Pierre Sussman has been practicing law for twenty-six years. He graduated with a BA in history and psychology from State University of New York at Binghamton and received his JD from City University of New York Queens College. After spending three years as an agency staff attorney for the State of New York representing insanity acquittees held at maximum security hospitals, Mr. Sussman spent one year at The Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Division. He has been in private practice as a criminal defense and civil rights attorney for the past twenty-one years.