BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: New York City’s “Vision Zero” Law New York City’s “Vision Zero” Law, which we detailed in an earlier blog post, allows criminal charges to be filed against drivers who strike, and either kill or seriously injure a pedestrian...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: “NOT GUILTY” Verdict on all Felony charges after a jury trial in Manhattan Supreme Court Our Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins client was facing a mandatory sentence of 7 years incarceration if convicted, and was found NOT GUILTY of...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: Can the police Photoshop a mugshot before showing it to a witness? Continuing on our discussion from last week concerning the use of facial recognition software to identify suspects, another disturbing trend has developed in the area of suspect...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: The Criminal Justice System & the Vanishing Trial They say lady justice is blind, for her blindfold represents objectivity, the ability to allocate justice without the fright of bribe, without the influence of money, wealth, power and identity. ...
New York Eliminates a Criminal Defense: A Due Process Violation? On June 30th, New York became the seventh state to ban what is referred to as the “gay and trans panic defense”. Under the new law (Ch.45, L. 2019) that became effective immediately, a defendant is...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: Gravity Knife ban lifted A gravity knife, small, easy to use blades that are defined under New York law as a knife with the blade in the handle that can be opened with a one-handed flick of the...
Behind the scenes with #ABKLaw LIVE with Arthur Aidala and Hon. Barry Kamins Let the renovations continue at our 546 Fifth Avenue offices...
What it’s really like at a NYC law firm...
BLOG: #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq. - New York State recently enacted CPL 160.59 Did you know: Our Partner Michael Jaccarino recently successfully petitioned New York County Criminal Court to seal the prior conviction and criminal record of an Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins client, a great...
You can’t turn on the news without hearing about the Harvey Weinstein case, which is precisely why the hearing on Friday was so important to our #ABKLaw Defense Team helmed by Executive Partner Marianne Bertuna, accompanied by Diana Fabi Samson, Arthur Aidala and Hon. Barry...