Edwin Helfant (12 April 1926 Margate, New Jersey – 15 February 1978 Ducktown, Atlantic City) was an American lawyer in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Edwin was a New Jersey Bar Association-certified lawyer and part-time Judiciary of New Jersey judge who held court in Somers Point, New Jersey and Galloway Township, New Jersey from 1963 to 1973. He was a known associate of organized crime figure Herman (Stumpy) Orman. Helfant gained posthumous notoriety when he was murdered by Philadelphia Mafia family member Nicholas (Nick The Blade) Virgilio who was a close associate of Nicky Scarfo. His murder was suspected to be related to the murder of Giuseppe (Pepe) Leva, a Pomona, New Jersey tailor who was murdered in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey for intervening during a brawl between Leva and Phil Le