With three decades of combined experience, we are uniquely positioned to provide expert legal guidance in a wide range of traffic violations cases. As skilled New York City Traffic Violations Attorneys, we provide hard-hitting and effective legal representation for people charged with traffic-related offenses in New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Upstate New York or anywhere in the State of New York, in the following areas:

• All moving violations that can result in accumulating D.M.V. points on your license. The motorist’s copy of these tickets are yellow and are most commonly issued for the following infractions in the State of New York, such as speeding, red light, improper turns, disobeying a traffic device, tailgating, fail to stop at stop sign, passing a school bus, failure to yield to a pedestrian, leaving the scene of an accident, HOV/EZ pass violations, and driving without insurance. In NYC, Buffalo, and Rochester these tickets are answerable to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles Traffic Violations Bureau. In the remainder of New York State these tickets are usually answerable to the local town or village justice court. When retaining us we answer these tickets and get hearing dates for you without sending them to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles.
• All misdemeanor moving violations. The motorist’s copy of these tickets are usually pink. A conviction can result in a criminal record as well as D.M.V. points on your license. Common examples of misdemeanor criminal tickets are reckless driving and aggravated unlicensed and DAT’s (Desk Appearance Tickets). These tickets are always returnable to a local criminal court. In the five boroughs these tickets are returnable to either 100 Centre St., 346 Broadway, Midtown 54th St. court. 120 Schermerhom, Queens Blvd.
• Dept. Of Motor Vehicles Safety Hearings: Chemical test refusals, fatality hearings, cheating on driving test, license suspension/revocation.
• Trucking violations: summons issued to vehicles for overweight, over width, no tax stamp, no HUT permit. Depending on the location or violation these tickets are answerable either to a local criminal, village or justice court. In NYC if your company is issued a ticket for one of the above mentioned violations that is returnable to criminal court at 346 Broadway you must hire an attorney to represent your company.
• Remove and vacate suspensions to your driver’s license that result from your failure to answer a ticket within the required time frame or appeal guilty verdicts which may have resulted in a suspension of your driving privileges. We can also assist you if you have been issued a ticket for driving without insurance, which if convicted is a mandatory one (1) year revocation of your driver’s license and a $500 civil penalty at the end of the 1 year revocation in order to get your license back. Additionally, we are experienced in filing coram nobis motions (if you plead guilty without understanding repercussions of guilty plea). A coram nobis can vacate the guilty plea and reopen the case.
  

As skilled New York Traffic Violations Attorneys, we have built our Firm into one of the largest and most respected law firms specializing in vehicle and traffic law in the state. The benefits of our representation include:

• Combined 30 years of experience.
• Well-respected by judges and DA's in all various courts all over New York.
• Most of the time -- with an affidavit -- motorist does not have to appear in court. We can appear on your behalf.
• In NYC Boroughs, there is no plea bargaining. Therefore we must have a trial. We have a very high winning percentage in these cases.
• If you lose, we appeal free of charge, apart from D.M.V's $60 transcript fee.
• In courts that do plea bargains, attorneys usually get a better outcome than a motorist appearing on his or her own behalf.
• We keep you apprised of the status of your case. We send a letter the week before the case as a reminder, call the night before as a second reminder, and call the day after to apprise you of the outcome.
• Outstanding reputation.
• Well-respected by Judges and law enforcement officials.
• We will adjourn and reappear on cases for no extra fee if necessary.
• We appear in courts from South Hampton all the way up to the Canadian border.
• We have experience and expertise to navigate the system, and the reputation and respect of the people within the system to ensure the best possible outcome.
• You do not have to worry about your ticket- once you give us the ticket we get return dates from the courts for you and make all appearances on your behalf.
• We accept checks, credit cards, cash, and money orders.
• You never have to come to the office if you do not wish to.
• We validate certain parking garages if you come to the office or court to retain us, or you can call our staff from the car and they will come downstairs and collect your documentation/fees.
  

If you or someone you know in Long Island, Westchester, Upstate New York or anywhere in the State of New York need the assistance of an experienced New York Traffic Violations Attorney, call Posner & Laczynski today at 212-343-1766, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.

Driving with a Suspended License:
Driving with a suspended or revoked license is usually charged as a serious misdemeanor punishable by substantial fines and up to a year in jail. Under some circumstances, as where someone is killed or injured in an accident caused by a driver whose license is suspended or revoked, the offense can be charged as a felony, with a high fine and a possible state prison sentence. Fines and jail sentences are typically heaviest in cases where the license suspension or revocation resulted from a traffic offense involving alcohol and/or drugs.

