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BIGLAW attorney arrested in child sex sting

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mustard bossy address knife
  10/19/04
I beat you to it and you cheated!!!! Wustl > Penn!!!
stirring university
  10/19/04
Yours was too vague; unless someone saw the story at jd2b.co...
mustard bossy address knife
  10/19/04
how prestigious.
coiffed public bath
  10/19/04
crazy- Kirkland has already deleted Lever's name from the we...
salmon exhilarant boiling water yarmulke
  10/19/04
Didn't delete his pic: http://www.kirkland.com/files/tbl_...
medicated codepig ticket booth
  10/24/05
EW.
thriller mad cow disease
  10/24/05
I forgot!!!
burgundy galvanic mother wrinkle
  10/24/05
He looks the type.
Khaki Indecent Tattoo
  12/01/06
Out of curiosity, why isn't this entrapment?
titillating therapy
  10/19/04
This guy wouldn've struck it up with someone else.
stirring university
  10/19/04
Entrapment is only a legit defense if you can prove that thi...
Up-to-no-good parlor
  10/19/04
they can just give him enough rope to hang himself. if he t...
Aggressive Grizzly National
  10/23/05
correct
Doobsian Carmine Rigor Space
  10/24/05
because it's an unpopular crime
bistre set mediation
  10/24/05
120 Read a book
Rose coffee pot
  10/24/05
prefix your moniker with DUMB
bistre set mediation
  10/24/05
This pervert got his JD from PEnn. STEVEN LEVER Kirkla...
tantric lime temple
  10/19/04
Oh IH is going to LOVE this.
mustard bossy address knife
  10/19/04
How did you get this? His bio has already been taken off of...
Fishy hospital
  10/19/04
He's not off Martindale, I expect...
green awkward candlestick maker
  10/19/04
Tragic.
costumed heaven wagecucks
  10/23/05
http://www.jamyewaxman.com/blog/archives/000177.html
Mint Dashing Sanctuary Becky
  10/23/05
pathetic, but not expected considering the freaks that usual...
Exciting Field People Who Are Hurt
  10/23/05
read the response... Long trip my ass. This is cra...
hyperventilating giraffe
  10/23/05
This exact same thing happened to the dad of some guy I knew...
Hairraiser black headpube senate
  10/23/05
I was curious about this guy.
burgundy galvanic mother wrinkle
  10/24/05
interesting. i wonder if he did any time. does a felony ...
Soggy harsh hall
  10/24/05
don't think so.
contagious garrison
  10/24/05
In general, it has to be a crime of "moral turpitude&qu...
burgundy galvanic mother wrinkle
  10/24/05
So it's safe to assume that this guy won't be making partner...
bespoke razzle-dazzle legend
  10/24/05
partner in the criminal defense firm of Attica, Sing Sing an...
high-end ceo idea he suggested
  10/24/05
Hell be a partner alright, just not the kind he hoped for.
Anal House
  10/24/05
it's a strong factor weighing against his chances.
buff outnumbered generalized bond
  11/29/06
hope he got his loans paid off.
Anal House
  10/24/05
whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty. You droo...
navy histrionic shitlib plaza
  11/29/06
lol
Provocative Arrogant Windowlicker Mental Disorder
  11/29/06
WTF? Did you use the search function to look for "ch...
amber locale
  11/29/06
whassa = Steven Lever
Provocative Arrogant Windowlicker Mental Disorder
  11/29/06
ok . . . so what did happen?
mewling glassy jap
  11/29/06
State's case was, suprisingly, dismissed by a lower court. ...
spruce bawdyhouse
  12/01/06
...
scarlet trust fund main people
  05/20/07
Further to my last post, it now appears that he has pled to ...
spruce bawdyhouse
  05/20/07
SUFFOLK Supreme Court Docket 02176-2005 Defendant LEVER, S...
spruce bawdyhouse
  05/20/07


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Date: October 19th, 2004 3:48 PM
Author: mustard bossy address knife

From http://www.jd2b.com

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32228.htm

KID 'PERV' NAILED IN CYBER STING

By DAN KADISON

October 19, 2004 -- A Manhattan attorney was busted in an Internet sex sting after attempting to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Long Island, police said yesterday.

