A Litigation Boutique
The Bear Firm represents individuals and businesses in criminal, commercial, tax, and entertainment matters, with decades of trial work behind every decision and a negotiator's discipline at every table.
The Bear Firm was built on a single conviction: the best outcomes, in a courtroom or across a conference table, belong to the side that is genuinely prepared to try the case. Every matter we accept is prepared that way from the first day.
From offices in New York, Washington, Miami, and Philadelphia, the firm defends criminal prosecutions, tries business and construction disputes, resolves tax controversies, and protects artists and producers in entertainment matters. Some situations call for quiet diplomacy. Others call for the bear. Knowing the difference is the work of a career.
The attorneys behind the firm“A lawyer with good bedside manner who will go at your opponent like an unstoppable bear.”Client Review — 2024
Managing Partner
Trial attorney and negotiator — for thirty years his clients’ strategist, forensic accountant, business advisor, and crisis manager. Today admitted in New York, the District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania, and before eight federal districts, ten federal circuits, and the United States Tax Court.
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Partner — Miami
Resident partner in the firm’s Brickell Avenue office. Admitted to The Florida Bar, and known for her rule: the client is owed an answer the same day.
View Profile →Federal and state trials, white-collar investigations, and pre-charge counsel. More than a thousand criminal matters defended, from street-level charges to complex prosecutions.
Business, construction, and contract disputes in state and federal court, and high-conflict matrimonial litigation where the stakes are personal.
Criminal tax defense and civil proceedings before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court — handled by a lawyer trained first as an accountant.
Contracts, negotiations, and litigation for recording artists, film producers, and talent, protecting the work and the people behind it.
State and federal appeals, criminal and civil — briefed and argued by the firm that understands trial records because it makes them. Judgments attacked, and judgments defended.
A client falsely accused and facing a mandatory minimum prison sentence. Tried to verdict. Acquitted on all counts.
A two-year defense of felony charges that ended the way it should have: with a full dismissal and a client's life returned to him.
Criminal, commercial, tax, and entertainment matters tried, negotiated, or resolved across state and federal courts — every one handled as if it were the firm’s only case.
Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
When Albert stepped into that courtroom for trial, the confidence, intensity, and focus on his face were reassuring — and in the end I was acquitted of all charges.Client — Criminal Defense
Sharp, responsive, and knowledgeable. From start to finish he made me feel like I had someone truly fighting for me.Client — 2026
He never once sugar-coated anything or made promises he couldn’t keep… I watched him put in countless hours on my case and treat me like I was his own family.Client — Acquitted on all counts
Initial consultations are confidential and conducted by the attorney who will handle your matter, in English, French, Russian, or Spanish. Attorneys are available for consultation at the client’s convenience at the New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, or Philadelphia offices.
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