Federal and state crimes

Criminal Law in New York applies to an extended process, which ranges from representation of clients at interviews with police officers, arraignment hearings, pre-trial hearings in criminal courts, negotiation of plea bargains with prosecution. If it is impossible to reach a disposition of the case by a plea bargain, the case goes to trial. If the defendant is unhappy with the sentence that is imposed upon him after the trial, his remedy is to appeal the case hoping that his sentence will be overturned after the appeal.

As prosecuting lawyers are generally retained by the state, most people who retain the services of a lawyer for a criminal case will be mounting a defense against a charge of some kind.
Unless the average citizen has a thorough understanding of criminal law, they generally are not fully aware of the procedures and processes involved in cases of this kind. It is therefore difficult for suspects to deal with questioning and arrests without the assistance and advice of a lawyer who is experienced in this area.

In criminal litigation in New York and Federal Courts the law requires that the defendant shall be represented by an attorney when he is facing a criminal charge.

Requesting a lawyer is not an indication of any form of guilt, and is the right of anyone who has been arrested by the police or have even been called in by the police for questioning at the police precinct.

When a person is called by a police detective to appear at the police precinct for a conversation related to the complaint of another person such as the other spouse or an unrelated person who complained of either being abused or depraved of money by any means, the person that has been called in by the police inspector is most likely to be arrested and sent to Central Booking or in the best case scenario will be given a Desk Appearance ticket to appear in court at some later time.

Our law firm when retained to represent the clients at their interview at the police precincts assures that minimal harm will be done to the clients, and that possible arrest will have minimal negative consequences on our clients and will be followed by quick release from detention.

When people are called by the Attorney General’s office or the Medicate or Medicare office to respond to the accusations of insurance fraud our lawyers assure that the best interest of the clients will be protected and the conversations with the Attorney General Office and Medicate or Medicare investigators will not harm future resolution for such cases. We insure that the charges against our clients will be dismissed, or will result in minimal charges often of economic nature only with no criminal history or a very mild criminal charge avoiding a jail term.

Once charges have been filed and the criminal trial process has been set in motion, there are a number of preliminary hearings that must be conducted before the trial itself. These include Grand Jury Action and Arraignments. It is very important that the defendant retains the services of an experienced lawyer for these hearings, as they can greatly affect the subsequent prosecution and defense in the criminal trial. The trial itself also has a number of stages, some of which determine which evidence is admissible, and whether prior convictions of the defendant if any may be mentioned before the jury.

Our law office successfully represents clients during all stages of criminal procedure as indicated above.