Primary Areas of Practice
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Driving While Intoxicated
If you have been arrested for driving while intoxicated, I'm sure that you are concerned and have questions. The consequences can begin very early in the case. Your driving privileges may be immediately impacted, based upon the result of a chemical test, or if such a test was refused. If there is a conviction, the penalties are more severe.
Misdemeanor and Felony Arrests
If you have been arrested, you need representation from an attorney with experience and an attorney who will fight for your rights and aggressively defend any charges brought.
Once in Court, there may issues regarding bail and, if there is a conviction, the penalties can more severe.
In any criminal prosecution, the police and the District Attorney’s Office must satisfy strict legal requirements. This is true from arrest through trial.
To ensure that you receive an aggressive defense and that your rights are being protected, the circumstances of your arrest, and any other facts and evidence, must be analyzed within the confines of the various laws that may apply to your case. Among these are the United States Constitution, the New York State Constitution, the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, the New York State Penal Law, the New York State Criminal Procedure Law, as well as other statutes and regulations.
Only then can an attorney effectively make the appropriate arguments to the Court as to whether the actions of law enforcement satisfied the laws which were put into place to protect individuals accused of crimes.
Speeding and Traffic Tickets
A conviction for a traffic infraction can have serious consequences to your driving privileges and to your insurance premiums.
Too often, individuals who have received a ticket for alleged speeding, or an alleged moving violation, choose to simply plead guilty by signing the back of the ticket and mailing it to the Court.
This can be a mistake. Hiring an attorney demonstrates to the Court that the ticket is being taken seriously by the driver who received it. Also, an attorney may be able to identify legal and factual defenses to the ticket that could result in a reduction or dismissal.
The experience I have received as a current and former Town Prosecutor has provided valuable insight into how tickets are treated by the officers who issue them and the Court before whom they are heard.
Please contact me so we can discuss how this experience may be beneficial in defending you against the traffic infractions charged described on the ticket you have received.