the Democrats Hate that Biden is Visiting Saudi Arabia
Jul 11, 2022
NY’s New Gun Laws In Response to the Supreme Court are Moronic / Our Airports are a Mess But We Have a Gay Transportation Secretary So That’s Good / Kay Flock Update
Jul 04, 2022
The Supreme Court Blows the Collective Mind of the Left: First Firearm Carry Permits, Next Abortion / Meeting Chupeta in a Prison in Brazil – and Then Seeing Him 11 Years Later in Court
Jun 27, 2022
The Khari Noerdlinger Saga: From Framed to Vindicated / Joe Biden Can’t Ride a Stationary Bike / Eric Adams Loves Drag Queens in the Classroom
Jun 20, 2022
Inigo Philbrick’s Sentencing / Why Does Professional Sports Love China but Hate Saudi Arabia? / Jack Del Rio Should Learn to Shutup – Free Speech Doesn’t Exist in America in the NFL / Firebombing NYC Lawyers Get Nearly a Free Pass for Domestic Terrorism
Jun 13, 2022
Client High on Drugs Killed Passenger in Crash / Shortage of Baby Formula is Treated as a Joke by the Administration / Death of a Terror Network Reporter Again Displays a Horrible Double Standard
May 16, 2022
Alleged Boss of the Colombo Family Dies But Only After I Won Him Bail — and Denied the Feds Their Ghoulish Prize / Muslim Terrorists Appeased, Disaster Follows / Biden’s New Press Secretary / Roe v. Wade’s Reversal
May 09, 2022
Why Does America Keep Bending Over for Terrorists (aka If You Support Attacking Russia You Surely Think Iran Needs Bombing) / The Debacle of the Timing of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
May 04, 2022
Young Black Business Owner in Tax Evasion Case Has Misfortune of Being Sentenced by a Black Judge / Trevor Bauer is Royally Screwed: Wokeness Overpowers Facts / Trump's Minions Describe DeSantis — and Not Trump — as Disloyal and Dumb
May 02, 2022
The Tom Brady Final Touchdown Football Auction Debacle is Settled — and I Represent the Buyer / Baseball Cards Were Fun as a Kid, Being a Lawyer in the Sportscard and Memorabilia World is Also Fun
Apr 18, 2022
The Stress of This Work / I’m Pissed About the National League DH / Iranian and Pakistani Spies Infiltrate the White House – the FBI is Concerned About Hillbillies Instead / Trump Endorses Far, Far Lefty Dr. Oz / China is Going Nuts Over Covid Lockdowns
Apr 11, 2022
Prosecutorial Misconduct Is More Common Than You Think / I’ve Had Enough Trans News to Last a Lifetime / The End of Title 42: Democrats’ Plan to Flood America With Illegals / Mayor Swag Can’t Stop Masking Babies
Apr 04, 2022
Covid Ruins a Disney Trip / Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a Defense Lawyer at Heart and No One Can Deal With It / Justice Clarence Thomas’ Wife Needs to Be Dressed Down / The NYC Voice Coach Pusher Defendant Has a Lawyer Problem
Mar 28, 2022
Some of My History With Rappers: Fat Joe, The Game, Jimmy Henchman / The Tom Brady Last Touchdown Pass Auction Debacle / Lia Thomas Won’t Stop Swimming With Girls Until the Girls Stop Swimming With Her / The Hunter Biden Laptop Coverup
Mar 21, 2022
Abortion Doctor Goes On Trial For Killing a Patient – the Shocking Ending / Russia is Killing Americans Now, Joe Biden is Asleep / Iran is Trying to Kill Americans, Joe Biden is Asleep / Ukraine is Not Palestine / Stop Teaching 5-Year-Olds About Sexuality
Mar 14, 2022
In the State of the Union Speech, Covid Seemed to Vanish – if Just for a Night | America and Its Allies Pay Russia to Destroy the Ukraine | The Iran Deal Is Dumber Than Anyone Could Imagine | When I Tried to Get a Baseball Signed by Chapo Guzman
Mar 07, 2022
Ukraine Is Being Destroyed and We Are Doing Too Little To Stop It/Eric Adams Loves Da Club/Jeff's Case with Bank Fraudster John Ruffo Who Vanished On the Day His Sentence Was to Begin
Feb 28, 2022
Minister of Freedom Trudeau Invokes the Emergency Act | How the John Gotti, Jr. Verdict Went Down
Feb 21, 2022
Biden Ends Covid - And When The Covid Restrictions Jumped the Shark/A Smuggled Sandwich/Bruce Cutler Memories
Feb 14, 2022
Encore Episode: Vacating the Conviction of Society's Lowest - When No One Else Cared | Jeff's First Job As a Lawyer
Feb 09, 2022
Racism Running Rampant Through the Headlines | How to Win a Case as a Defense Attorney Even While Losing It
Feb 07, 2022
Encore Episode: How I Came to Work for El Chapo
Feb 04, 2022
Encore Episode: How I Came to Work for John Gotti, Jr.
Feb 02, 2022
Penn Transgender Swimmer Controversy | "Victim" Goes for a Money Grab, Jeff Shuts it Down
Jan 31, 2022
16-Year-Old Rashaun Weaver Sentenced to 14 Years to Life | Even Democrats Are Turning on Biden Now | Mask Police | Jeff's First Job As a Lawyer
Jan 24, 2022
Joe Biden's Disastrous Begging of Iran I Vacating the Conviction of Society's Lowest - When No One Else Cared I The Texas Synagogue Attack
Jan 17, 2022
January 6th Commemoration Episode | How a Dishonest Incompetent Lawyer Ended Up Saving My Client From a Lengthy Prison Sentence
Jan 09, 2022
Covid Restrictions Have Gone Off the Rails | Maxwell Trial: Does a Lawyer With Purple Hair Help?
Jan 02, 2022
How I Came to Work for El Chapo | Kamala Harris's Bizarre Box-Checking Journey
Dec 26, 2021
More Lockdowns? What Happened to 14 days to Flatten the Curve? | How I Came to Work for John Gotti, Jr.
Dec 19, 2021
Welcome to Beyond the Legal Limit
Dec 12, 2021