Named one of America’s Top 100 Attorneys and one of the Top 100 Criminal Trial Lawyers by the American College of Trial Lawyers, Joseph Bondy is an internationally-recognized expert in criminal litigation. With over 25 years of superlative trial and federal sentencing experience, Bondy has advised thousands of clients in complex criminal defense, cannabis business and advocacy, and crisis management matters. The New York Times has described him as “eloquent and armed with the serene demeanor of a surgeon,” saying that “his oratorical intensity hovers at the evangelical.” High Times dubbed Bondy “one of the nation’s preeminent cannabis attorneys,” and his outstanding talent for defense strategy has been hailed by such outlets as CNN, Politico, and New York Law Journal, as well as legal analysts from around the world. Bondy’s unique approach to criminal defense and public media strategies were particularly praised on a global level while he represented Lev Parnas, a Guiliani associate connected to the Ukraine scandal leading to Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Bondy and Parnas’s interview on The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) was its highest audience-drawing episode of all time, earning an Emmy nomination; and a subsequent feature on Anderson Cooper 360 was one of that program’s most-viewed episodes of the year.
Bondy serves on the Board of Directors for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and is a Vice President and Board Member of the Cannabis Cultural Association (CCA). A graduate of Columbia University and Brooklyn Law School, Bondy was a leading member of a team of attorneys on the seminal case Washington v Barr (2019), originally Washington v Sessions (2017), which took action against the Department of Justice with the aim to legalize cannabis federally. He is the founder of In The Know 420, a well-known podcast on cannabis law, policy and industry. Bondy is also a lifetime member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and serves on the faculty of Cardozo Law School’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP).
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- LicenseLicensed in New York
State: New York
Acquired: 1995
Currently Registered - Honors2018 - Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell2018 - Member, America's Top 100 Attorneys2001 - Presidential Commendation, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers2000 - Presidential Commendation, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Work Experience1996 - Present Attorney and Owner, Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy1990 - Present Principal, Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy
- Sample of Legal CasesThe Federal Cannabis Lawsuit, Washington v. Sessions, 17-CV-05625-AKH (SDNY) -
DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS GRANTED. DIRECT APPEAL PROCESS COMMENCING. - Associations2010 - Present
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) - Life Member, National Legal Committee2009 - Present
Federal Bar Council - Member1996 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) - Life Member1984 - Present
National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) - Life Member1999 - 2004
New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Former Board of Directors - Education1994 - Brooklyn Law School - JD - Juris Doctor1991 - Columbia University - BA - Bachelor of Arts
- Speaking Engagements2018 - The Intercultural Cannabis Conversation - Women Grow Leadership Summit, 20182017 - Medical Marijuana Legal Practice and Ethics - Women's Bar Association of New York2017 - Moderator, Panel: Cannabis in Commercial Real Estate, NYC - Cannabis in Commercial Real Estate, NYC2017 - Know Your Rights: Safe Interactions With Law Enforcement - Cannabis Cultural Association, Entrepreneurship Empowerment Workshop, NYC2016 - Know Your Rights: Safe Interactions With Law Enforcement - Oaksterdam University, Intensive Cannabis Cultivation Seminar, NYC, 20162016 - Vaporizing the Federal Sentencing Guidelines - NORML Legal Committee, Annual Meeting 2016
- Publications2012 - Website
federalmarijuanadefense.com - LanguagesSpanish - Native / Fluent
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