Robert Altchiler, a lawyer, secured the dismissal of all charges against his client Ralph Pecorale, a poker player and lawyer who had been indicted on charges related to a Brooklyn real estate deal. After years of meetings where Altchiler convinced the prosecutor that the evidence did not support the charges, the prosecutor moved to dismiss the entire indictment citing a lack of evidence. Altchiler believed his client was wrongly charged due to a misunderstanding of his client's law practice and role in the real estate transactions at issue. Both Altchiler and his client expressed gratitude that the new administration was willing to dismiss the case in the interest of justice.

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By: PR.com May 06, 2014 at 14:47 PM EDT
Altchiler LLC and Robert Altchiler Secure a
Dismissal of Indictment and All Charges Against
Poker­Playing Lawyer Ralph Pecorale
New York, NY, May 06, 2014 ­­(PR.com)­­ On Monday, May 5, 2014, Justice John Ingram of the Brooklyn
Supreme Court dismissed the indictment and all charges against Ralph Pecorale, a New York lawyer who had
been charged with participating in a criminal conspiracy to control a Brooklyn property. Assistant District
Attorney Richard Farrell moved to dismiss the entire indictment against Mr. Pecorale, citing a lack of evidence,
stating the government simply could not prove its case. Farrell had previously cited several conversations and
meetings with Pecorale’s lawyer, Robert Altchiler, during which Altchiler opened the prosecutor’s eyes to
evidence that pointed to Mr. Pecorale’s innocence, in explaining why the government, after four years, was
moving to dismiss the case. Farrell informed the Court that Altchiler convinced him Farrell simply could not
prove the government’s case.
“I have never had a moment’s doubt of Ralph’s innocence, and am grateful the Brooklyn DA dismissed the case
on its own motion. It’s not easy convincing the government it is wrong in a case of this magnitude, but I finally,
literally after years of trying, was able to convince the government we were right and that despite an 82 count
indictment, and 18 counts against Ralph, the case had to be dismissed. Rich Farrell, who has a high level of
expertise in cases like this, and truly wanted to know the truth, was willing to listen to me, and review hundreds
of pages of documents we had provided to his predecessors on the case, and the flawed evidence and theory of
the indictment, that drove this case to the eve of trial. Rather than simply let a jury decide the case, Mr. Farrell
took action to ensure there would be no trial. All too often prosecutors are unwilling to take such action, and we
thank Mr. Farrell and District Attorney Thompson for their willingness to be persuaded, and halt the
momentum of the case toward trial and the case itself. They say you can’t un­indict a defendant, but you can.
You just need prosecutors willing to listen and look at their evidence with a critical eye.”
“Brooklyn D.A. Kenneth Thompson, who has told the community that preventing and undoing wrongful
convictions will be a priority of his, has proven to be a man of his word and a prosecutor who honors his
commitments,” Altchiler said.
Pecorale, who has been a successful poker player, appearing on ESPN, thanked Altchiler for his efforts in the
case, and spoke about the long journey that just ended. “Bobby believed in me from the moment he met me, and I
will be grateful to him forever. He was simply relentless in defending me, and kept on coming back at the
government with more and more information, all of which showed I committed no crime. If there’s a better
lawyer in the country, I’d like to meet him.”
Altchiler said he believed Pecorale was indicted in large part because Mr. Pecorale’s law firm conducted all of
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the closings, and because the prosecutors who had the case at the investigative and grand jury stages
misunderstood the nature of Mr. Pecorale’s law practice. “I kept telling the government they had the wrong
impression of Ralph and that their own evidence did not prove what they thought it did. I told A.D.A. Richard
Farrell I was going to prove at trial that Ralph and others at his office had been defrauded themselves. Farrell
was a tough nut to crack, especially because at the outset of the case the prosecutors then in charge of the case
believed Ralph was the mastermind of a scheme, which in fact, he was never even involved with at all. In the
end, Farrell’s expertise and seniority told him that I was right in connection with a number of factual issues,
that proving Ralph committed any crime whatsoever, was problematic, and that his [Farrell’s] ethical
obligations would require the office to dismiss the case. He did his job the right way. We had a great trial case
and were ready to go, but I believe my obligation is to do everything I can to win a case before a lengthy and
expensive trial begins.”
Altchiler said he believed the complexity of the transactions involved in the case, from the financial and real
estate perspectives, as well an abject failure to understand the relationships and lack of relationships between
the parties charged in the investigation, led to the government’s misimpression of Mr. Pecorale, his office, and
their respective roles in the case.
“My first experience with the new administration at the Kings County District Attorney is that it is interested in
doing what is just, not simply what is expedient or easy. This dismissal is justice embodied,” Altchiler said,
continuing. “Under the laws of New York State, the dismissal of this indictment renders the entire case a nullity,
and Ralph is restored to the status he held before being arrested. In short, this case never happened. In truth,
this case never should have happened.”
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www.AltchilerLLC.com
Read the full story here: http://www.pr.com/press-release/556784
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