With extensive experience in criminal defense throughout New York and other jurisdictions, ETKS is dedicated to providing the highest level of legal representation to clients who have been charged or wrongfully convicted. Within the legal community, we are known for taking on the most serious and complex cases, providing capital representation as well as state and federal civil rights litigation.

We represent people: 

– accused of crimes in both federal and state court, including those charged with death penalty eligible offenses in federal court

– with serious and complex cases

-across the spectrum of all criminal matters, including homicide offenses, sex offenses, drug offenses, weapon offenses, white-collar crimes, misdemeanors, and lesser offenses

-at trial and on appeal, as well as state and federal post-conviction challenges

-who have been wrongfully imprisoned or convicted independently and in conjunction with Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP and others

-whose liberty is at stake in involuntary commitment, Article 10, and Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) proceedings

Firm News

ETKS Partner Sarah Wesley Featured in Democrat and Chronicle Article Regarding Potential False Testimony of New York State Troopers

ETKS Partner Sarah Wesley was featured in and asked for her opinion...
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ETKS Partners Brian Shiffrin, Donald M. Thompson, and Lawrence Kasperek were recently included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Criminal Defense: General Practice.

ETKS Partners Brian Shiffrin, Esq., Donald M. Thompson, Esq., and Lawrence Kasperek,...
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Blog

Motion to Suppress Indentification Testimony as Unreliable

In People v Reeves (152 AD3d 1173, 1176 [4th Dept 2017]), the...read more

Challenging Traffic Stops as Violative of Equal Protection

by Jill Paperno Author of "Representing the Accused: A Practical Guide to...read more

CLE Presentations

An incomplete motion outline

Here is a Motion checklist, Motion outine, and Post-conviction motion outline from...
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He Started It: The Justification Defense

On September 7, 2018, ETKS associate Paul Meabon along with Monroe County...
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