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    Esereosonobrughue Joy Onaodowan

    Esereosonobrughue Joy Onaodowan

    4.914 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Family
    Bio: I believe in true Justice. I believe in fighting for equal treatment. I believe in the power of humanity. My clients are real people connected to real families that are living real lives. We are just human beings trying to live our best lives. At ...
    Rating:  7.6
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    Caitlin M. Hayes

    Caitlin M. Hayes

    4.25 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Employment & Labor, Sexual Harassment
    Bio: I am a diligent attorney interested in creating solutions to your legal needs, and providing advisory services, especially to small businesses, to mitigate any legal dilemmas in the future. Carrying a high degree of ethics and responsibility towar...
    Rating:  8.7
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    Criminal defense lawyers represent clients at every stage of a criminal case: investigation, arrest, arraignment, plea bargaining, trial, and appeal. They assess evidence, protect constitutional rights, negotiate reduced charges or sentences, cross-examine witnesses, raise defenses, file motions, and advocate to minimize penalties or obtain acquittals.

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    Jenn Peters

    Jenn Peters

    5.010 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 3 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Sex Crime, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: Jenn is a Criminal Defense Attorney in New York City, and Former Manhattan Public Defender. In her time as a public defender, Jenn handled countless larcenies, assaults, DWIs, and sex offense cases. In her last trial at the Legal Aid Society, Jenn...
    Rating:  8.5
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    Eli M. Moore

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    Eli M. Moore

    4.9129 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 42 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, DUI & DWI
    Former Bronx prosecutor. Handling criminal cases throughout Westchester. Call For A Free Consult
    Rating:  8.4
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    Maryam A. N'Ha Margo Hadden

    Maryam A. N'Ha Margo Hadden

    5.03 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation, White Collar Crime and more
    Bio: Maryam Hadden is a partner with Parlatore Law Group, who brings nearly a quarter of a century of experience in litigation to work for you. Ms. Hadden's practice area concentrations are investigations, white collar litigation, appellate work, and c...
    Rating:  9.7
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    Damaris Ruth Santamaria

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    Damaris Ruth Santamaria

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    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Landlord & Tenant, Immigration
    Bio: Damaris Santamaria joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2026 and is an Associate with the firm’s Litigation Department. Santamaria has significant experience in housing, criminal defense, immigration, and civil rights law. Her background includes...
    Rating:  6.7
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    Courtney E. McGowan

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    Courtney E. McGowan

    5.02 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket
    Serious Defense for Serious Charges. Courtney regularly handles misdemeanor and felony cases ranging from drug offenses, larcenies and violations of orders of protection, to violent felonies, including robberies, burglaries, assaults and homicides.
    Rating:  8.3
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    Matthew A. Miller

    Matthew A. Miller

    5.06 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Real Estate, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: Matthew Miller is an experianced litigation attorney with a wide range of civil and criminal litigation case experiance. Matthew Miller litigated numerous cases for the Law Office of Teresa M Spina focusing on accident related medical procedures. ...
    Rating:  9.4
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    Raed M Issa

    Raed M Issa

    5.0199 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket, DUI & DWI
    Bio: THE LAW OFFICE OF RAED M. ISSA, PLLC. is a full-service law firm proudly representing individuals within the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. If you are facing a legal problem, you deserve high-quality, judgment-free and effective legal counse...
    Rating:  7.4
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    James Paul Palumbo

    James Paul Palumbo

    5.02 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 42 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and more
    Bio: James Palumbo, Esq., has handled thousands of criminal cases during his thirty plus years as a criminal practitioner. James only takes criminal cases. He is an experienced trial attorney who has examined and cross examined hundreds of witnesses th...
    Rating:  8.2
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    Mark A. Siesel

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    Mark A. Siesel

    5.06 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 39 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Car Accidents and more
    Bio: The Law Office of Mark A. Siesel, with offices conveniently located in the Bronx, White Plains, and a satellite office in Peekskill, New York, has represented the victims of all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases in the federal and ...
    Rating:  8.1
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    Rasheedah R Terry

    Rasheedah R Terry

    5.014 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 21 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Bankruptcy & Debt, Divorce & Separation and more
    Bio: Rasheedah R. Terry Ms. Terry earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Seton Hall University in 2001. While at Seton Hall, she interned at the Office of United States Senator Robert Torricelli and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Seton Hall Pre-Law Revie...
    Rating:  9.0
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    Charles Albert Ross

    Charles Albert Ross

    5.04 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 43 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, White Collar Crime and more
    Bio: Givenmy prominent career as a criminal defense attorneyI wanted to createmy own law firm that employed the best practicesI honed as Chair of the White Collar Defense Group at a noted full service law firm, as a partner at a high-profile boutique c...
    Rating:  10
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    Jason Lloyd Stern

    Jason Lloyd Stern

    5.099 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury and more
    Bio: Jason Stern completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1994. Soon after starting his own practice in 1995, he began litigating cases in state and federal court. He is admitted to pra...
    Rating:  10
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    Michael Scott Deal

    Michael Scott Deal

    5.02 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Constitutional, Civil Rights and more
    Review: "Mike did a amazing job handling my case back in 2011 . I was looking at 18 years . Due to Mike reviewing my case and the details that were left out by prosecuter and the information that was brought before the judge, and my outstanding community b..."
    Rating:  8.3
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    Cary London

    Cary London

    5.09 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Civil Rights
    Review: "This lawyer is trustworthy, responsible and has an immaculate attention to detail. I can only say great positive things about this man! He worked with us from that night to the very end. Relieved a lot of stress from our family. Thank You Cary!"
    Rating:  10
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    Kara Rachel Lavy

    Kara Rachel Lavy

    5.02 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 18 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Sex Crime
    Bio: From the time she was born, Kara has lived in four different countries- the United States, Spain, Argentina and Israel- and in seven different cities: Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco, Tucson, and Jerusalem. By expe...
    Rating:  8.4
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    Marco Caviglia

    Marco Caviglia

    5.010 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 45 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, Personal Injury and more
    Bio: AVVO DISALLOWS CONTACT INFO, SO GOOGLE MY NAME FOR WEBSITE -Marco Caviglia has been a trial attorney for 45 years, most recently a Felony Bureau Chief at the Ulster County District Attorney's Office in NY, now again in private practice since 2023....
    Rating:  10
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    Barbara Lynn Gionta

    Barbara Lynn Gionta

    5.08 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family
    Review: "--What a difference and refreshing experience we had with Barbara Gionta. Being referred to her and hiring her was the best decision we made regarding our custody/visitation case. Barbara was forthcoming about what we could expect and listened to ..."
    Rating:  7.9
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    Jonathan Andrew Perez

    Jonathan Andrew Perez

    5.05 reviews
    New York Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 9 years
    Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, White Collar Crime and more
    Bio: I’m a seasoned criminal defense and civil rights attorney with over eight years of litigation experience in New York City, including 600+ serious felony cases and complex federal matters. I began my legal career as a prosecutor in the Brooklyn Dis...
    Rating:  8.0
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