Steven J. Lever, 30, of East 21st Street, began an online relationship with an undercover male detective from the computer crimes section over the summer and was nabbed Sunday morning when he showed up at the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station to pick up the "girl," Suffolk County Sgt. John Cowie said.

Lever, an intellectual property and patent associate with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, started engaging the girl in a Yahoo! chat room in July under the screen name "MADCHA-TTER — and his talk gradually "became sexual in nature," Cowie said.

A few weeks ago, Lever began "trying to make arrangements to meet with her," said Cowie.

"His chats were extremely sexually explicit," said Cowie. "He talked with her about getting involved in a sexual relationship — sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct."

Lever was charged with one count of first-degree attempted dissemination of indecent material to minors, a felony punishable by up to four years in jail.

Lever was arraigned yesterday in First District Court in Central Islip and released on a $2,500 cash bail.

With a large travel bag in tow, Lever attempted to slip out of his Quaker Ridge apartment complex, which is half a block away from the 13th Precinct.

"I have nothing to say," a shaking Lever told a Post photographer yesterday afternoon. "I am leaving on a long trip."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513557)





Date: October 19th, 2004 3:49 PM
Author: stirring university

I beat you to it and you cheated!!!!

Wustl > Penn!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513562)





Date: October 19th, 2004 3:50 PM
Author: mustard bossy address knife

Yours was too vague; unless someone saw the story at jd2b.com already they wouldn't have gotten it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513570)





Date: October 19th, 2004 3:50 PM
Author: coiffed public bath

how prestigious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513566)





Date: October 19th, 2004 3:51 PM
Author: salmon exhilarant boiling water yarmulke

crazy- Kirkland has already deleted Lever's name from the website directory.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513578)





Date: October 24th, 2005 6:08 PM
Author: medicated codepig ticket booth

Didn't delete his pic:

http://www.kirkland.com/files/tbl_s7Attorney/Photo297/10474/Lever,-Steve.jpg

You think the IT department at Kirkland would be better than this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4126525)





Date: October 24th, 2005 6:26 PM
Author: thriller mad cow disease

EW.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4126677)





Date: October 24th, 2005 9:16 PM
Author: burgundy galvanic mother wrinkle
Subject: I forgot!!!

The goatee - the mark of the pervert. The Wilson Sonsini associate who was boning the (El Salvadoran?) teenager had a goatee like that, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4128195)





Date: December 1st, 2006 2:28 AM
Author: Khaki Indecent Tattoo

He looks the type.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7108282)





Date: October 19th, 2004 3:54 PM
Author: titillating therapy

Out of curiosity, why isn't this entrapment?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513598)





Date: October 19th, 2004 4:09 PM
Author: stirring university

This guy wouldn've struck it up with someone else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513707)





Date: October 19th, 2004 4:19 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good parlor

Entrapment is only a legit defense if you can prove that this guy wouldn't have done this sort of thing without the police involvement.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513772)





Date: October 23rd, 2005 8:27 PM
Author: Aggressive Grizzly National

they can just give him enough rope to hang himself. if he takes the talk sexual, he suggests the meeting etc. there was no entrapment. if the under cover cop is like "hey, you want to come over and eat my box" it'd be a different story, i think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4119583)





Date: October 24th, 2005 3:35 PM
Author: Doobsian Carmine Rigor Space

correct

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4125374)





Date: October 24th, 2005 6:53 PM
Author: bistre set mediation

because it's an unpopular crime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4126834)





Date: October 24th, 2005 7:19 PM
Author: Rose coffee pot

120

Read a book

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4127041)





Date: October 24th, 2005 7:54 PM
Author: bistre set mediation

prefix your moniker with DUMB

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4127344)





Date: October 19th, 2004 3:54 PM
Author: tantric lime temple

This pervert got his JD from PEnn.

STEVEN LEVER

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Citigroup Center

153 East 53rd Street

New York, New York 10022-4675

(New York County)

Telephone: 212-446-4800

Facsimile: 212-446-4900

Email: slever@kirkland.com

Url: http://www.kirkland.com

POSITION: Associate

PRACTICE-AREAS: Intellectual Property; Patents.

