Federal criminal defense attorney and lead defense counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell during her 2021-2022 sex trafficking trial. Holds Top Secret/SCI security clearance. Mentioned in 171 Epstein-related documents.
Shortly after Epstein's death in August 2019, Sternheim was appointed as curcio counsel to the defense team of Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein's cellmate during the first reported suicide attempt at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. She is a partner at Fischetti, Gelberg, David, Mirra & Sternheim LLP in New York, specializing in complex federal criminal defense, national security cases, and terrorism-related matters.