The Law Office of Patrick V. Parrotta is a criminal defense law firm working with the residents of Staten Island. The firm's founder, Patrick Parrotta, has been practicing law for over 25 years, and he offers legal advice and representation to individuals who are being put on trial for drug offenses, white collar crimes, and drunk driving. He also advocates for those accused of violating their parole and probation terms.
The Law Office of Lisa Pelosi - New York City is a law firm providing clients in Staten Island with legal representation. The criminal defense attorney, Lisa Pelosi, has extensive knowledge in criminal law with a background as a former prosecutor. She has nearly four decades of experience handling appeals and federal and state cases. She evaluates various aspects of the case and assists clients in having the charges reduced or dismissed. Her practice areas involve drug crimes, domestic violence, sexual assault, homicide, and theft-related charges.
Since 1989, Gregg & Associates PC has been representing clients in Staten Island in matters of criminal defense. Its founder is Ronald A. Gregg who is a senior partner, a retired administrative judge, and is admitted to several courts, including the United States Supreme Court. The firm's junior partner, Jonathan Goldin, does the trial work and has brought his expertise in arraignments and plea negotiations for criminal cases involving drug crimes, DUIs, weapons and probation violations, and theft. Gregg & Associates attorneys have extensive experience and have served in the state and federal government.
James Birch, Attorney at Law is a criminal defense and real estate law attorney who has been serving the Staten Island community for over 25 years. The lawyer primarily focuses his criminal defense practice on traffic violation cases. He has experience defending clients who have been accused of reckless driving, driving under the influence, speeding, and driving on a suspended license. Birch also takes cases involving property purchases, residential leases, and real estate transactions.
Yan Katsnelson, the firm's lead attorney, deals with cases involving DUIs and other traffic offenses, as well as misdemeanors, which include assa ult, battery, and other offenses involving bodily harm. He also deals with theft, larceny, and other property offenses, as well as drug offenses, obscenity, domestic violence, and weapons offenses. Katsnelson previously held positions in the US Attorney’s Office and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office.
Scott Cerbin Criminal Defense is a criminal justice law firm working with the community of Staten Island. The firm has experience building defensive cases for clients who have been accused of domestic violence, robbery and burglary, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Its team has also taken cases involving white collar crimes, such as fraud and embezzlement. AV-Preeminently rated by Martindale-Hubbell, founder Scott Cerbin has been practicing law for over 15 years.
Like most elected offices, the way any given district attorney’s office operates is heavily dependent on who the district attorney is. They can choose how they would like to prosecute a case, how to make plea bargains and whether or not to seek bail – and they can also confiscate property.
Katz, like Gonzalez, has promised to be a progressive prosecutor.
While Morgenthau said in a statement at the time that his decision not to seek capital punishment ''would not be the product of any personal philosophy attributed to me,'' he was known for being a fierce opponent of the death penalty, never once pursuing it during his tenure.
Power Players. Cy Vance: Cyrus Vance Jr., son of Jimmy Carter’s secretary of state Cyrus Vance Sr., was first elected Manhattan DA 2009 and reelected in 2017. Vance ran on the idea of “community-based justice.”. However, his office’s record on sexual assault cases has repeatedly drawn attention throughout the years.
Cy Vance: Cyrus Vance Jr., son of Jimmy Carter’s secretary of state Cyrus Vance Sr., was first elected Manhattan DA 2009 and reelected in 2017. Vance ran on the idea of “community-based justice.”. However, his office’s record on sexual assault cases has repeatedly drawn attention throughout the years.
A prime example of this would be Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s decision in 2019, to no longer prosecute a loitering law that activists called the “walking while trans” ban, which disproportionately affected trans women of color, prior to the law’s repeal in February.
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Media reports have asserted that forensic evidence confirmed Reyes's claim of acting alone, but this is not true. Much of the forensic evidence was contaminated in the intervening years-sloppy handling of evidence being yet another local scandal-and the intact evidence was inconclusive.
The police panel says this is unlikely to happen today because of NYPD reforms in 1995. Most shocking, however, are the panel's casual comments about the failure of the police and prosecutors to follow up on a vicious rape two days before the jogger rape.
Julia Vitullo-Martin, a long-time editor and writer on urban affairs, is the former director of the Citizens Jury Project at the Vera Institute of Justice.