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June 9, 2011

Red Hot NY Lawyer Tacopina

Gets Big Chill From WiseguysJoseph Tacopina, thehandsome high-profile

lawyer who deliverspithy sound-bites onnetwork TV and backs up his legalbanter with successes in court, isflying high these days. And why not?Following his most recent courtroomvictory a rape case that looked likea sure-fire loser to most observers the smooth-talking Madison Avenueattorney seems well worth thereported $750 an hour that he gets for his talentedservices. But an important segment of criminal justiceconsumers wiseguys have been giving theBrooklyn-born and bred barrister a wide berth forseveral years. The reason: He tagged a prominentlawyer with wrongdoing charges that were neversubstantiated.

Feds: Pig Or Not, You're Still

Guilty Of 1998 Mob Rubout

He may have gotten a lousy pleadeal, and his lawyer may havecalled him a pig and skewered himat his sentencing, but the feds saythat mob associate John Matera has

only himself to blame for the 20 yearshes serving for the 1998 murder of anFBI informer. The bottom line, theysay, is that since Matera admitted his

role in Frank Hydells murder, his guilty plea should notbe vacated.

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Russell Carlucci violated a cardinalrule of thumb for mob-connectedex-cons last week the one that saysthat when you're offered a no jailplea deal for a crime, any crime,even one that you don't believe youcommitted, take it. Instead, he wentto trial on felony charges of filing afalse statement with the Departmentof Motor Vehicles. After a four day trial, Carlucci stoodthe Gang Land rule on its ear and was acquitted ofcharges that could have meant up to four years instate prison.

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