Hentoff Law Office is a criminal defense and civil litigation trial practice founded by attorney Nick Hentoff in 1993 after he served as a judicial clerk for a United States District Court Judge and as a trial attorney in the Maricopa County Public Defender's Office.  Nick Hentoff has also served as a Senior Associate Counsel for the Center for Individual Rights (CIR) in Washington, D.C., and as the Legal Director for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) . 

Admitted to Practice Law in Arizona and New York , Nick Hentoff has handled criminal and civil cases in state and Federal courts throughout the United States . He has handled hundreds of felony cases including complex financial crimes, first degree murder, death penalty trials, large drug cases and has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on numerous occasions, including an En Banc panel of the Court.  He has also handled a number of high profile media cases and has appeared on MSNBC's The Abrams Report, ABC's Good Morning America, KAET's Horizon Program, Showtime, Inside Edition and numerous news broadcasts. He is also frequently quoted in local and national publications and has written on legal issues for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications

Over the past fifteen years Nick Hentoff has developed a concentration in criminal trials involving justification defenses in use of force criminal prosecutions.  He is an expert on the law of self defense, is a life member of the National Rifle Association, a graduate of Gunsite Training Academy's 499 Expert Pistol Course and a Certified NRA Firearms Instructor. Nick Hentoff is also experienced in defending drug crimes, complex white collar financial fraud, allegations of sexual misconduct, child abuse and the challenge of search warrants, illegally obtained evidence and coerced confessions. The website www.innocenceproven.com features a case in which he obtained an acquittal for a client who confessed falsely to a crime he did not commit.

On the civil side, the firm's concentration is in Constitutional litigation including First Amendment law, Second Amendment law, employment discrimination, civil rights law, police shooting and misconduct cases, and internet litigation.

Nick Hentoff is an active member of the Arizona Civil Liberties Union Legal Panel, the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau

A copy of Nick Hentoff’s resume is available by clicking HERE.