Darryl Kogan, a longtime Boca Raton personal injury lawyer, has been charged in federal court with trying to view child pornography.
Court filings reveal little about the case. Federal prosecutors submitted
a one-page charging document Thursday indicating only that Kogan tried to access the images in February while in Broward County. If convicted, he faces a potential prison sentence between five and 20 years.
Kogan, who retired without fanfare this year, appeared in federal court in Fort Lauderdale on Friday morning. Magistrate Judge Jared Strauss set his bail at $250,000 and ordered him to surrender his passport, remain in South Florida and avoid firearms.
He is represented by Ghislaine Maxwell's Miami-based attorney, David Markus, who successfully defended another Boca Raton man against federal child sex abuse allegations in March.
Markus did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kogan co-founded the firm Kogan & DiSalvo in 1994. The firm changed its name to Baker & DiSalvo this year. The Florida Bar website indicates he is "permanently retired" and no longer eligible to practice law in Florida, though it lists no disciplinary issues.
Hannah Phillips is a journalist covering public safety and criminal justice at The Palm Beach Post. Reach her at hphillips@pbpost.com.
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