Topic: Ira Lee Sorkin

Madoff will not appeal 150-year sentence: lawyer

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arch swindler Bernard Madoff will not appeal the 150-year prison sentence he received for masterminding a global multibillion-dollar investment fraud, his main lawyer said on Thursday.Madoff, 71, was sentenced on June 29 by U.S. District Court Judge ...

Madoff lawyer seeks 12-year term for swindler

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's lawyer asked a judge to sentence Wall Street's biggest thief to a punishment of less than life in prison, saying the court should not give in to the " mob vengeance" sought by those he defrauded ...

Jewish Madoff lawyer receives death threats

THE Jewish lawyer representing Bernard Madoff today revealed how he has received death threats for defending the shamed financier. Attorney Ira Lee Sorkin has told how the American Jewish community has labelled him the "devil's advocate" for defending the man many ...
If Bernard Madoff pleads guilty, as expected, on Thursday, he could be agreeing to a life sentence in prison. The funds went from New York to London and then back to New York. Prosecutors also say he wired client money from New ...