Professor Shargel has served as the Law School's Practitioner in Residence for the past several years. He is a prominent criminal defense attorney who has tried more than 100 criminal cases. His practice focuses primarily on federal criminal prosecutions, including stock fraud, health care fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, mail and wire fraud, RICO violations, and homicide. He has been an adjunct member of Brooklyn Law School’s faculty teaching Trial Advocacy and has also taught Criminal Appellate Practice at New York University School of Law. He is frequently invited to lecture to professional groups, teach at continuing legal education programs, and speak at symposia around the country. He is a regular commentator on television news programs, and his comments on current developments in criminal law appear often in both broadcast and print media. He has also been recognized in a number of national publications as one of the top criminal lawyers in New York.