New York State District Attorneys, especially in the five boroughs of New York City – Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx, take arrests for illegally possessing firearms, aka, handguns and pistols, incredibly seriously. Whether in your waistband on
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Saland Law is a legal practice specializing in criminal defense with a focus on cases involving domestic violence, sex crimes, extortion, and firearm possession. The firm provides representation in complex criminal matters, often challenging prosecutorial decisions and seeking dismissals or favorable plea agreements. Their work includes defending clients against felony and misdemeanor charges, addressing issues related to sextortion and online blackmail, and navigating changes in criminal statutes such as New York's sex crime laws. Saland Law also handles cases involving firearm possession offenses, advocating for clients to avoid criminal convictions and mitigate penalties. The firm emphasizes thorough investigation, motion practice, and strategic negotiation to protect clients' rights and interests.
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Evading Arrest by Concealment of Identity: New York Penal Law 205.35
With all the mask wearing lately, you’d think New York City was anything but the home of the brave, or maybe Gothamites from Manhattan to Brooklyn just thought that the COVID boogeyman lurked on every subway, at every protest, and…
So, You Decided to Sextort Someone: Extortion, Blackmail & Coercion, Oh My!
While online and offline extortionists may try to couch their efforts to obtain money from you as something other than what it is really is – a crime, the offenses they commit are not always the same. To that end,…
Applying NY’s Revenge Porn “Digitization” Language to CSAM Crimes of Penal Law 263.10, 263.11, 263.15 & 263.16
In the context of unlawful intimate and sexual imagery, the ease by which malicious actors can create “deep fakes” and AI generated images to harm or harass others in every facet of their lives both online and off has led…
Title IX Case Against Client Dropped at Top National University After Client Files Own Complaint Against False Accuser
As a lawyer who regularly serves as a Title IX attorney-advisor to students and faculty at Ivy League, elite, and other highly respected colleges and universities both in New York – Columbia, Barnard, NYU, Cornell, Fordham, Pratt, Binghamton – and…
Student Avoids Multi-Semester Suspension & No-Contact Order Dissolved After University Title IX Dating Violence Hearing
As a college and university Title IX attorney-advisor, I have shepherded many a client through either a fact-finding hearing or informal/administrative resolution resulting in a finding of no responsibility, aka, an “acquittal”. Whether they were accused of violating Title…
Felony & Misdemeanor Charges Across Three Arrests Dismissed for Client Wrongfully Charged for Domestic Violence Crimes
Even if I am always professional in my interactions with prosecutors and often more than cordial and friendly, I routinely disagree with prosecutors and regularly have an adversarial relationship with them as a criminal defense lawyer. Simply, that is…
NYC Trial Lawyer’s Motions to Dismiss Serves Clients Far Better than Trials Themselves: Alleged Domestic Violence Assault Cases Dismissed
As a trial attorney in New York’s criminal courts, I am certainly not afraid to “go the distance” if needed to exonerate a client. However, I can unequivocally say that even if a client desperately wants his or her day…
Extortion Lawyers Shut Down Attempted Long-Term Affair Sextortion & Online Blackmail of Two Clients
Sextortion and Blackmail in New York City and well beyond are crimes that are boundlessly expanding in terms of who is targeted and the means by which the crimes are perpetrated. One of likely very few Extortion attorneys and lawyers…
Saland Law Secures Non-Criminal Plea for Pro-Bono Client Charged with Violent Felony Gun Possession
Saland Law is proud to share a pro-bono client’s non-criminal disposition after her arrest in Manhattan and subsequent charge of Second Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, New York Penal Law 265.03. A legal firearm owner who possessed a…