History
Michael is an AV Peer Rated attorney admitted to practice in all courts in the State of New York and the Federal Courts in the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of Connecticut, the First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeal and in the United States Supreme Court. Michael began his legal career interning at the Manhattan and Broolyn District Attorneys' Offices and has been litigating continuously in local, state and federal courts since 1993. Prior to moving to the Hudson Valley in 2005, he worked in small and mid-sized law firms in Manhattan where he specialzied in all aspects of criminal law with an emphasize on criminal trials, criminal appeals and post-conviction relief. Michael currently focuses his practice on all state and federal criminal defense, DWI/DUI, entertainment and sports law and criminal immigration defense usually when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (