Even if I am always professional in my interactions with prosecutors and often more than cordial and friendly, I routinely disagree with prosecutors and regularly have an adversarial relationship with them as a criminal defense lawyer. Simply, that is the nature of the criminal justice system. We all have a…
As a trial attorney in New York’s criminal courts, I am certainly not afraid to “go the distance” if needed to exonerate a client. However, I can unequivocally say that even if a client desperately wants his or her day in court, finding the right resolution without a trial may…
Sextortion and Blackmail in New York City and well beyond are crimes that are boundlessly expanding in terms of who is targeted and the means by which the crimes are perpetrated. One of likely very few Extortion attorneys and lawyers genuinely skilled and actually experienced in protecting victims from these…
Saland Law is proud to share a pro-bono client’s non-criminal disposition after her arrest in Manhattan and subsequent charge of Second Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, New York Penal Law 265.03. A legal firearm owner who possessed a conceal carry permit in her home state, our client had inadvertently…
Although sex crimes prosecutors and New York criminal defense attorneys defending individuals investigated for and accused of Article 130 crimes including Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct, and Forcible Touching respectively are aware of the September 1, 2024, changes to the New York Penal Law, it is equally likely that those…
Though it may seem politically incorrect, when you are accused of a crime…political correctness doesn’t mean squat. Instead, facts, evidence, and the law is what matters. With that in mind, Saland Law is pleased to share that a recent client not only avoided a Domestic Violence arrest after his ex-girlfriend…
Whether in Westchester, Manhattan, Brooklyn, or any borough of New York City or county in the state, District Attorneys prioritize Domestic Violence related arrests, and rightfully so. Similarly, Domestic Violence lawyers who represent individuals accused of these crimes equally prioritize these cases knowing that both the police and prosecutors aggressively…
Any attorney who holds him or herself out as a New York firearm lawyer or an airport weapon attorney, and serves clients arrested or issued summonses in Queens County’s JFK or LaGuardia Airport for weapon possession crimes, must have more than a basic legal and practical knowledge of how these offenses…
As a Title IX attorney routinely representing clients accused of dating violence or some form of harassment or sexual misconduct at a college or university, I sometimes find it incredibly frustrating to deal with the general lack of due process provided to students, especially the accused. Compounding matters, as an…
There are few things more difficult as a criminal defense attorney than representing an “empty chair” at trial where that chair, or, better stated, client, is accused of possessing a loaded and disguised “cell phone” gun in a vehicle he is driving without any passengers. OK, well, maybe that is…