New Paltz Personal Injury And Criminal Defense Lawyer
I have more than 25 years of experience in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. When you hire me, you can rest assured that your case is in experienced hands.
Practice Areas
As a New Paltz personal injury attorney, I focus my legal practice areas on criminal defense and personal injury. By limiting my practice areas, I am able to stay current on the law in these areas and give my clients the best representation possible.
Aggressive Criminal Defense
I handle many areas of criminal defense, including DWI, traffic, student offenses, drug crimes and shoplifting, in most of the local Hudson Valley Region courts.
DWI
- First-offense DWI
- Second and subsequent DWI, usually considered felony DWI
- The related DMV administrative driver’s license revocation hearings
Traffic Violations
I handle many types of traffic-related legal issues, including:
- Basic traffic violations of all kinds
- Speeding tickets
- Reckless driving
- NY thruway tickets
- CDL violations
- Trucking violations
- Driving with a suspended drivers license
- The point system
Student offenses
With The State University of New York (SUNY) and other major colleges and universities in the area, I have represented many students charged with criminal offenses like:
- Traffic violations
- Drug charges
- Fake ID
- Trespassing
- Underage drinking and DWI
- Petit larceny
- Shoplifting
Drug crimes
I have more than 25 years of experience defending my clients from various drug charges, including marijuana possession, possession with intent to deliver and prescription drug charges.
Local Courts
In New York State, you need to defend against criminal charges in the local court where you were charged. I have experience defending clients before many of our local courts, including:
- New Paltz Town Court
- Plattekill Town Court
- Poughkeepsie City Court
- Lloyd Town Court
- Stanford Town Court
- Milan Town Court
Personal Injury
A few examples of the different types of personal injury cases I handle include:
- Car accidents
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Pedestrian and bicycle accidents
- Slip-and-fall accidents
- Construction accidents
- Dog bites
- Wrongful death
Personal Contact
I am a solo practitioner. This means that you get better service than you would get from a larger law firm. When you work with Lawrence R. Trank, PLLC, you work with me, your attorney, throughout your case. I do not hand you off to assistants or associates.
Contact New York Criminal Defense Lawyer
Either call my office or e-mail me to schedule your free initial consultation, so you can learn more about how I can help you in your criminal defense or personal injury case.