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Bonnie Orden has tried over 75 cases to verdict and maintains an outstanding trial record, including many high publicity cases. Bonnie is experienced in all aspects of attorneys’ investigative techniques and has supervisory experience of hundreds of employees. She is a member of multiple bar associations and is well-practiced in many areas of the law.

Bonnie’s decades-long career includes positions in scholastic, public, and private service, including as:

• Former Adjunct Professor of Law, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, specializing in trial techniques for over 10 years
• Faculty member at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy
• Former Special Prosecutor for Westchester County
• Former Member of the Board of Education (1998-2004)
• Former NYC Administrative Law Judge (1990-1992)
• Former Associate Commissioner, NYC Department of Corrections (1987-1990)
• Former Deputy Inspector General, NYC Department of Investigations (1987)
• Former Senior Trial Prosecutor, Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office (Homicide and Sex Crimes Bureau 1981-1987)

• National Moot Court Competition Team
• Publication: “Stopping the Revolving Door: Adopting a Rational System for the Insanity Defense.” 8 HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW 973 (1980).
• International Property Investment Journal, Senior Articles Editor

• Hofstra, J.D., 1981

• New York State
• United States Supreme Court
• United States District Courts
• All Districts of New York

• Education Law
• Matrimonial Law
• Trusts and Estates
• Health Care Proxies and Living Wills
• Civil and Criminal Litigation
• Juvenile Law
• General Practice

Stewart Orden’s clients benefit from his more than 35 years of litigation experience. He has represented thousands of clients in Federal and State courts throughout New York and New Jersey and has tried and obtained “not guilty” verdicts and monetary judgments on behalf of clients in all types of criminal cases.

Stewart also has decades of experience successfully negotiating complete dismissals of serious cases and other resolutions which protect his clients’ liberty and dignity. Stewart is proud that many of his client referrals come from his former opponents—prosecutors, case workers, and opposing counsel—as well as from well-satisfied prior clients.

Stewart’s decades-long career includes litigating several high-profile and reported cases, including:

• United States v. Fontanez, 878 F.2d 33.
• United States v. Castillo, 924 F.2d 122.
• United States v. Washington, 861 F.2d 350.
• United States v. Castano, 756 F.Supp. 820.
• People v. Gega, 151 Misc.2d 70.

• Faculty at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy from 1983 to present
• Former adjunct Professor of Law at Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
• Senior Trial Lawyer for the Kings County District Attorney, 1980-1987
• Listed in “Who’s Who in American Law”
• Finalist, Moot Court Competition, 1977

• Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1979
• Clark University, B.A. in Biology, 1975

• New York State
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• United States District Courts
• All Districts of New York

• Torts
• Personal Injury
• Matrimonial Law
• Security Fraud
• Civil RICO
• Civil Appeals
• Arbitration
• Sexual Harassment
• Complex Litigation
• Appellate Practice
• White Collar Crime
• Criminal Defense
• Federal Criminal Law
• Drug Crimes
• State Crimes
• Civil Rights