​​​​​Practice Areas

We handle a wide range of legal matters, including:


​Traffic Law
WE GO TO COURT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO! 


The recent change in New York Vehicle & Traffic Law sec. 1806 makes it much harder to fight traffic tickets in New York State now. In most cases in New York, prior to the change, a person would only have to appear one time to fight a routine traffic infraction (eg. speeding, unsafe lane change or failure to signal). The Vehicle & Traffic Law made it clear that upon receipt of a "not guilty" plea from a motorist the Court was required to schedule the matter for a trial, and on the trial date the motorist could plea bargain or proceed to trial. Multiple appearances were then recognized to be an unnecessary burden on motorists, many of which would then feel coerced to plead guilty rather than appear again and again for a rather routine matter.

Well, not any longer.  Our Legislature and Governor have once again forgotten the working class.  Rather than incur the expense for officers to appear and prosecute their tickets, they decided to pass the burden to the thousands of motorists instead and issue an "appearance" date.  If you want a "trial"... you will have to take additional time off and come back again...and possibly again.  The consequence is that the motorists is required to make multiple appearances to fight their traffic tickets.  Ironically, a similar practice was actually critically identified by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct to likely coerce guilty pleas.

Motorists who receive tickets need to understand that we can make these appearanceswithout them being present.  We can often resolve their tickets, with reduced or no infractions, or no points, or lesser fines...etc.  We actually save the motorist not only the multiple appearances, but save the motorist points, driver responsibility assessments, costly insurance increases, and

save the motorist's time and money.

If you wish to fight traffic tickets, or need advice about whether you have a chance to defend a ticket or violation, we  have set up an automated system to save you further time and aggravation at:

www.518traffictickets.com (click button above)


 


Criminal Defense

We help defend people accused of committing a crime.  From small offenses, such as shoplifting, to more serious crimes such as DUI, drug trafficking, assault and battery, or even murder.  We have more than 25 years of previous experience helping defending our clients and their liberties.

Personal Injury
Personal injury deals with accidents and injuries.  We get involved when you are in a car accident; a doctor misdiagnoses an illness; you had bad side effects from a prescription drug that they didn’t warn you about; you were injured by a defective product; and much much more.  Personal injury actions customarily involve contingency fees, (meaning we are paid a percentage of the money only if we recover for you).  For this reason, it is vitally important you choose the right  lawyer to fight for you.


Civil Litigation
A civil litigation is a very general term that encompasses many other more specific areas of law, including real estate, employment, business, and more.  Civil litigation lawyers will typically handle any type of litigation, or lawsuit, be it civil rights, abuse of process, misconduct, excess force, etc.  Therefore, anything from a landlord issue to a breach of contract is handled for you.

Real Estate

We assist with any legal issues related to real estate and property,  We will take care of the negotiation of the transactions and drafting the documents, or, as litigators, we will go to court to argue if a contract or purchase/sale agreement was violated, or a tenant or landlord has not complied with their agreement and must be handled accordingly. 


Family Law
Family Law is, you guessed it, anything to do with
family problems.  Sometimes this includes estate or family planning, even divorce, prenuptial agreements and other issues surrounding marriage and family.  More usually it involves paternity, adoption, family offenses, custody, visitation, grandparent rights, sibling rights, child abuse and maltreatment, juvenile delinquency, P.I.N.S. (Persons In Need of Supervision), and child and spousal support (also referred to as 'alimony'), and more.