At Varghese & Associates, P.C., we focus exclusively on criminal defense. We are a team you can trust to fight for your future, and we have earned a reputation for winning.Our legal team represents clients in court and those under investigation by local, state, and federal authorities, and advocates for students in Title IX investigations. We have the vision, skill, and experience you or your loved one needs when the stakes are high. Vinoo Varghese, the principal attorney, began his career in 2000 as a prosecutor. In 2006, he left the government and founded Varghese & Associates, P.C., a criminal defense and white-collar defense firm dedicated to helping clients resume their lives. Having won numerous trials and appeals, Varghese takes particular pride in the fact that throughout his defense career, he has convinced many prosecutors to end cases against his clients. Super Lawyers has rated him in the White-Collar Criminal Defense arena for the New York Metro region the past five years. Martindale-Hubbell has rated Varghese as AV Preeminent the past three years. Earlier in his career, the New York Law Journal recognized him as a Rising Star. CBS News, Fox News, CNN, HLN, and MSNBC all call on Varghese for his legal opinions on topics ranging from the Mueller Report to El Chapo. International news networks such as CTV (Canada), ZDF (Germany), i24 (Israel), and TRT (Turkey) have all sought his legal commentary. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Law Journal, and Law360 have quoted Varghese multiple times for his vigorous advocacy of his clien