Our New York Criminal Defense Team
John Rieck
Criminal Defense Attorney
John Rieck has over 36 years of legal experience in investigating and defending against claims of criminal conduct, labor racketeering, financial fraud, currency law violations, public corruption, and other forms of illegal transactions. For almost a decade, Mr. Rieck served in the Office of the District Attorney for New York County in several high-capacity positions. Early in his law enforcement career, he investigated all forms of fraudulent activity as the Deputy Chief of the Frauds Bureau. Thereafter, as Deputy Chief of the Trial Division, he supervised the investigation and prosecution of general criminal activity in New York County. He served the last three years of his law enforcement career as the Executive Assistant District Attorney, conducting special projects and investigations for District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.
Integral to his criminal practice, Mr. Rieck has represented individuals and corporations in a wide range of civil matters in federal, state, and New York City courts and administrative agencies. He also served for two years as a member of the New York City Bar’s Committee on Police Law and Policy.
John Kaley
Criminal Defense, White Collar Crime Attorney
John Kaley has extensive experience representing clients in criminal litigation matters. As an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1977-1985, Mr. Kaley served in the Organized Crime Unit investigating and prosecuting not only organized crime cases, but also official corruption and bribery and other advanced types of frauds, including one of the largest toxic dumping cases in the City of New York at the time.
In 1985, Mr. Kaley entered the private practice of representing criminal defendants. His practice encompasses the full spectrum of criminal defense matters, including drug offenses, DWI, larceny, robberies, harassment, rape, and public intoxication. His private clients have included individuals and moderate-sized companies faced with litigation, a business crisis or a threatening prosecution. His successes are numerous, and he recently enjoyed having the criminal charges dismissed against his client in the KPMG tax shelter prosecution. On occasion, Mr. Kaley conducts internal investigations on behalf of his clients and governmental agencies.
Amy Rothstein
Appellate/Post-Conviction Attorney
Amy Rothstein has significant experience handling criminal appeals and other post-conviction work on both the defense and prosecution sides. She handled criminal appeals exclusively while a staff attorney at The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Appeals Bureau and did some criminal prosecution work while she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the Southern District of New York. She later worked as a prosecutor enforcing New York securities laws while Deputy Chief of the Investor Protection and Securities Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office. The insight gained from working on both sides in criminal matters makes Ms. Rothstein highly effective as an appellate/post-conviction advocate at Doar Law.
Walter Mack
Civil Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney
Walter Mack has extensive criminal litigation, investigative, and regulatory experience in and out of the government. He currently works on a variety of cases, from securities to litigation to ethics compliance. From 1993-1995, he served as Deputy Police Commissioner of New York City. Prior to that, Mr. Mack was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, Chief of the Organized Crime Unit and Senior Litigation Counsel within that office. In that capacity he personally investigated and prosecuted at trial a number of complex and significant cases brought in the Southern District of New York. Mr. Mack served as a Marine Rifle Company Commander in Vietnam.
Ed Scarvalone
White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney
Ed Scarvalone is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer whose practice combines complex civil litigation with white-collar criminal defense, False Claims Act cases, and internal investigations. Prior to joining Doar Law, Mr. Scarvalone served 15 years as a Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he litigated sophisticated civil and regulatory matters on behalf of the United States, including fraud and racketeering investigations of government contractors, health care providers, and labor unions. In the course of his tenure, Mr. Scarvalone served as Chief of the Environmental Protection Unit, where he supervised and personally handled civil prosecutions and investigations under the major federal environmental statutes. In 2001, Mr. Scarvalone received the Department of Justice Director's Award for Superior Performance for his work on a major tax case.
Paul Minnefor
Criminal Defense Attorney
Paul Minnefor, counsel to the firm, is a litigator with experience in a wide variety of general commercial matters and complex insurance coverage litigation. Mr. Minnefor is a member of the firm's Compliance Practice Group, and he is also active in all aspects of the firm's White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. In the summer of 1997, Mr. Minnefor was an intern to the Honorable Maryann Trump Barry when she was a United States District Court Judge.
