Stephen Yagman

Stephen Yagman
Born (1944-12-19) December 19, 1944 (age 79)
Brooklyn, New York
EducationLong Island University (BA)

New York University (MA)

Fordham University School of Law (JD)
Known forFederal Civil Rights; Constitutional Law

Stephen Yagman (born December 19, 1944) is an American federal civil rights lawyer, who also handles criminal defense and habeas corpus matters. He has a reputation for being an exceptionally zealous advocate in cases regarding allegations of police brutality.[1][2][3] He has argued hundreds of federal civil rights cases before a jury, and has been involved in over a hundred and fifty federal appeals and certiorari petitions before the United States Supreme Court.

  1. ^ National Law Journal, pg. 1, February 28, 2011, "Yagman unbowed, but getting on with life"
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  3. ^ Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 26, 1987, pg. 1.