Lawrence S. Lustberg

Lawrence S. Lustberg Chairs the Criminal Defense Department and is the Director of the John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest and Constitutional Law.

Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983)

Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979)
International Graduate School, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, 1980

State of New Jersey 1984

State of New York 1984

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 2009

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma 2007

United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois 2003

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York 2006

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 2002

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 2002

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1984

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1985

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2005

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2003

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2001

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 2000

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 1996

United States Supreme Court 1992

Member, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

New Jersey Commission on Government Efficiency and Reform
Member, Sentencing/Corrections Task Force
Chairman, Subcommittee on Corrections, Probation and Parole Practices
(2007 - present)

Third Circuit Bar Association Steering Committee
(2006 - present)

Board of Advisors, New Jersey Office of the Child Advocate (2004 to present)

Governor's Council on HIV/AIDS and Related Bloodborne Pathogens (2003 to present)

American Bar Association - Co-Chair, Criminal Litigation Committee (2003 - 2006)

Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey - Trustee (2003 - 2004)

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Committee to Review Reappointment of Federal Public Defender in the District of New Jersey - Chair (2004-2005, 2000-2001)

Historical Society of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Vice President (1999-present)

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Task Force on Counsel for Indigent Litigants New Jersey Steering Committee (1998-1999)

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Task Force on Equal Treatment in the Courts Co-Chair, Commission on Race and Ethnicity (1994-1997)

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Merit Selection Committee for the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey (1996-1997)

United States District Court, District of New Jersey Lawyers Advisory Committee (1999-present)

United States District Court, District of New Jersey Merit Selection Committee for United States Magistrate Judge Chairman (1998), Member (2003)

United States District Court, District of New Jersey Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee (1994-1999)

Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Fee Arbitration Committee for Essex County (1993-1997), Chair (1996-1997), Vice Chair (1995-1996)

Common Cause New Jersey (1999-present)

The Fund for New Jersey (1997-present)

Essex - Newark Legal Services, Inc. (1987-1998), President (1992-1998)

Education Law Center, Inc. (1994-present), Vice Chair (1995-2000)

Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (1988-present), President(2000-present), Vice President (1998-2000), Secretary/Treasurer (1997-1998)

New Jersey Association on Corrections (1993-1996)

Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, Inc. (1991-present), Advisory Board (1992-present)

United States District Court, District of New Jersey - Criminal Justice Act Panel Selection and Management Committee (2002 - present)

Legal Services Foundation of Essex County (1995 - present)

New Jersey State Bar Association

Essex County Bar Association

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Harvard Law School Association of New Jersey, Chairman, Public Interest Fellowship Committee (1996-1998)

Harvard Fellowship in Public Interest Law (1983-1984)

Trustee, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

"Federal Sentencing: U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Expand Opportunities for Zealous Advocacy," New Jersey Law Journal, August 31, 2009 (Lawrence S. Lustberg, Michael A. Baldassare, Joshua C. Gillette)

"Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual," The Heart of the Matter: Scope and Standards of Review, April 2007

"Campaign Reform," The Fund for New Jersey Issue Report, January 1, 2001

"The Importance of Saving the Universe: Keeping Proportionality Review Meaningful," 26 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1423, January 1, 1996

"New Jersey Supreme Court Year in Review 1995-1996: Constitutional Law," 145 N.J.L.J. 1014 , January 1, 1996

"New Jersey Supreme Court Year in Review 1994-1995: Constitutional Law," 141 N.J.L.J. 1014 , January 1, 1995

"New Jersey Supreme Court Year in Review 1993-1994: Constitutional Law," 138 N.J.L.J. 1014 , January 1, 1994

"New Jersey Supreme Court Year in Review 1992-1993: Constitutional Law," 135 N.J.L.J. 13 , January 1, 1993

"Limiting Individual Choice in Education: The QEA and Inter-District Regionalization," 154 N.J. Lawyer 20 , January 1, 1993

"Striking Two Blows for the Right to Remain a Parent," 134 N.J.L.J. 738 , January 1, 1993

"The Battered Woman as Reasonable Person: A Critique of the Appellate Division Decision in State v. McClain," 22 Seton Hall L. Rev. 365, January 1, 1992

"New Jersey Supreme Court Year in Review 1991-1992: Constitutional Law," 131 N.J.L.J. 1558, January 1, 1992

"Sentencing the Sick: Compulsive Gambling as the Basis for a Downward Departure Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines," 2 Seton Hall J. Sport L. 51, January 1, 1992

"New Jersey Supreme Court Year in Review 1990-1991: Constitutional Law," 129 N.J.L.J. 117, January 1, 1991

"The Importance of Purposes in Choosing Between Prison and Probation," 3 Fed. Sent. R. 334, January 1, 1991

"Judicially Conferred Defense Immunity in the Third Circuit: Help or Hindrance to Criminal Defendants?," 19 Seton Hall L. Rev. 643, January 1, 1989

Quoted in "Giving back, this time in civil rights post," The Star-Ledger, July 20, 2008

Quoted in "Gay Rights Law Faces Legal, Religious Challenges," NPR, June 16, 2008

Quoted in "Let's Get Some Justice," New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2008

Quoted in "NY Lawyers Aid Guantanamo Detainees," Crain's New York Business, July 12-18, 2004

Panelist, Seton Hall Law School, "A Critical Analysis of Deferred Prosecution Agreements & Federal Monitors in the Healthcare Industry: Are They Working?," Newark, NJ. May 14, 2008

Moderator, 31st Annual U.S.D.C. Judicial Conference, "Litigation in an Age of Terrorism - The Guantanamo Cases and Your Rights in Time of War" West Orange, NJ. March 22, 2007

Moderator, Live TeleConference and Live Video and Audio Webcast, "The Supreme Court's Decision in Booker and Fanfan: The Present and Future of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines" presented by The American Bar Association Section of Litigation, January 27, 2005

Listed in Super Lawyers, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Top 100 attorney in New Jersey

Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Law Firms, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, 2009

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Appellate Law and White-Collar Criminal Defense, 2010

AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Recipient, The Roger N. Baldwin Award from The American Civil Liberties Union, October, 2003

Recipient, Legal Services of New Jersey Outstanding Board Service Award, November, 1997

Lawrence Lustberg Named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Seton Hall University Law School, 1992-present

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers University Law School, 1991-present

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, New York University Law School, 1988-1991

Adjunct Instructor, Legal Writing, Seton Hall University Law School, 1986-1987

Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of New Jersey, 1985-1990

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