Beyond the Legal Limit with Jeffrey Lichtman

In this new episode, Jeff was reminded by a listener of a wild 2005 story involving Bonanno Family Boss Vinnie Basciano which resulted in the Feds charging Basciano with extorting Jeff — without ever contacting him for a statement or interview. You can guess what happened to that charge. Jeff also discusses the ridiculousness of the student loan forgiveness program which only serves to transfer mo...

In this episode, Jeff recalls when he met with Jeffrey Epstein — just after the Chapo trial — to possibly take over his defense. Much as he did with Harvey Weinstein, he hit it off with Epstein. Jeff also shares more thoughts on the Mar-a-Lago raid as well as the brutal stabbing of novelist Salman Rushdie due to the bounty Iran put on his head — not to be confused with last week’s attempts by Iran...

This special, mid-week podcast is two NYC radio interviews Jeff did about the execution of a search warrant at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. The first interview occurred right after the FBI search was revealed and was heard on the WABC radio show The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano ; the following interview was Tuesday morning on WOR’s Len Berman and Michael Riedel In The Morning . T...

In this episode, Jeff recalls when he met with Harvey Weinstein — during the Chapo trial — to possibly take over his defense. It was a much softer Harvey Weinstein that Jeff encountered. The droning of the 9/11 mastermind is discussed, but it doesn’t move Jeff very much as it’s 20 years late. And didn’t the Taliban promise Biden that they’d stop harboring terrorists? Finally, another war in Israel...

In this new episode, Jeff details his painful representation of a client he really liked: USC basketball coach Tony Bland who had his life nearly destroyed over a bribe amounting to $4100. The ridiculous notion that the Feds were going to cure college basketball’s ills is exposed, and the government’s greatest aspirations ended with a big fat thud: unless you credit taking down a handful of Black...

In this episode, Jeff recalls some personal Ivana Trump memories, as well as much more serious stuff: the passing of the legendary trial attorney, Jerry Shargel, who was the smartest lawyer Jeff ever knew. The case of the NY bodega clerk who killed his attacker is also discussed, along with his self-defense claims: this is a case no competent defense attorney could lose. Finally, Jeff notes the do...

In this episode, Jeff recalls his very first client — the infamous professional wrestler, the Ultimate Warrior. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll want to hear more about this decades-long relationship. Jeff also discusses the insanity of Hunter Biden being front and center at a major White House press event on the very day video comes out of him smoking crack in an isolation tank while purported...

In this Independence Day podcast, Jeff rips apart NY Governor Kathy Hochul’s new gun laws which are unworkable and designed solely to prevent the implementation of the Supreme Court’s decision on carry permits in New York. America’s airports are not functioning, supply chain issues haven’t been fixed, gas is through the roof — but our Transportation Secretary is gay and that’s all that Biden cares...

In this podcast, Jeff discusses the recent Supreme Court decisions regarding abortion and gun carry permits.  The left is melting down although Jeff isn’t sure both opinions are great ideas: will women who live in states that outlaw abortion be prosecuted if they get abortions in other states?  And Jeff describes his trip to Brazil in 2007 to meet the infamous, Juan Carlos Ramirez, also known as “...

In this new episode, Jeff discusses the awful saga of prosecutorial misconduct that was the Khari Noerdlinger case in Bergen County, New Jersey. Described as the worst misconduct he has ever seen in his career, the case started with an arrest for manslaughter and ended with a dismissal and humiliation for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office – if only it was capable of being humiliated. In this e...

In this episode, Jeff’s Covid nearly chokes him to death but he manages to acknowledge that he’s over trips to Disney World – and a run-in with two orange cream Dole Whips might have been the catalyst.  What went into the sentencing strategy for art dealer Inigo Philbrick is discussed at length. For some reason, the leftist institution of professional sports loves China and hates Saudi Arabia, muc...

In this new episode, Jeff reveals an ugly case wherein a client charged with driving under the influence of prescription pills got into an accident and killed his passenger.  The previous lawyer took a very passive stance which garnered only a 5-year plea offer; when Jeff got involved he depicted the defendant as a victim of an unscrupulous doctor whose actions led the client to get addicted to Ox...

