Robert G. Babcock

Robert G. Babcock (Bob) specializes in criminal defense and wrongful conduct investigations throughout New York state and federal courts. He represents individuals and businesses under investigation or charged by the government with committing criminal offenses. Bob crafts unique defense strategies for clients facing criminal charges ranging from misdemeanors in local courts to complex cases involving white-collar crime, organized crime, drug trafficking and firearms offenses, and violent crimes pending in the county and federal district courts of New York. Bob brings years of criminal trial experience to Tully Rinckey and its clients as the lead attorney for the firm’s Capital Region Criminal Defense Practice Group. He spent most of his 30-plus-year career in the courtroom, first serving as an assistant district attorney for the Queens, New York District Attorney’s Office, then as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, before opening his own criminal defense practice in Manhattan and Hartford, Connecticut. As a defense attorney, Bob has handled several high-profile cases in state and federal courts. Bob conducted the investigation of the Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs shooting at Club New York that culminated in Combs’ acquittal on all charges. His work in the Linda Henning kidnapping and murder of New Mexico banker Girly Chew Hossencofft was chronicled in the book “September Sacrifice” by Mark Horner, where Bob raised a Manchurian Candidate defense and secured a deal of 27 months in prison in exchange for his client telling investigators the location of the victim’s body. Bob later defended a 23-year-old babysitter charged with capital murder after an infant in her care died when he struck his head on a metal doorframe during a game with a sleeping bag. Bob successfully demonstrated through forensic and testimonial evidence that the fatal blow was accidental, leading to a manslaughter plea.