Westchester Criminal Defense Lawyers
Westchester Criminal Lawyers
Mayo Bartlett is a Westchester Criminal Lawyer who has the experience and dedication that you or your loved one needs on their side when facing criminal charges in Westchester County. He is a former Westchester County prosecutor who served more than 10 years in the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office in White Plains New York. Mayo has also been recognized as a Super Lawyer, having been selected to be on the cover of the 2020 Super Lawyers New York Metro Publication as seen below. Mr. Bartlett is also pleased to be recognized as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers.
Significantly, Mayo has been a Westchester Criminal Defense Attorney since 2003, and has a thorough understanding of police procedure from years spent working with officers and detectives throughout Westchester County, New York City and the Hudson Valley. Our Westchester Criminal Lawyers have handled thousands of criminal cases, and have successfully been able to have many felonies reduced to misdemeanors, violations, or dismissed entirely in their entirety.
We are Westchester litigators who are frequently are on trial, and who often achieve favorable verdicts for our clients. We have accomplished verdicts of not guilty for a variety of criminal charges that could have resulted in sentences of decades, and sometimes life in prison. With More than 3 decades of experience as a Westchester Criminal Lawyer, Mayo is extremely familiar with the collateral consequences that may accompany a criminal conviction.
Our Westchester County New York Criminal Defense Lawyers have extensive experience in New York State and Federal Courts, and are familiar with every aspect of handling criminal cases from the investigative stage through trial. We are part of a criminal defense team that works frequently with private investigators and forensic experts to provide you with the best defense. We have also handled numerous cases that have received attention from local, regional, national and even international attention. Equally important is that after decades as a prosecutor and defense attorney, we know Westchester, and there is no substitute for experience in the county.
Westchester Criminal Cases
Our Westchester Criminal Defense Attorneys recognize that all criminal cases are serious matters that may lead to loss of your freedom, loss of your job, and even deportation, in addition to high fines and the possibility of long jail sentences. These offenses may lead to the loss of your Driver License, as well as other licenses that may required for your continued employment. Many criminal offenses may be considered “crimes of moral turpitude” for immigration purposes, and may result in removal from the United States if you are not a citizen. Other collateral consequences may include loss of educational opportunities, eviction from your residence and loss of your employment.
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions may include, and are not limited to the following:
- Loss of your freedom
- Loss of your job
- Immigration consequences
- You may be placed on probation
- You may be subjected to random drug testing and be required to undergo drug treatment
- You may be ineligible for a professional license
- You may lose your Driver License
Our Westchester Criminal Attorneys also have extensive experience representing college students who have criminal charges against them. Seemingly minor drug charges can have devastating consequences for college students. Any type of criminal allegation may lead to denial of student loans, and even expulsion from school. If you, or a loved one is a college student facing drug charges contact us immediately so that we may help you effectively resolve the case while preserving your ability to complete your education.
At the Law Offices of Mayo Bartlett, PLLC., we are Westchester Criminal Lawyers who are trial attorneys, experienced in defending all kinds of criminal cases. We will fight to allow you to participate in drug court, and other problem solving courts where appropriate. If you are a candidate for a Problem Solving Court (such as Drug Court, Veteran’s Court or Mental Health Court), your charges may be reduced, or even dismissed, if you successfully complete the program. Our primary objective is to allow you to return to your life stronger than you were the day you retained us.
In our effort to successfully help you we will do our best to get to know you. It is often by presenting you to a judge, prosecutor or jury as a human being, that we are able to achieve the best result for you. In our opinion, people charged with crimes are largely seen as a case, penal code, or other statistic. We recognize that this is inaccurate and unfair, and that no-one should be judge solely based upon one moment in a difficult time in their life.
We are experienced Criminal Defense Attorneys who work with forensic experts and private investigators with law enforcement experience. Our Westchester Criminal Lawyers will provide you with a strong criminal defense by carefully scrutinizing all of the allegations against you. We will present evidence of your innocence to to prosecutor in an effort to avoid charges if they have not already been filed, or to get filed charges reduced or dismissed. Our team serves clients in all of the boroughs of New York City, as well as Rockland County, Putnam County, Dutchess County, Ulster County, Westchester County, and more. Contact us for a consultation.
With offices located in the Westchester Financial Center which is one block from the White Plains Train Station and bus depot, and two blocks from the Westchester County Court, our Criminal Defense Team handles felonies in Federal Court, as well as New York State Courts in New York City, Westchester County, including White Plains, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Rye, Sleepy Hollow, Peekskill, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Armonk, Chappaqua, Greenburgh, Elmsford, Valhalla, New Rochelle, Bronxville, Eastchester, Scarsdale, Mamaroneck, Hartsdale, Harrison, Mount Vernon, Pelham,
Port Chester, Somers, Ossining, Yorktown, Croton on Hudson, Cortlandt, Brewster, Southeast, Putnam Valley, Larchmont, Bedford, Katonah, Mount Kisco,
New Castle, North Castle, Lewisboro, South Salem, North Salem, Hastings, Pleasantville, Nyack, Briarcliff, Ardsley, Irvington, Tuckahoe, Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Putnam County, Dutchess County, Rockland County, Ulster County and throughout the Hudson Valley.
Mayo appeared almost every week on a legal panel featured on Richard French Live which is available on WRNN. The show was taped live every Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m. and airs throughout New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, including the five boroughs of New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, the Washington DC Metro Area, Dallas, Houston, San Fransisco, Los Angeles and Hawaii.
If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges or investigations, don’t hesitate. Contact our Westchester County Criminal Defense Lawyers now and let our Drug Defense Lawyers begin the fight to protect your business and to keep your freedom.
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