Reading, PA attorney James Polyak has 28 years of experience defending the rights of those charged with criminal offenses in Berks County. He specializes in criminal defense. He is a graduate of Penn State University and Widener University School of Law. After law school, he completed his internship at the Berks County District Attorney's Office in Reading, PA, and in 1992 he was hired as an Assistant District Attorney. He prosecuted crimes including Homicide, Robbery, Rape, Burglary, Drug Possession, Theft, Assault and DUI. In 1994, he was promoted to Chief Prosecutor of the Child Abuse Unit of
the District Attorney's Office. After gaining valuable experience as a prosecuting attorney in Reading, PA, Mr. Polyak left the District Attorney's Office to specialize in criminal defense. Since that time, he has represented thousands of clients charged with felony and misdemeanor crimes in Pennsylvania. He has been lead trial counsel in more than 100 criminal jury trials, including death penalty cases. He has never had a client sentenced to the death
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penalty. He has appeared frequently in United States District Court, handling complex federal criminal litigation. No other criminal defense attorney in Reading, PA has handled more criminal jury trials in United States District Court than Mr. Polyak. He is the former Chairman of the Berks County Bar Association Criminal Law Committee.