In this latest podcast, Jeff describes the lengths needed to recently get alleged Colombo Crime Family Boss Andrew Russo released on bail, even though everyone could clearly see he was suffering from significant dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The government simply would not give in, despite Russo being handcuffed by his ankles to a bed 24 hours a day in custody. The government relied on the nea...

In this special mid-week episode, Jeff explains why bombing Iran is inevitable — and why sooner is better than later, because the terrorists in charge over there are not getting any more reasonable over the years and their behavior keeps getting worse. Also, a discussion of the insanity of the timing of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the case legalizing abortion and one thing most of America can...

In the newest episode of Beyond the Legal Limit, Jeff shares the sentencing he had last week in Virginia of a young Black business owner convicted of tax evasion. Looking for a break from a conservative Black judge is usually a long shot in such scenarios and Jeff explains why. Then, Jeff shares some entertaining stories about some of his past associates in his law firm. Later, he discusses the ab...

In this special holiday episode, Jeff reveals that he is the attorney for the winning bidder of the Tom Brady Final Touchdown Pass Football – that wasn’t when Brady un-retired the next day.  Jeff discusses how it went down and ultimately how the auction house agreed to void the sale as the winning bidder would have otherwise received a ball that wasn’t as advertised. This sports collectible debacl...

In this episode, Jeff discusses his mentor Jerry Shargel and the stress from the job – and how a spontaneous sense of humor can fix a lot of problems when in front of a jury. On a completely unrelated note, the newly installed designated hitter rule for the National League is driving Jeff bonkers. Jeff also discusses the changes in the FBI, which have caused them to focus all time and resources on...

In this latest episode, Jeff discusses some crazy stories of prosecutorial misconduct he’s witnessed over the years in cases in NYC, including the Chapo Guzman, Jimmy Henchman, and John Gotti, Jr. trials, and tells about the time a creepy prosecutor-turned bad fiction writer wired up one of his clients in an effort to entrap him. Trans exhaustion has been reached and Jeff will tell you why. Title...

In this episode, Jeff reveals how Covid destroyed his Disney trip and how remaking the trip plus Duke’s run to the Final Four left him with no sleep last night.  Scooters, 90 minute wait times in the hot sun: Disney has it all.  On Supreme Court issues, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a former Public Defender and for some reason Republicans expect her to be tough on crime. As for Justice Thomas’ wi...

In this episode, Jeff discusses his quirky history with rappers Fat Joe, The Game and music executive Jimmy Henchman. Current events include the controversy surrounding the $518,000 auction of the football from the “last” touchdown thrown by Tom Brady – until it wasn’t the next day; Lia Thomas’s continued destruction of women swimmers and their responsibility in putting a stop to it; and finally,...

In this episode, Jeff discusses the manslaughter trial for an abortion doctor, which grabbed national headlines, and the miraculous ending which saved the client from a decade or more in prison. In the current events portion, Russia is now killing Americans in the Ukraine and President Biden is still doing nothing about it.  Similarly, Iran is now attacking American forces with missiles, and inste...

In this episode, Jeff discusses the absolute hypocrisy of Joe Biden coming to the State of the Union speech without a mask on – along with hundreds of other Democrats, when Covid seemed to have vanished, if even just for a night.  Equally incoherent is the strategy of sanctioning Russia for its invasion of the Ukraine while also buying its oil, not to be confused with the even more incoherent stra...

Today's episode addresses the elephant in the room, the thing that everyone has seen in the news, and that's the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Ukraine is being destroyed, civilians are being killed in significant numbers, and our country is no longer one that wishes to win wars and do the ugly things that are needed to protect us.  In the legal portion of the episode, Jeff discusses the fascinati...

In the 14th edition of Beyond the Legal Limit , Jeff shares his take on Justin Trudeau's heavy-handed reaction to the Freedom Convoy, why a 79-year-old Trump is not the answer in 2024, and more. Then, in the legal portion of the episode, Jeff shares the circumstances surrounding the John Gotti, Jr. verdict, how it went down, and the aftermath.

In one of his best takes yet, Jeff discusses the sea change felt this week in America on mask and vaccine mandates: people have finally had enough and the Democrats, fearing a whupping in November, declared that the science has changed once again. Stacey Abrams and other liberal politicians and their refusal to wear a mask in public was the match that lit the fire. Jeff also discusses the largest...