Peter J. Schaffer

Peter J. Schaffer is a Bronx-based trial lawyer who has practiced criminal defense and civil rights law since 1987. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver and is admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York, and multiple federal courts including the Second Circuit and the U.S. Districts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mr. Schaffer previously served as a staff attorney for the New York Legal Aid Society and Assistant Corporation Counsel for New Haven. He devotes his practice exclusively to criminal defense, federal crimes, and civil rights matters such as false arrest and police brutality.