About Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd understands that your case is the most important in the world to you. He handles every case, with one simple rule; He will represent you in the same way that he would want to be represented.
When you look for a criminal defense lawyer, are you asking yourself the question, what is more important to me and my family than my freedom and reputation?
Michael Dowd has been a trial lawyer for more than 30 years and during that time he has gone to trial in almost every kind of criminal case in state and federal courts. He has handled more than 250 cases before a jury.
The tears flowing from Sean J. Richard’s eyes in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday seemed hardly indicative of the man he once was.
After growing up a juvenile delinquent in the Bronx, not finishing high school and getting into business ventures that included painting and wall covering, Mr. Richard married Sara M. Riggi, the daughter of the mob boss John Riggi, in 1997. Full Article
Last week a jury found that the nation’s sixth-largest Roman Catholic diocese, Rockville Centre in Long Island, was negligent in a case involving Matthew Maiello, a youth minister who repeatedly raped and sodomized teenagers who were entrusted to his care over several years.
“I am absolutely stunned by the arrogance of the bishop and the diocese,” said well-known New York based Irish American civil rights attorney Michael Dowd. Full Article