John L. Kotchick III

John L. Kotchick, III, Esq., (Jack) is a native of the Southern Tier of New York.  He received his law degree from the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law in Lansing, Michigan in 1985.

Mr. Kotchick founded his firm in 2011 with a concentration in criminal defense, DWI and trial work.  Mr. Kotchick is admitted to practice in the Third Department of New York State.

Jack began his career in the Broome County District Attorney’s Office, first as an Assistant District Attorney handling vehicle and traffic matters and Misdemeanors in the local criminal courts throughout Broome County.  He thereafter was appointed the Stop DWI prosecutor which put him in the position of prosecutor which put him in the position of prosecuting every felony DWI in the county as well as every drug and alcohol related vehicle and traffic matters resulting in death or physical injury from 1991 to 1996.  In 1997 Jack because a Sr. Assistant District Attorney charged with handling county wide serious felonies until 2004.

In 2004 Jack decided it was time for a change and joined the Broome County Public Defender’s office, and was appointed to defend major felonies throughout Broome County thus giving him the unique advantage of having worked both sides of the street from a governmental perspective.  For several years Jack worked for the Law Offices of Remy R. Perot, doing a majority of its work in the field of DWI Defense and Criminal Litigation. 

Jack currently operates his own practice and has worked in every criminal court in Broome County over the last 30 years.  He has tried hundreds of cases to verdict.  Jack will stand by you through it all, you won’t be pushed off to some young associated with less training or experience.  When you hire the Law Office of Jack Kotchick, you get Jack Kotchick.