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BIGLAW attorney arrested in child sex sting

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Great Teacher Onizuka  10/19/04
I beat you to it and you cheated!!!! Wustl > Penn!!!
h4ck3d4cc0unt  10/19/04
Yours was too vague; unless someone saw the story at jd2b.co...
Great Teacher Onizuka  10/19/04
how prestigious.
Jambilly  10/19/04
crazy- Kirkland has already deleted Lever's name from the we...
starsky  10/19/04
Didn't delete his pic: http://www.kirkland.com/files/tbl_...
PrestigeWhore  10/24/05
EW.
Implied Warrantonin  10/24/05
I forgot!!!
45 yo man posting from Filene's basement  10/24/05
He looks the type.
gelf  12/01/06
Out of curiosity, why isn't this entrapment?
Zoomtard is the fastest!!!!  10/19/04
This guy wouldn've struck it up with someone else.
h4ck3d4cc0unt  10/19/04
Entrapment is only a legit defense if you can prove that thi...
theo_greek  10/19/04
they can just give him enough rope to hang himself. if he t...
UPENN HAS A LAW SCHOOL????  10/23/05
correct
T62L  10/24/05
because it's an unpopular crime
sealclubber  10/24/05
120 Read a book
.... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... .....  10/24/05
prefix your moniker with DUMB
sealclubber  10/24/05
This pervert got his JD from PEnn. STEVEN LEVER Kirkla...
Mr America  10/19/04
Oh IH is going to LOVE this.
Great Teacher Onizuka  10/19/04
How did you get this? His bio has already been taken off of...
Killuminati  10/19/04
He's not off Martindale, I expect...
Hanna  10/19/04
Tragic.
egress  10/23/05
http://www.jamyewaxman.com/blog/archives/000177.html
Aston Villa  10/23/05
pathetic, but not expected considering the freaks that usual...
thesneak  10/23/05
read the response... Long trip my ass. This is cra...
Great Teachar Onizuka  10/23/05
This exact same thing happened to the dad of some guy I knew...
Remember Sniglets? I do.  10/23/05
I was curious about this guy.
45 yo man posting from Filene's basement  10/24/05
interesting. i wonder if he did any time. does a felony ...
broseamus  10/24/05
don't think so.
DC_LawGirl  10/24/05
In general, it has to be a crime of "moral turpitude&qu...
45 yo man posting from Filene's basement  10/24/05
So it's safe to assume that this guy won't be making partner...
evan39  10/24/05
partner in the criminal defense firm of Attica, Sing Sing an...
Lets go Seahawks!  10/24/05
Hell be a partner alright, just not the kind he hoped for.
I am Kramers unspent racial hatred  10/24/05
it's a strong factor weighing against his chances.
Renada Deshada  11/29/06
hope he got his loans paid off.
I am Kramers unspent racial hatred  10/24/05
whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty. You droo...
whassa  11/29/06
lol
Doogie  11/29/06
WTF? Did you use the search function to look for "ch...
IronMonkey  11/29/06
whassa = Steven Lever
Doogie  11/29/06
ok . . . so what did happen?
Call me Ishmael  11/29/06
State's case was, suprisingly, dismissed by a lower court. ...
Xcalibur  12/01/06
...
dunesand  05/20/07
Further to my last post, it now appears that he has pled to ...
Xcalibur  05/20/07
SUFFOLK Supreme Court Docket 02176-2005 Defendant LEVER, S...
Xcalibur  05/20/07


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Date: October 19th, 2004 3:48 PM
Author: Great Teacher Onizuka

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: h4ck3d4cc0unt

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: Great Teacher Onizuka

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: Jambilly (cicerosghost@yahoo.com)

how prestigious.

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




Date: October 19th, 2004 3:51 PM
Author: starsky

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: PrestigeWhore

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: Implied Warrantonin

EW.

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




Date: October 24th, 2005 9:16 PM
Author: 45 yo man posting from Filene's basement
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: gelf

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: Zoomtard is the fastest!!!!

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: h4ck3d4cc0unt

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: theo_greek

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: UPENN HAS A LAW SCHOOL????

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: T62L

correct

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




Date: October 24th, 2005 6:53 PM
Author: sealclubber

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: .... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... .....

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: sealclubber

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: Mr America

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: Great Teacher Onizuka

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: Killuminati (Ashcroft is watching what we type on the INTERNETS)

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: Hanna

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: egress

Tragic.

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




Date: October 23rd, 2005 7:32 PM
Author: Aston Villa

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: thesneak

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: Great Teachar Onizuka

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: Remember Sniglets? I do.

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: 45 yo man posting from Filene's basement
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: broseamus

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: DC_LawGirl

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: 45 yo man posting from Filene's basement

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: evan39

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: Lets go Seahawks!

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: I am Kramers unspent racial hatred

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: Renada Deshada

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: I am Kramers unspent racial hatred

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: whassa

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: Doogie (My cat can eat a whole watermelon)

lol

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




Date: November 29th, 2006 6:02 PM
Author: IronMonkey

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: Doogie (My cat can eat a whole watermelon)

whassa = Steven Lever

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




Date: November 29th, 2006 7:19 PM
Author: Call me Ishmael

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: Xcalibur

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: dunesand



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




Date: May 20th, 2007 11:43 PM
Author: Xcalibur

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: Xcalibur

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)