Paul Bergrin

Who is Paul Bergrin?

Paul Bergrin was a lawyer who practiced in Newark, New Jersey. His license to practice law was suspended by the New Jersey Supreme Court on June 16, 2009.

Bergrin is currently fighting a multitude of federal criminal charges. On June 6, 2011, a federal grand jury returned a 138-page, second superseding indictment against Bergrin, previously accused of heading a crime syndicate involved in bribery, mortgage fraud and murder of a witness, now adding racketeering charges. Nearly two months earlier, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated racketeering charges against the Newark lawyer. He had previously pleaded guilty to running a prostitution ring in N.Y. called N.Y. Confidential. He was sentenced to time served, 3 years Probation and forfeiture of $50,000.

From the time of his arrest in May 2009 until November 2009 Bergrin was held in solitary confinement by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. He was ordered released into the general population by a federal judge.

After being both a State and Federal prosecutor, Bergrin became a defense lawyer. Bergrin’s former clients included gang leaders, drug dealers and celebrities, including Angelo “The Horn” Prisco, Queen Latifah, Naughty by Nature and Lil' Kim. He also represented Heather "Hedy" DiCarlo - the former Mrs. New Jersey accused of bouncing more than $70,000 in checks. He also defended Javal Davis an Army reservist from Roselle, NJ who in 2005 admitted abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, as well as PFC Corey R. Clagett who was convicted in the Iron Triangle Murders.