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Danny Cevallos

MSNBC legal analyst

Danny Cevallos is an MSNBC legal analyst who practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful conviction and criminal defense in Pennsylvania, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands at the law firms of Cevallos & Wong in Pennsylvania and Edelman & Edelman in New York, where he is of counsel.  

Danny Cevallos is an MSNBC legal analyst who practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful conviction and criminal defense in Pennsylvania, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands at the law firms of Cevallos & Wong in Pennsylvania and Edelman & Edelman in New York, where he is of counsel.  

Latest from Danny Cevallos

9h ago

How Donald Trump could lose his jury before they are even seated

Jury selection in the Donald Trump trial picked up some steam entering Day 3, with multiple jurors seated. But his lawyers must control their client in court.
71d ago

What parents with firearms need to know about Jennifer Crumbley’s conviction

A jury convicted Jennifer Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter in connection with her son Ethan Crumbley's 2021 rampage at Oxford High School. Many have asked if a “precedent” has been set.
125d ago

Why Rudy Giuliani is a defense attorney's worst nightmare

Rudy Giuliani net worth decimated by Friday's defamation awards for Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman. His lawyers can't have been surprised given his trial behavior.
158d ago

Why Trump's lawyers don't seem to care if they antagonize Judge Engoron

Donald Trump's testimony was the headline in his New York fraud trial. But lawyers Chris Kise and Alina Habba also don't care about angering Judge Engoron.
182d ago

Joran van der Sloot’s confession isn’t altruism — but it is closure

Joran van der Sloot’s confession to Natalee Holloway’s death may provide closure for her family, but it’s still far from an altruistic act.
205d ago

Bob Menendez may not be as legally secure as he thinks he is

Sen. Bob Menendez may believe it’s difficult to convict someone for federal corruption, but a landmark Supreme Court ruling from 2016 hasn't made it as hard as some believe.
218d ago

The fundamental problem exposed by Danelo Cavalcante’s viral prison break

Danelo Cavalcante has been caught by police after a viral crab walking video escape from Chester County prison. But the problems his escape revealed remain.
225d ago

In the Alex Murdaugh double murder case, an extra becomes a main character

Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh have moved for a new trial because, they say, Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill tampered with the jury.

Jury moves closer to recommending death penalty for the Tree of Life synagogue killer

PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania man who killed 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history meets the requirements for the death penalty, a federal jury found Thursday.
281d ago

Jury reached its decision in penalty phrase of Tree of Life killer

A federal jury reached its decision Thursday in the penalty phase of the Tree of Life synagogue killer, determining if the convicted murderer should face capital punishment.
297d ago

Did Hunter Biden get a 'sweetheart' deal?

The Hunter Biden plea deal over unpaid taxes and gun possession has Republican lawmakers James Comer and Ron DeSantis screaming 'sweetheart.' Are they wrong?