Joseph Rochman

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Joseph Hayes Rochman is an attorney at Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP.
Before joining Barket Epstein, Joe was a law clerk at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Staff Attorney’s Office, where he worked on more than 140 civil rights, criminal, and postconviction appeals. His civil rights appeals included challenges to unlawful searches and seizures, false arrest and malicious prosecution, police brutality, First Amendment freedom of speech and religion, due process violations, and employment discrimination. He analyzed issues on appeal in criminal cases, ranging from challenges to pretrial release and guilty pleas to sentencing issues such as excessive sentencing, guidelines’ calculations, conditions of supervised release, and criminal forfeiture. His habeas corpus and compassionate release appeals included challenges to serious convictions, such as murder, robbery, drug trafficking, child pornography, and white-collar crimes. Joe also gained experience handling appeals in New York State courts while interning for the late Hon. Paul Feinman at the New York Court of Appeals. Joe’s experience has equipped him with a deep understanding of constitutional law, civil rights litigation, and criminal defense and sentencing strategies.

Joe graduated magna cum laude from New York Law School, where he served as a staff editor on the New York Law School Law Review. The law school recognized Joe’s leadership and public service, awarding him the Kathleen Grimm Award for Inspiring Leadership and an award for his commitment to social justice from the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law. During law school, Joe helped develop class-action civil rights cases on behalf of people with disabilities in NYLS’s Civil Rights and Disability Justice Clinic. At the Bronx Defenders and the Housing Rights Clinic at NYLS, Joe successfully advocated for clients with criminal justice involvement in employment and housing matters. Before law school, Joe had a career in fundraising for hospitals and other nonprofits.

Joe is well-regarded in the community and leads with an unwavering dedication to seek justice for his clients. His commitment to justice extends beyond the courtroom. He volunteers with organizations such as God’s Love We Deliver and the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York. He is also a contributing author to LGBT Law Notes which includes significant coverage of prison and civil rights litigation.