Julie A. Nociolo
Federal & State Criminal Defense
White Collar Investigations & Defense
Title IX & Student Defense
Professional Licensing Defense
Civil Rights Plaintiff’s Litigation
Appeals
jnociolo@joneshacker.com
518-274-5820
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Julie defends falsely accused individuals against institutions including local, state, and federal governments as well as colleges and universities.
More About Julie
Julie works tirelessly to achieve the desired outcomes for her clients and to educate them about the often misunderstood realities of defending a criminal case. Her passion for her clients has been quickly recognized and respected by judges and her adversaries in state and federal courts, and both know that she will not back down when faced with unanticipated obstacles. The same holds true when defending students accused of misconduct or Title IX violations at colleges and universities. Julie carefully considers when best to use certain litigation strategies and confidently presses her adversaries in order to exercise and protect her clients’ rights.
Julie’s trial results have earned the respect of the legal community, and she has attained significant victories in both state and federal court. Since joining E. Stewart Jones Hacker Murphy, Julie has joined forces with James Knox and E. Stewart Jones, Jr. to defend against countless state and federal felonies. Julie believes that significant criminal cases require the attention of a team and if a case is to proceed to trial, at least two attorneys will prepare the client and their family and zealously defend the client from the counsel table.
Although she is a passionate trial attorney, some of her greatest victories are when trial or even criminal charges are avoided because of a dismissal of an indictment, a favorable plea bargain, or representation during a government investigation. Julie always considers the entire impact a criminal case has on a client and often represents clients on collateral matters including litigation of a parallel civil enforcement proceedings or defense of a client’s professional license. Should an appeal be required in a client’s case, she is trained as a New York State Court of Appeals judicial clerk to draft and argue cases before appellate courts.
Experience
- Federal & State Criminal Defense
- Negotiated a misdemeanor disposition in a multi-year felony case involving a pedestrian death which included a trial, a successful appeal, the disqualification of the district attorney’s office for prosecutorial misconduct, the resignation of the line prosecutors, and the appointment of a special prosecutor
- Won complete exoneration for a client accused of workplace sexual assault in an eve-of-trial dismissal of a felony indictment because of misconduct during grand jury investigation
- Negotiated a Rule 11(c)(1)(c) 64-month below guidelines federal sentence and secured First Step eligibility for a career offender facing a life sentence
- Secured an acquittal of a felony assault charge following a four-day jury trial
- Negotiated an eve-of-trial plea bargain following a mistrial where the client entered an Alford plea for a felony sex crime with a capped sentence when the previous offer required a double-digit prison term
- Secured numerous below guidelines federal sentences
- Title IX & Student Defense
- Won complete dismissal at a Title IX hearing falsely alleging rape against a student on the eve-of-graduation
- Sued a university on behalf of an accused student and won a federal preliminary injunction halting the university’s Title IX proceeding against a student falsely accused of sexual assault in the first nationwide decision reviewing the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX regulations
- Won complete dismissal of alleged academic integrity violations at a university following two in-person hearings
- Sued a university and obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) halting the university’s illegal imposition of an emergency suspension arising from violations of its COVID-19 protocols
- Defended accused students at colleges and universities including: Brown University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Skidmore College, Siena College, Union College, Syracuse University, Vassar College, Cornell University, Colgate University, College of Saint Rose, SUNY Albany, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Plattsburg, & Hudson Valley Community College
- Civil Rights Plaintiff’s Litigation
- Commenced a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages from a municipality and a police detective who shot an unarmed black teenager in the back leaving him permanently paralyzed
- Settled two federal civil rights lawsuits against the City of Albany alleging excessive force by its police officers arising from an unlawful entry into a citizen’s home
- Appeals
- Secured a new trial for a client after the trial court failed to grant a mistrial
- Argued in multiple Appellate Divisions throughout New York State
- Professional Licensing Defense
- Negotiated numerous matters with the New York State Office of the Professions that secured clients’ professional license with New York State
- Defended attorney clients accused of professional misconduct by the Attorney Grievance Committee
- Favorably resolved professional licensing misconduct cases in tandem with parallel criminal or civil enforcement proceedings
Awards & Recognition
“Rising Star,” Criminal Defense (Upstate New York), Super Lawyers (2019-2020)
Only woman to earn this recognition in 2020
“Ones to Watch,” Criminal Defense, Best Lawyers (2021
Professional Affiliations
- Associate Board Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
Women in Criminal Defense Committee, White Collar Crime Committee - Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association
- Capital District Women’s Bar Association
- Albany County Bar Association
Clerkships
The Honorable Gary L. Sharpe
United States District Court, Northern District of New York
The Honorable Leslie E. Stein
New York State Court of Appeals
Central Staff Attorney
New York State Court of Appeals
Bar Admissions
New York
New Jersey
United States District Court, Northern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Education
New York Law School, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude
New York Law School Law Review
New York Law School Moot Court Association, Executive Board
State University of New York at Geneseo
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, cum laude
Speaking Engagements, Publications, & Conferences
Attendee, “Defending Sex Cases Conference,” National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2020)
Panelist, “State & Federal Judicial Clerkships,” New York Law School (2019)
Guest Lecturer, “Civil Rights Law: Recent Cases,” New York Law School (2019-20)
Presenter, “Rosenberg Trial Reenactment,” United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (2019)
Attendee, “White Collar Criminal Defense Conference,” National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Washington D.C. (2019)
