Social Media Guidelines for Criminal Defense Cases | Brooklyn Criminal...
Don’t put anything on Facebook that you don’t expect the whole world to see. Even if it’s just a tweet, or a short Facebook post, it can still be picked up and displayed on the news. We constantly see...
View ArticleTeaching Legal Education Classes | NYC Criminal Defense Education
Every lawyer in New York state is required to take at least 24 hours of legal education classes every two years. Basically, these are like post law school classes that encourage continued learning...
View ArticlePrivate Investigators for Criminal Defense Cases | NYC Defense Attorney
Hiring a private investigator is something most criminal defense lawyers need to seriously consider in any criminal case. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you always hire one, but it certainly needs...
View ArticleWhen to Seek Professional Help in a Criminal Defense Case | NYC Defense Lawyer
There’s something in human nature — if the person really believe they are innocent, or if they think that they only did one or two things bad but it didn’t rise to the level of a crime in their mind,...
View ArticleModifying Criminal Defense Probation | NYC Federal Defense Attorney
I often get phone calls from people on probation or federal supervised release, and they have complaints about their current limitations. Things like: My probation officer won’t let me travel...
View ArticleCan Anthony Weiner Go to Jail for Sexting a 15-Year-Old Girl?
Former congressman Anthony Weiner has been involved in plenty of scandals, but the newest involves a minor. In this Rolling Stone article New York criminal defense attorney Paul Petrus comments on the...
View ArticleBrooklyn Judge Scolds Pill Peddler for Contributing to Opioid Crisis, Gets...
Hydrocodone pills, opioid painkillers similar to oxycodone. AP Photo by Toby Talbot A Brooklyn Judge sentenced a 65-year-old army veteran to eight years in prison Wednesday and railed on him for...
View ArticleToday’s Verdict: Online Safety, Slip and Fall, and Probation Violation
David Lesch discusses online safety, slip and fall accidents and in the Final Segment Probation & Parole Law with Paul D Petrus Jr. Watch Full Video The post Today’s Verdict: Online Safety, Slip...
View ArticlePaul D. Petrus Jr. Explains: Cardi B Faces Up To ‘1 Year In Jail’ & Could Pay...
Cardi B could face serious consequences now that she’s turned herself in for her involvement in an alleged strip club attack. HollywoodLife.com spoke EXCLUSIVELY with three NY attorneys about the...
View ArticlePaul D. Petrus Jr. Explains: Cardi B Could Face 1 Year In Jail & 3 Years Of...
Cardi B rejected a plea deal that would’ve given her no jail time, and three attorneys told HollywoodLife what legal fate the rapper could now be looking at as she’s due back in court on May 31. Cardi...
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