News for Norm Pattis

A Connecticut man charged with killing his 7-month-old baby by throwing him off a bridge testified Thursday that he dropped the boy and did not intend to harm him.
Tony Moreno cried before the jury as he demonstrated with a doll how he was holding his son, Aaden, before the baby plunged off the 90-foot-high Arrigoni Bridge over the Connecticut River in July 2015. Moreno then jumped from the bridge himself, but survived. Two days later, Aaden's body was found downstream from the bridge...

Accused Monroe madam Anna Gristina has hired a new high-profile attorney known for defending civil rights cases to lead her legal team.
On Wednesday, Gristina, who is charged with running a high-end prostitution ring out of a Manhattan apartment, disclosed that she has hired Norm Pattis, the bespectacled and pony-tailed Connecticut lawyer who appears frequently as a TV news commentator.
In a statement, Pattis said the charges against Gristina and $2 million bail "are part of a...

One of four East Haven police officers accused of abusing and harassing Latinos is asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges because of the publicity the case has received.
The lawyer for East Haven officer Jason Zullo filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss the charges.
The lawyer, Norman Pattis, said in the motion that federal prosecutors engaged in "Barnum-like pre-trial publicity," including a "cheap theater of press conferences and name-calling," and should not have unsealed...