Michael S Pollok

I am an attorney with an AV Peer Reviewed rating, focusing my entire practice on criminal law throughout New York’s local, state, and federal courts. Throughout my career, I have represented clients facing a variety of criminal charges, including DUI. My legal services are comprehensive, encompassing plea negotiations, advanced motion practice, bail hearings, criminal trials, and appeals. I also manage tasks such as vacating warrants, post-conviction motions like habeas corpus, regulatory criminal investigations, post-conviction professional licensing hearings (Board of Regents/OPD), applications for certificates of relief from civil disabilities and good conduct, and commutation or expungement proceedings. Additionally, I work on mitigating other consequences of criminal convictions, such as reducing the risk of deportation for permanent resident aliens, visa holders, and DACA recipients. Before my current practice, I was an associate at Barrett, Gravante, Carpinello & Stern, LLP (now part of Boies, Schiller and Flexner, LLP) in Manhattan. My responsibilities there included white-collar criminal defense litigation and appeals, as well as complex civil litigation. This included investigations and litigation on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Resolution Trust Corporation concerning failed savings and loan institutions. I also served on the Criminal Justice Act panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Assigned Counsel Plan for the Appellate Division, First Department, and the pro-bono panel for the New York State Court of Appeals. After leaving Barrett, Gravante, Carpinello & Stern, LLP, I started a solo practice. Subsequently, I joined Hoffman & Pollok, LLP, Allegaert, Berger and Vogel, LLP, and Marvin and Marvin, PLLC as “of counsel”. Currently, I practice in Kingston, New York, and Red Hook, New York, where I exclusively handle criminal defense and traffic violations in New York’s Hudson Valley.