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In this blawg, our criminal lawyers explain DWI charges, DWI penalties and DWI consequences. Being accused of driving under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, or any controlled substance in New York is not a matter to be taken lightly. A conviction for any DWI-related offense can have serious consequences, such as incurring a permanent criminal…

Matthew J. Galluzzo was recently interviewed in French by the French Catholic newspaper La Croix (The Cross) about the recent arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

This week, Manhattan federal prosecutors scored a huge victory with a conviction in the insider trading trial of billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, the former manager of the successful Galleon hedge fund. Rajaratnam is expected to be sentenced to anywhere between 15.5-19 years in prison as a result of his conviction, though he plans to appeal to…

We have previously discussed Assault in the Third Degree. This post addresses the more serious felony charge of Assault in the Second Degree, under New York Penal Law section 120.05. A common situation where this offense is charged is where a bar fight goes too far — someone uses a boot, a bottle, a knife…

The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo have a reputation as experts in the field of gravity knife and weapons possession cases. Zachary H. Johnson, partner, was recently asked to comment on a recent New York Court of Appeals decision concerning an officer’s right to arrest a person on suspicion of carrying a gravity knife. A…

Having practiced criminal law for ten years, we have seen hundreds of cases in New York City where people have been arrested and charged with felonies or misdemeanors because they intentionally or recklessly caused damage to another person’s property. These cases frequently occur in domestic situations where an argument between family members, spouses or domestic…

Before you send that threatening email or text message, or scream in anger at someone over the phone, you should take a deep breath and stop to consider whether you might actually be committing a crime by doing so. In New York state, Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree (Penal Law 240.30) is a Class…

Article 200 of the New York state Penal Law contains most of the criminal charges potentially applicable to bribes involving public officials. The charges in this chapter are generally quite serious, as most of them are classified as felonies (meaning that they are potentially punishable by more than a year in prison). (Note: Federal charges…

Matthew Galluzzo, a criminal defense lawyer, was recently recruited and hired by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a selective and important assignment in South Africa. South Africa has a serious problem with rape; indeed, a recent and shocking survey revealed that one in three South African women reported having been raped…

Although we do not usually publish blog posts in French, we have received several calls from news reporters in the wake of the recent arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. One of our attorneys, Matthew Galluzzo, speaks French and regularly represents French nationals accused of crimes in New York. We have prepared the following summary of New…