Michael Palumbo

As we tell EVERYONE who has a NYC traffic ticket, EVERY case goes to trial. There is no plea bargaining. This means that we cannot negotiate to plead our clients guilty to a non-moving violation. The deal in NYC is that if you do nothing you are found guilty as charged 100% of the time. Our law firm gets a lot of NYC tickets dismissed, however we never know which clients cases will be dismissed and which ones will be found guilty as charged. Part and parcel to NYC traffic ticket defense is that we adjourn NYC tickets for as long as we can. This keeps the client clean for as long as possible. IF the client is found guilty the conviction accrues to the driving record on the conviction date, but the insurance look back period is from the date the ticket was written. In other words, we get the client through all or most of the insurance increase period before we do the trial. This saves the client MORE THAN they paid us, win or lose the case. We NEVER guarantee to adjourn the case a minimum of 18 months. We adjourn the trial for as long as we can. Some adjourn more than 18 months and some accrue less than 18 months. However, EVEN IF we did adjourn this more than 18 months, this still WOULD NOT HAVE avoided the $450.00 assessment. Here is what he is talking about. Whenever a motorist accrues 6 or more points from 1 or more tickets, of which the VIOLATION DATES are within 18 months of each other (note, NOT CONVICTION DATES but VIOLATION DATES), the DMV nails the motorist for an extra fine, called an ASSESSMENT. The assessment is $300.00 for the first 6 points, and $75.00 for every point thereafter. So in his case, he already had a 4 point accrual and the ticket he was convicted of was written within 18 months of the other ticket or tickets. As a consequence, if he were convicted 10 years from now he still would have accrued the assessment, because the VIOLATION DATE of this ticket was with the VIOLATION DATE or dates of the other 4 point accrual. In addition, what he also does not tell you is that he was CHARGED WITH a 6 point ticket, but was CONVICTED OF a 4 point violation. So that saved him 2 points and an additional $150.00 assessment plus about $100.00 less in court fines. What he also does not tell you is that due to this ticket and his other conviction he was considered to be a PERSISTENT VIOLATOR, of which he was in real danger of being suspended if convicted. We avoided that for him as well. The simple fact of the matter is that we did not make any promise we could not keep. We explained our services to him clearly and succinctly as we do to everyone that calls us. In addition, everyone who retains us signs a simply, 1 page agreement which clearly lays out the nature and extent of the services. NEVER did we guarantee a minimum period for adjourning a case. However, you don't have to have to take my word for it. If you have a speeding ticket or moving violation and have questions, give us a call anytime 24 / 7 at (914) 500-8929. We talk to people who have tickets every day, and we'd love to talk to you!