Reckless Driving:
Reckless driving is operating a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of others or the property of others. It generally involves drastic misconduct on the road, such as driving on the wrong side of the road or driving at dangerously high speeds. It is generally charged as a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine and a local jail sentence. It sometimes results in a driver's license suspension or revocation, and it very often results in the cancellation of insurance. Automobile insurance companies know that people who drive “recklessly” are more likely than others to get in traffic accidents. Also, “reckless driving” convictions are commonly seen as part of a plea bargain in which an initial DUI charge is “reduced” to reckless driving.

Contests of Speed (Drag Racing):
In most states, engaging in contests of speed (racing) is a serious misdemeanor punishable by local jail time and a fine. It can also trigger license suspension or revocation by the Department of Motor Vehicles or other state licensing agency. It is also fairly certain to result in cancellation of automobile insurance. Repeat offenders usually face escalating penalties including felony prosecution in aggravated circumstances.

Other Traffic Crimes:
Every state has its own set of laws governing the operation of motor vehicles on public streets and highways. Most of these laws classify violations as infractions - relatively minor offenses for which a fine is the only penalty. One cannot be given a jail sentence for an infraction. It can be very important to fight infraction prosecutions in some situations. Many states have “point” systems to track individual driving records and the accumulation of too many points can have serious consequences, ranging from license suspension to revocation. Automobile insurance carriers often cancel the policies of drivers with too many “points.” The decision whether or not to fight an infraction ticket is one that should receive very careful consideration.

Administrative License Suspension Hearings:
Most states provide for administrative driver's license suspension in certain circumstances, but in every case the driver is entitled to a hearing in which the suspension can be contested. If a hearing is not requested within the time provided by law the right to a hearing is waived, and the suspension goes into effect automatically. In some cases the time for requesting a hearing is very short, and the scope of the hearing is usually very narrow and highly technical, from a legal standpoint. Self-representation at a suspension hearing is rarely successful. The different types of administrative suspension include:

• Medical/Drug Suspension
  Some medical conditions require administrative driver's license suspension. These include certain diseases involving seizures, blackouts, fainting spells, serious physical coordination problems, some mental disorders and loss of vision. The defense to this type of suspension usually involves the submission of written reports from health care providers and other experts.
• Negligent Driver Suspension
  This involves situations in which a driver has accumulated too many “points” for traffic tickets or has been involved in an unusually high number of accidents.
• Drunk Driving Suspension Based on BAC
  Starting January 2007-raising fines and penalties for BAC over certain level. If a defendant’s chemical test shows a BAC of .08% or more most states impose a 30 to 90 day suspension. This varies from state to state and may be longer than that. At the hearing, skilled counsel may attack the probable cause for the defendant’s detention and arrest and/or the validity of the chemical test.
• Drunk Driving Suspension Based on Test Refusal
  Where the defendant refuses to submit to a chemical test most states provide for a license suspension ranging from six months to a year, but in at least one state the term is three years. The refusal suspension is not affected by the outcome of a DUI trial. If there is a refusal suspension it remains in place even if the defendant is adjudged “not guilty.” At the hearing, skilled counsel may attack the probable cause for the defendant’s detention and arrest and/or the validity of the chemical test.
• Fatality Hearings
  Where defendant had vehicular accident resulting in death of a third party.
  

If you or someone you know in Long Island, Westchester, Upstate New York or anywhere in the State of New York need the assistance of an experienced New York City Traffic Violations Attorney, call Posner & Laczynski today at 212-343-1766, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.

If you or someone you know in Long Island, Westchester, Upstate New York or anywhere in the State of New York need the assistance of an experienced New York City Traffic Violations Attorney, call Posner & Laczynski today at 212-343-1766, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.

ADDRESS OF THE FIRM:
Posner & Laczynski, P.C.
350 Broadway, Suite 405
NYC, NY 10013
Telephone: 212-343-1766
Fax: 212-343-0712
After-hours appointments available.

MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:

Stacy Posner

EDUCATION:

• New England School of Law, J.D., 1991
• University of Miami, B.A., 1987
  

JURISDICTIONS LICENSED IN:

• New York

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Advisory Board of WLS Lifestyles Magazine
• Magazine Cover, WLS Lifestyles Magazine
  

Christine M. Laczynski

EDUCATION:

• Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1980
• Castleton State College, B.A., 1973
  

JURISDICTIONS LICENSED IN:

• New York

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Advisory Board of WLS Lifestyles Magazine