Thomas Arthur Kenniff

I hired Mr. Kenniff to defend me in 2020. Mr. Kenniff reviewed my case thoroughly while offering a thorough outline of likely results as well as detailed costs. Mr. Kenniff as well as his Raiser & Kenniff staff/ office worked consistently, honestly, and supremely effectively on my case over a 3 mon...th period producing the best possible result. Fee & Retainer Agreements were upfront and upheld diligently throughout my case. Mr. Kenniff is one of the Best attorneys in the NY area, and I fully recommend his services.

Tom and his team were fantastic, they helped me defeat a DWI charge resulting from a breathalyzer refusal after being stopped at a random checkpoint in NYC (who knew those happened in the City?). I had a number of scheduling complications and challenges, but Tom was able to achieve an adequate resolu...tion in a timely manner. I can't thank him and his team enough and highly recommend him for any defense case.

l was facing two misdemeanor charges, so l was very worried for the fact that lm almost 49 years, and l have never had a prior criminal record, at one point l was very concerned about the rest of my future then l decided to retain Thomas Kenniff to litigate my two criminal offenses, and through a tri...al with the help of his associate "Valerie" Valerie which happened to be a smart Attorney she listen to me all the time about my concerns during the process of my trial, she called me at home during the weekends to answer all my questions, and she worked hard to prepare the necessary arguments during the trial process, and eventually Valerie was able to dismissed my two criminal charges by attacking the DA & the witnesses during the trial.... l was really amazed, l strongly recommend Thomas kenniff's firm to anyone facing a criminal offense.. Thomas Kenniff's firm is a Team of Lawyers that will do everything in their power to get you the best result out there !!! Kind Regards.

We had a very bad luck with two lawyers before coming to Tom for my son's DWI case, originally charged as misdemeanor but then upgraded to felony charge. In fact, I called Tom literally two days before a trial was to start, a trial into which we were forced by a second lawyer mishandling a plea barga...in, and telling us that there is no way to go back to the misdemeanor offer that was made and that trial is our only option and possibility to avoid felony on the record. When we saw on a hearing before the trial how unprepared he was, I called Tom's office, and when Tom returned my call. I asked for a consultation. We saw Tom literally the night before trial was to start, he stayed late for us. When we talked to him, we felt that he is the most knowledgeable and trustworthy lawyer we met. He did not dismiss the danger of going to trial as the other lawyer repeatedly did, but we felt confident that Tom would handle it in the best way possible. In fact, seeing him made me realize even clearer what a mistake we made in choosing the previous lawyer, the difference was so stark. Tom came through as most knowledgeable person we talked to, and he was reasonable, professional and compassionate. I hired Tom then and there, even though this meant losing money I paid to a previous lawyer, I did it because we felt Tom was our best and only hope. The next day, when he came into the courtroom, we saw that the prosecutor's face changed, seeing Tom instead of our previous lawyer. From then, he fought the case on two fronts: preparing for the trial and trying to reopen the possibility of returning to a plea bargain offer, that our previous lawyer lost due to one of his inexplicable disappearances. During this time, we met with Tom several times, and emailed him many more times with our ideas and suggestions of what we thought could be helpful for the trial, as well as with requests to convince DA to return to the plea bargain offer, and Tom was patient, accessible, invariably polite (we had a very different experience with two previous lawyers), and I felt that however difficult the situation is, he was the best person to handle it. Long story short, Tom was able to convince DA to return to plea bargain offer, even though many months have passed since they withdrew it. If this had not happened, and I consider it a miracle that Tom was able to make it happen, we would have gone to trial and I have every confidence that he would have done the best job possible at the trial. Another lawyer in his office has handled a small matter for us in a very professional way and successfully. In addition to that I am grateful to Tom for helping me, free of charge, in a dispute that I cannot discuss due to agreement made. I only wish that we have engaged Tom right away! Every lawyer in Tom’s practice that we met made a good impression of professionalism and knowledge, we could always reach someone in the office, and communication was excellent. Thank you, Tom, thank you very much!