Queens Defenders officially had its criminal defense practice taken over by a Brooklyn-based legal services provider on ...

Many low-income criminal defendants in Queens who need a free attorney will now be represented by a public defender ...

Brooklyn Defender Services replaces Queens Defenders on a $34 million contract after its founders plead not guilty to fraud ...

Former Queens Defenders chief Lori Zeno pleaded not guilty to fraud after allegedly misusing nonprofit funds for luxury expenses.

Queens Defenders founder Lori Zeno and her husband, Rashad Ruhani, were charged with wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and theft of funds by federal prosecutors.

Jun. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry The founder of the Queens Defenders and her husband have lawyered up after they were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars ...

Former Queens Defenders executive director Lori Zeno, 64, surrendered Wednesday at the Brooklyn federal courthouse. Zeno was arraigned on an indictment charging her and Rashad Ruhani, 55, with wire ...

Lori Zeno, the disgraced founder of the Queens Defenders who’s accused of raiding the public defender nonprofit’s coffers to maintain a luxe lifestyle in a penthouse apartment, pleaded not ...

Lori Zeno and her husband are accused of spending at least $60,000 of the organization's funding on personal expenses.

BROOKLYN (CN) — Lori Zeno helped found the Queens Defenders two decades ago to provide legal services to people who can’t afford a lawyer. Over the past two years, prosecutors say she and her husband ...