ADMITTED: 2000, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

LAW-SCHOOL: University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1999)

COLLEGE: Colgate University (B.A., 1996)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513597)





Date: October 19th, 2004 4:04 PM
Author: mustard bossy address knife

Oh IH is going to LOVE this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1513659)





Date: October 19th, 2004 4:51 PM
Author: Fishy hospital

How did you get this? His bio has already been taken off of Kirkland's website.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1514003)





Date: October 19th, 2004 4:51 PM
Author: green awkward candlestick maker

He's not off Martindale, I expect...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#1514010)





Date: October 23rd, 2005 7:29 PM
Author: costumed heaven wagecucks

Tragic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4119149)





Date: October 23rd, 2005 7:32 PM
Author: Mint Dashing Sanctuary Becky

http://www.jamyewaxman.com/blog/archives/000177.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4119188)





Date: October 23rd, 2005 8:23 PM
Author: Exciting Field People Who Are Hurt

pathetic, but not expected considering the freaks that usually end up in BIGLAW.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4119557)





Date: October 23rd, 2005 8:36 PM
Author: hyperventilating giraffe

read the response...

Long trip my ass.

This is crazy!!! Crazy!!!!

I know him. I knew him. I went to an eighth grade dance with him. He was and is a dorky little Jewish Boy from Plainview, Long Island. I do recall however that the last time I saw him he looked a bit like Homer Simpson, and I remember telling one of my two friends that it was so sad. He had no hair. He had a beer belly, and when he was younger, if I remember properly, he also had a breathing problem. The kind that makes you want to puke - have you noticed how often I want to upchuck? -, the kind where you see the boogers solidified from one tiny ventricle on the roof of his nose. The kind of breathing problem where you want to scream "BLOW, DAMMIT, BLOW" but you it's not the right time or place. However, the best thing about the "Chandelier Johnny" is that they're generally easy to blow out of the nose, if you want to blow them out. And they fly pretty far. Sometimes farther they than should. Projectile snot. Like projectile vomit...only different.

So Steven J. Lever...I think I was at his bar mitzvah and he was at mine. One of the five boys who were brave enough to pretend to be friends with a dork like me. Speaking of which, most of you have probably heard me talk about this enough already, but tomorrow night, let's just say I've decided to do a "coming of age" type theme. My bat mitzvah dress will be making an appearance..but not in it's entirety.

Which reminds me..I have to go finish my project. It's got to be done in time for tomorrow night.

One Final Thought: Maybe if I had invited Steven Lever to my birthday party, he wouldn't have had to go to Ronkonkoma to meet a 13 year old girl!!! Maybe he would have realized, 13's just not a good age for a 30 year old man. Or maybe now, he can get the help he really needs. Maybe he should be seeing a therapist. I guess it just depends...

Steven Lever, what the fuck were you thinking?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4119632)





Date: October 23rd, 2005 8:42 PM
Author: Hairraiser black headpube senate

This exact same thing happened to the dad of some guy I knew in college. The mom filed for divorce right away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4119660)





Date: October 24th, 2005 12:30 PM
Author: burgundy galvanic mother wrinkle
Subject: I was curious about this guy.

the patent office website lists Lever working at Clifford Chance, as an agent, i.e., not an attorney. He's not listed on the Clifford Chance website. The NY bar site says he is a registered attorney whose registration expires in 2006. Interestingly, unlike other states, NY does not put lawyers' disciplinary records online. To find out if Lever was disciplined, you have to mail them $5.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4124234)





Date: October 24th, 2005 3:02 PM
Author: Soggy harsh hall

interesting. i wonder if he did any time.

does a felony conviction automatically lead to disbarment in NY?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4125119)





Date: October 24th, 2005 3:41 PM
Author: contagious garrison

don't think so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4125430)





Date: October 24th, 2005 9:14 PM
Author: burgundy galvanic mother wrinkle

In general, it has to be a crime of "moral turpitude", which is undefined, but should include child molestation. Basically, it's a "You did what?!?" standard. Simple adultery is a "matter of personal morality", and not serious enough for disbarment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4128180)





Date: October 24th, 2005 3:44 PM
Author: bespoke razzle-dazzle legend

So it's safe to assume that this guy won't be making partner?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4125447)





Date: October 24th, 2005 6:37 PM
Author: high-end ceo idea he suggested

partner in the criminal defense firm of Attica, Sing Sing and Clinton LLP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4126754)





