Raymond M. Brown Featured in The New York Times, Law360, and Other Media Outlets Regarding His Representation of Newark Mayor Baraka
Raymond M. Brown, partner at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C., was recently featured in Law360, The New York Times and other media outlets. Brown, together with co-counsel Rahul Agarwal of Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP, and Wanda M. Akin of Wanda M. Akin & Associates, are representing Newark Mayor Ras Baraka in connection with federal trespassing charges brought against Mayor Baraka in connection with his visit to the Delaney Hall federal immigration detention facility located in Newark, New Jersey.
The Law360 article, “Meet the Attys Defending NJ Mayor in ICE Facility Case,” profiles Brown, who is described by Law360 as “[o]ne of New Jersey's most high-powered criminal defense attorneys,” and the other attorneys representing Mayor Baraka:
As Baraka's case picks up on Monday, criminal defense attorneys around the state praised [Mayor Baraka’s] attorneys' experience and reputation among the criminal defense bar to Law360 Pulse.
"Raymond Brown is one of the foremost criminal and defense and civil rights attorneys in the state," said Barry Albin, a former state Supreme Court justice and now chair of litigation at Lowenstein Sandler LLP….
Brown, like Albin, is also a past president of the ACDL-NJ, which Albin said is a testament to the esteem he's held in by other criminal defense lawyers in the state.
Brown together with co-counsel appeared at the status conference on May 15, 2025, which was covered by numerous media outlets.
As reported by The New York Times:
One lawyer, Raymond Brown, referred to public statements from Trump administration officials who said Mr. Baraka had “stormed Delaney Hall.” He then alluded to the storming of the Bastille, as well as the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“That’s storming,” he said. “It’s a term of art. He didn’t do it.”
As reported by NorthJersey.com/The Bergen Record:
Brown said the defense believes there are jurisdictional problems with the government’s case. “They had no more right to arrest him than they would have to arrest someone outside Buckingham Palace,” Brown said.
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Additional articles can be found in northjersey.com and Politico.com