Kramer Levin Clears Former Brooklyn State Assemblyman Clarence Norman

On March 24 a jury found Kramer Levin client Clarence Norman, former Brooklyn State Assemblyman,  not guilty of grand larceny. Prosecutors said the former Brooklyn Democratic leader wrongly charged the state $6,000 in travel expenses for trips to Albany. According to prosecutors, Norman carried out the scheme 76 times over a three-year period. It took jurors less than a day of deliberations to acquit the former assemblyman.

In a statement, Norman's attorney Paul Schoeman said, "We are thrilled with the jury's verdict. They understood that the theory of the prosecution was wrong and that Clarence Norman didn't do anything wrong."

Norman was facing up to seven years in prison if convicted on the larceny charges. This was his third trial in seven months. The first two, in which Norman was represented by other counsel, ended in convictions that his lawyer is appealing. Norman faces a fourth trial next month on charges that he forced his judicial candidates to use his favored consultants.

Erin Walter, Natan Hamerman, Denise Reid and Kimesha Scarbrough assisted Paul Schoeman on the case.