Date: October 24th, 2005 6:39 PM
Author: Anal House

Hell be a partner alright, just not the kind he hoped for.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4126758)





Date: November 29th, 2006 6:55 PM
Author: buff outnumbered generalized bond

it's a strong factor weighing against his chances.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7096609)





Date: October 24th, 2005 6:15 PM
Author: Anal House

hope he got his loans paid off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#4126586)





Date: November 29th, 2006 5:56 PM
Author: navy histrionic shitlib plaza

whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty. You drooling pigs revelling in other people's horrors don't even know what happened, yet you gleefully comment. If there's any karma one day others will gleefully enjoy your downfall

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7096194)





Date: November 29th, 2006 6:01 PM
Author: Provocative Arrogant Windowlicker Mental Disorder

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7096233)





Date: November 29th, 2006 6:02 PM
Author: amber locale

WTF?

Did you use the search function to look for "child sex" threads?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7096238)





Date: November 29th, 2006 6:03 PM
Author: Provocative Arrogant Windowlicker Mental Disorder

whassa = Steven Lever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7096245)





Date: November 29th, 2006 7:19 PM
Author: mewling glassy jap

ok . . . so what did happen?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7096775)





Date: December 1st, 2006 2:08 AM
Author: spruce bawdyhouse

State's case was, suprisingly, dismissed by a lower court. the state planned to appeal. I think his basic argument was that he wasn't corresponding with a real kid, so how could he intend to fuck a kid? The article is online- I read about the dismissal in the post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#7108106)





Date: May 20th, 2007 11:20 PM
Author: scarlet trust fund main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#8145996)





Date: May 20th, 2007 11:43 PM
Author: spruce bawdyhouse

Further to my last post, it now appears that he has pled to some of these charges, and has an appearance in court tomorrow. Good luck Steven!

http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcrim_attorney/AttorneyWelcome

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#8146137)





Date: May 20th, 2007 11:44 PM
Author: spruce bawdyhouse

SUFFOLK Supreme Court

Docket 02176-2005

Defendant LEVER, STEVEN J

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection

PL 235.22 00

Charge Detail

D Felony, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Not an arraignment charge

Description: DISSEM INDECENT MAT MINOR 1ST

Indictment Count: 3

Charge added to case on: September 27, 2005

Disposition/Sentence

REDUCED TO THE PLED TO CHARGE

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection

PL 235.22 00

Charge Detail

D Felony, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Not an arraignment charge

Description: DISSEM INDECENT MAT MINOR 1ST

Indictment Count: 4

Charge added to case on: September 27, 2005

Disposition/Sentence

REDUCED TO THE PLED TO CHARGE

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection

PL 235.22 00

Charge Detail

D Felony, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Not an arraignment charge

Description: DISSEM INDECENT MAT MINOR 1ST

Indictment Count: 6

Charge added to case on: September 27, 2005

Disposition/Sentence

REDUCED TO THE PLED TO CHARGE

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection

PL 235.22 00

Charge Detail

D Felony, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Not an arraignment charge

Description: DISSEM INDECENT MAT MINOR 1ST

Indictment Count: 2

Charge added to case on: September 27, 2005

Disposition/Sentence

REDUCED TO THE PLED TO CHARGE

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection

PL 235.22 00 *** TOP CHARGE ***

Charge Detail

D Felony, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Not an arraignment charge

Description: DISSEM INDECENT MAT MINOR 1ST

Indictment Count: 1

Charge added to case on: September 27, 2005

Disposition/Sentence

REDUCED TO THE PLED TO CHARGE

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection

PL 235.22 00

Charge Detail

D Felony, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Not an arraignment charge

Description: DISSEM INDECENT MAT MINOR 1ST

Indictment Count: 5

Charge added to case on: September 27, 2005

Disposition/Sentence

REDUCED TO THE PLED TO CHARGE

Law Code and Code Section/Subsection

PL 110-130.40 00

Charge Detail

A Misdemeanor, 1 count, Not an arrest charge, Not an arraignment charge

Description: ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT - 3RD

Indictment Count: 7

Charge added to case on: September 27, 2005

Disposition/Sentence

PLED GUILTY, Probation for 6 Years



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=96263&forum_id=2#8146152)