1. Benjamin Brafman grew up in Brooklyn and Belle Harbor, Queens, a son of Holocaust survivors.
13 Facts About Benjamin Brafman
1. 2.
Benjamin Brafman's family fled from Europe to Cuba on their way to the United States just before World War II.
3.
Benjamin Brafman went to a Yeshiva High School and took night classes at Brooklyn College, majoring in anthropology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
4.
Benjamin Brafman received his Juris Doctor with distinction from Ohio Northern University College of Law.
5.
In May 2014, Benjamin Brafman was awarded an honorary degree by Ohio Northern University College of Law.
6.
In 1980, Benjamin Brafman started his own law firm in Manhattan.
7.
Benjamin Brafman slowly established his reputation as a celebrity lawyer through a series of high-profile cases.
8.
On November 30,2008, Benjamin Brafman was hired to represent NFL star Plaxico Burress who, on August 3,2009, was indicted on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and one count of reckless endangerment.
9.
Benjamin Brafman discussed his defense of Strauss-Kahn on Charlie Rose in February, 2012.
10.
In 2014 and 2015, Benjamin Brafman represented Martin Wolmark of the Epstein-Wolmark gang, an outfit that had plotted the kidnap and torture of Jewish husbands to coerce them into granting their wives gets.
11.
In early 2016, Martin Shkreli retained Benjamin Brafman to defend him.
12.
Benjamin Brafman's older brother, Aaron, was an Orthodox rabbi in Far Rockaway, Queens.
13.
Benjamin Brafman is a self-described "short Jewish guy," standing five feet, six inches tall.