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    Julie Felice Schechter

    Julie Felice Schechter

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas:  Employment and Labor, Criminal Defense, General Practice and more
    Review: "Julie Schechter served as counsel to our condominium; however, residents expressed concerns regarding the timeliness, adequacy, and accuracy of her advice."
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    Ilissa R. Brownstein

    Ilissa R. Brownstein

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights
    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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    Ramon Wigwaldo Pagan

    Ramon Wigwaldo Pagan

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 48 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Appeals, Federal Crime
    Review: "After 11 years on my immigration case and more than $12,000 on fees he never showed up for court. He stopped picking up the phone. Never gave me back my money and did NOTHING FOR ME. HE BELONGS IN JAIL"
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    Renee Melinda Levine

    Renee Melinda Levine

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 13 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Appeals, Business and more
    Rating:  7.1
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    Sueanne S Co

    Sueanne S Co

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    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 17 years
    Practice Areas:  Appeals, Criminal Defense, General Practice and more
    Review: "This person was sued for fraud in Queens, New York in 2017 and ordered to pay damages in April 2025. Index No. 710005/2017.However, she obtained a California law license in July 2025. I was defrauded of $37,400 by her in California in 2024, and I ..."
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    Dominic A. Baylon

    Dominic A. Baylon

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 19 years
    Practice Areas:  Workers Compensation, Real Estate, Landlord or Tenant and more
    Review: "Unresponsible ? to mean he showed up to a hearing for a summary judgement motion telling me it was an inconsequential hearing and would not change my chances of prevailing. More than just being unprepared , he had not been assigned to my case, I ..."
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    Robert A. Gross

    Robert A. Gross

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 21 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Car Accidents and more
    Rating:  8.0
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    Vincent Anzalone

    Vincent Anzalone

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 46 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, General Practice, Real Estate
    Review: "Very entitled with a poor attitude. Not a very competent or effective real estate attorney. Only has a hammer approach rather than logic and sense. Worked on a real estate transaction with this character. Disappointing experience. "
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    David Saul Hammer

    David Saul Hammer

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 50 years
    Practice Areas:  Appeals, Litigation, Criminal Defense
    Review: "Did a terrible job, lost the case, then got nasty. If you want a bad lawyer, who will lose, then Hammer is for you. Anyone else is a step up."
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    Stuart Adam Kanoff

    Stuart Adam Kanoff

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 31 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Speeding & Traffic Ticket
    Rating:  6.8
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    Matthew Adam-Philip Dusenberry

    Matthew Adam-Philip Dusenberry

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Violent Crime and more
    Bio: Matthew A. Dusenberry has focused his practice in Criminal Defense. He has fought cases in all five boroughs of New York City, as well as Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties. He has experience in Consumer Affairs and New York State tobacco an...
    Rating:  6.3
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    Martin David Kane

    Martin David Kane

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 62 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury
    Review: "Don't call this lawyer, he asked $20,000 for just an arraignment. A scammer."
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    Jennifer Marie Morgan

    Jennifer Marie Morgan

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas:  Litigation, Employment and Labor, Immigration and more
    Review: "It all seemed to go well at first she attended my calls,got back to me soon, filled out paper work then one day I went to "fill out the first form for my husband" and she made me go in (i live 1 hr 20min away) for something that could have been do..."
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    Navid Zareh

    Navid Zareh

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas:  Real Estate, Criminal Defense
    Review: "Being an attorney, he is very unprofessional and very rude. Whenever a message is left at his office, he takes forever or sometimes never to return your calls. I would never recommend him to anyone."
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    Jeffrey Scott Groder

    Jeffrey Scott Groder

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 35 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "Lawyer is terrible and unprofessional he acts like you are an inconvenience to him. He will brush you off and try to give you max amount of time I was in the courthouse waiting for My Fiancé to be seen and he never let me know that My Fiancé was b..."
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    Andrew Mark Romano

    Andrew Mark Romano

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 43 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Business, Commercial and more
    Rating:  6.8
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    Gary A. Maitland

    Gary A. Maitland

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Bio: As a founding partner of Kreisberg & Maitland, Attorney Gary A. Maitland focuses his legal practice and acumen fighting cases of civil rights and criminal defense. His work has earned him a spot on the Super Lawyers® list six years in a row. Mr. M...
    Rating:  6.5
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    Douglas G. Rankin

    Douglas G. Rankin

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, Appeals and more
    Rating:  6.5
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    Matthew A. Krivitsky

    Matthew A. Krivitsky

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas:  Litigation, Criminal Defense, General Practice and more
    Review: "Extremely homophobic and transphobic. He made many comments mocking pronouns and making me uncomfortable about my sexual orientation which had nothing to do with my inquiry."
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    Michael Howard Handwerker

    Michael Howard Handwerker

    1.01 review
    New York County Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 40 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "He hides evidence that can help the client. The prosecutors give evidence to him that probably could help the defendant but he hides it so client can't see it. No questions are asked by him to his client. "
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