Mitchell E Ignatoff

I practice in New Jersey and New York. I am Certified as a Criminal Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Criminal Trial Attorney. I have been successfully defending clients in New Jersey and federal courts for over 25 years.

42 years, 2,000 cases

I have successfully defended clients in New Jersey and New York. Successful defense requires knowing the law, the science of alcohol intoxication, and how these new breath test computers work. Member, National College for DUI Defense

42 years, 1,000 cases

I have had cases in the Southern and Eastern Districts of N.Y., the Eastern District of Pa. and the District of N.J. I have argued appeals before the 2nd and 3rd Circuit Courts of Appeal.

42 years, 50 cases

NJ has made marijuana legal but limited to 1 ounce. You can not purchase it legally until the Cannabis Control Commission has come into existence which likely won't be before June 2021 or later.

42 years, 100 cases

Marijuana above 1 ounce is still illegal to posess; the police cannot stop you if they smell marijuana unless you have more than 1 ounce. How the police can figure out how much you have before they search you is a big question.

42 years, 100 cases

rExpungements are available for more crimes and earlier in New Jersey. New York does not have a similar procedure; they have sealing, which many times is automatic but only for misdemeanors.

42 years, 50 cases

My focus is to get adult clients into rehabilitation rather than prison. These crimes are very difficult to defend when youg children are involved since jurors believe that young children do not lie.

42 years, 50 cases

I have sucessfully defended many charges of robbery, aggravated assault and murder.

42 years, 75 cases

New York has raised the age for adult criminal responsibility to 18. There are different categories below that for different ages and different courts. New Jersey has juvenile court for anyone under 18 at the time of the crime.

42 years, 50 cases

These crimes are variations on theft and fraud and can be quite complex. Most serious wite collar crimes are prosecuted in Federal court. Misapproriation of money by an emplyee is prosecuted in state courts.

42 years, 20 cases

The most serious of these are the offense that can result in suspension of your license. In New Jersey these offenses are in municipal courts. In New York they are in city, town and justice courts, although a few are in Supreme Court.

42 years, 500 cases