BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: Sealing In 2017, New York State passed a new sealing law that enables anyone who has been convicted of a crime to have his or her records sealed. This was huge! Why aren’t we hearing from more of...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Hon. Barry Kamins: "I am declaring an emergency"/ "I didn't have to do this now" With those two diametrically opposed statements, President Trump declared a national emergency last week to try and build a border wall. Forty-three years ago, Congress enacted...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: The Law on Bicycles on the Sidewalk in New York City The next time you are thinking of riding your bike on the sidewalk - think twice, or make sure there are not any police officers around. Indeed, you...
VICTIM OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE WHILE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN NEW YORK STATE? DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT. LEARN ABOUT THE NEW YORK CHILD VICTIMS ACT. Today Governor Cuomo signed into law a landmark legislation called the Child Victims Act....
A BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner John S. Esposito, Esq. Joaquin Guzman (El Chapo) was convicted of all counts on Tuesday after a three month trial that exposed the inner workings of one of the world’s most notorious drug cartels. The kingpin, who attained folk hero...
A BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Hon. Barry Kamins: Landmark Discovery Legislation in Criminal Cases Almost a half century ago, New York enacted a discovery statute that provided minimal discovery for defendants in criminal cases. That statute is about to be repealed and replaced with a groundbreaking new...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: To Arrest or Issue a Summons? A conundrum with huge implications! Enforcement of low-level offenses in New York City has always been arbitrary and inconsistent. Examples of such offenses are trespass, consumption of alcohol in public, possession of marijuana,...
A BLOG from our Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins P.C. Partners Hon. Barry Kamins and Marianne Bertuna: Supreme Court to Take Another Look at DWI cases The police are called to the scene of an accident in which one or more individuals have been injured or killed....
A BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino: Our client was indicted for murder and was facing a minimum of 25 years in prison and a maximum of life. After several months, we convinced the judge that the murder charges were insufficient and they were dismissed,...
A case our Managing Partner Arthur Aidala, Esq. worked on. It's not every day you hear this in court: “Well, every once in a while a lawyer comes along like Mr. Aidala who both through the eloquence of his presentation and also the total sincerity that he projects...