U.S. v. ZICHETTELLO

Docket Nos. 98-1376(L), 98-1377, 98-1378, 98-1379, 98-1380.

208 F.3d 72 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas ZICHETTELLO, Defendant, Frank Richardone, Ronald Reale, Richard Hartman, James J. Lysaght, and Peter Kramer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 30, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele Hirshman, Special Assistant United States Attorney, and Christine H. Chung, Assistant United States Attorney (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ping C. Moy, Michael S. Schachter, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Lewis J. Liman, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel), New York, New York, for Appellee.

Terrance G. Reed, Reed & Hostage, P.C. (Christopher A. Hostage, of counsel), Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants Richard Hartman, James J. Lysaght, and Peter Kramer.

Barry D. Leiwant, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division, Appeals Bureau, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellant Ronald Reale.

Martin B. Adelman, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellant Frank Richardone.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, OAKES, and SACK, Circuit Judges.


Judge OAKES dissents in a separate opinion.

WINTER, Chief Judge:

Following a three and one-half month jury trial before Judge Batts, Ronald Reale, the former President of the New York City Transit Police Benevolent Association ("TPBA"), Richard Hartman, a disbarred lawyer who was the TPBA's former labor negotiator and insurance broker, and James J. Lysaght and Peter Kramer, partners in the law firm Lysaght, Lysaght and Kramer ("LL & K"), who received millions...

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