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The measure of a defense lawyer is often who vouches for him — and Oliver Storch’s endorsers are the people he litigates against. A former NYPD Deputy Police Commissioner who also served as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division at the Southern District U.S. Attorney’s Office calls him a lawyer who fights with ingenuity and uncompromising zeal; a former Chief Assistant District Attorney of New York County calls him a super strategist with unmatchable courtroom skills. Thirty years into practice at 120 Broadway, Storch is also the lawyer New York City’s Fire Department unions selected as special counsel for their uniformed EMS ranks.
At a Glance
| Firm | Oliver S. Storch, Attorney at Law |
| Principal Attorney | Oliver S. Storch |
| Office | 120 Broadway, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10271 (lower Manhattan; an older directory listing shows 305 Broadway — see Methodology) |
| Focus | State and federal criminal defense across the New York City metropolitan area — white-collar and fraud matters, drug and violent-felony charges, DWI, investigations — plus civil rights litigation for victims of official misconduct |
| Institutional Role | Special counsel selected by the New York City Fire Department unions to represent uniformed EMS officers, inspectors, paramedics, and uniformed EMTs |
| Admissions | New York and Connecticut; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York among federal admissions |
| Languages | Multilingual; lived overseas for more than eleven years; consulted by diplomatic missions and consulates |
| Fee Structure | Office takes calls 24 hours a day; consultations by appointment; second-opinion consultations offered |
Career History
Storch has practiced criminal defense for roughly three decades, building a Manhattan practice whose standing is best documented through its institutional relationships: the FDNY unions’ selection of him as special counsel for their uniformed EMS membership — a recurring, vetted engagement by organizations that can retain anyone — and his consultation by diplomatic missions and consulates on the representation of diplomats and credentialed foreign nationals, a practice line enabled by his multilingual background and eleven-plus years living overseas. His peer endorsements are unusually senior and unusually adversarial in origin: former prosecutors from the New York County DA’s Office, the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, the Kings County DA’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for both the Southern and Eastern Districts, along with the former NYPD Deputy Police Commissioner quoted above. He gives back through pro bono work with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and law students who interned with him describe a mentor who put them in rooms with federal judges and prosecutors.
Practice Concentration
The practice is criminal defense in state court and multiple federal jurisdictions — white-collar matters including fraud, embezzlement, and securities-related charges; drug and violent-felony cases; DWI; parole, probation, and expungement matters; and pre-charge investigations, where his discretion-first posture is aimed. A second track runs in the opposite procedural direction: civil rights litigation, where Storch has obtained what his materials describe as substantial monetary settlements for people whose rights were violated — the familiar defense-plus-accountability pairing that sharpens suppression litigation, since the lawyer who sues over unlawful police conduct cross-examines it differently. The diplomatic and union clienteles give the practice two constituencies most solo shops never see.
Track Record
The record is documented through structure and endorsement rather than a published ledger: favorable outcomes in complex federal and state cases per the firm’s materials, civil rights settlements attributed as the firm’s claims, the union special-counsel selection, and the peer testimonials of former senior prosecutors — which function as adversary-verified assessments of courtroom ability. Client reviews describe felony drug charges reduced and ultimately relinquished, jail time avoided in favor of a probation program near the client’s support system, and outcomes delivered as promised. These are firm- and client-reported outcomes; this research did not independently verify individual dispositions. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
Storch’s Avvo record runs to ten reviews, uniformly positive and outcome-specific. One client wrote that with his livelihood on the line, Storch “represented me like a bulldog”; another described him as the man with the plan who called the case’s trajectory from the first meeting and delivered it. Reviewers repeatedly use the language of trust — the straight shooter who tells you like it is. The review base is modest in size relative to this category’s volume practices, which we note plainly; the peer-endorsement record compensates in kind if not in count. This research did not surface any public disciplinary findings.
Beyond the Courtroom
The union special-counsel role is itself community infrastructure — standing ready for the city’s EMS workforce when their careers and liberty are on the line. Storch’s pro bono service with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts extends representation to a community that rarely can afford it, and his mentorship of law students — documented in unusually detailed intern accounts of witness interviews, motion drafting, and bail proceedings — is the profession’s least glamorous form of giving back.
Recognition
Sorting per our standard: the FDNY unions’ special-counsel selection and the diplomatic-community consultations are institutional retentions, the weightiest kind of recognition; the named peer endorsements from former senior prosecutors and a former NYPD deputy commissioner are attributed professional assessments; the Super Lawyers selection — Criminal Defense, White Collar, and DUI/DWI designations — is peer-informed recognition from a commercial publication, not certification. A disclosure we apply to every New York profile: New York State does not operate a board certification program for legal specialties comparable to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, so no New York attorney profile on this site will describe its subject as a state-certified specialist, and this profile attributes no certification to Storch.
New York Legal Backdrop
A New York criminal case moves on statutory clocks that defendants rarely know exist. After arrest, arraignment generally must occur within about twenty-four hours; a felony defendant held on bail must be released under CPL § 180.80 if the prosecution fails to secure grand jury action within the statutory period (120 hours, or 144 hours spanning a weekend or holiday). CPL § 30.30 sets speedy-trial clocks — six months on most felonies, ninety days on class A misdemeanors — that run against the prosecution and can end a case outright. New York’s discovery reform, CPL Article 245, obligates prosecutors to turn over their evidence on an automatic timetable, and CPL § 160.59 permits sealing of up to two eligible convictions after a ten-year crime-free period. For non-citizens — including the credentialed foreign nationals in this practice’s clientele — even minor dispositions can carry immigration consequences that outweigh the criminal penalty, which is why charge selection in plea negotiations is often the whole game. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed New York attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The case for Storch is adversary-verified standing: endorsements from the senior ranks of the offices that oppose him, institutional selection by the FDNY unions, a diplomatic clientele that demands discretion, three decades of practice, and the civil-rights pairing that sharpens the suppression issues criminal cases turn on.
The honest trade-offs, stated plainly: this is a solo practice with the capacity limits that implies; there is no prosecutorial background in the record — his insight into the government’s playbook comes from thirty years of opposing it rather than running it; the consumer-review base is small; the firm publishes no itemized results ledger; and his website carries an older copyright date, so prospective clients should confirm current details — including the office address, given the variance disclosed below — directly at first contact.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Oliver S. Storch, Attorney at Law. Primary sources: the attorney’s website (oliverstorch.com), including its about, peer-reviews, and contact pages. Independent verification: Super Lawyers profile (25-plus years’ experience, FDNY union special-counsel selection, practice designations, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts pro bono work, New York and Connecticut admissions); Avvo profile and its ten client reviews; Yelp listing; Glassdoor intern accounts (mentorship detail). Peer endorsements are quoted from the attorney’s published peer-review page with their attributions as stated there. Address note, disclosed per policy: the current website lists 120 Broadway, 28th Floor, while an older Yelp listing shows 305 Broadway — both lower Manhattan; prospective clients should confirm the current office at contact. Statutes cited in the New York Legal Backdrop were verified against the New York Criminal Procedure Law (§§ 30.30, 160.59, 180.80, and Article 245).
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