Vinoo Varghese

Vinoo Varghese is an American criminal defense attorney. He provides legal commentary in print and on television with appearances on Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Ingraham Angle, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and CBS This Morning. A former prosecutor, Varghese is an outspoken critic of the nearly unlimited power of prosecutors.

Varghese graduated from Chaminade High School, located in Long Island, New York, in 1990. Varghese earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in New York University (NYU). Three years after graduating from NYU, he enrolled at Brooklyn Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.)

After his graduation from Brooklyn Law in 2000, Varghese began work with Brooklyn District Attorney’s office as a prosecutor. From February 2006, Varghese worked as a criminal law defense attorney in Varghese & Associates, P.C located in New York, NY. Varghese is also a frequent guest on news networks such as Fox, CNN, CBS, MSNBC, and i24, where he is often invited to provide legal analysis and commentary.

Varghese has served as president of Chaminade High School Alumni Lawyers Association since September 2017. He has also acted as an alumni mentor to New York University's College of Arts and Science students since 2014 and taught clinical students from Brooklyn Law School and Hofstra School of Law.