Domestic Violence cases are on the rise in Queens and the office of the District Attorney in Queens County is aggressively prosecuting these Domestic Violence cases. In fact, Queens has a Court room solely dedicated to DV cases called AP4. It houses both felony and misdemeanor Domestic Violence cases. Unlike New York County and Brooklyn, Queens Criminal Court has yet to integrate the Family and Criminal Domestic Violence cases into one Courtroom. Thus, if you are charged with a Domestic Violence crime, you may have to go to both Criminal and Family Court depending on the charge and what family members are involved. Your Queens Domestic Violence Lawyer will explain to you that there is no statutory crime known as Domestic Violence. But rather, it is a category that is made up of a variety of crimes such as rape, sodomy, murder, assault, harassment, aggravated harassment, menacing, sexual abuse and excessive corporal punishment, just to name a few.

If these crimes are perpetrated on a family member or on someone with whom you live, the criminal act is considered one of Domestic Violence. Your Queens Domestic Violence Lawyer will tell you that in a majority of assault cases (which make up a large number of domestic violence cases) are not observed by non-party eyewitnesses. As a result of this, the criminal case becomes a he said, she said case giving a Queens Criminal Lawyer experienced in The Queens Criminal Courts the ability to raise a reasonable doubt about who is telling the truth. Very often in these situations the Criminal Defense Attorneys in our office may put forth a "self defense claim" to combat the pending criminal charge. As a result of the victim fighting back, injury often occurs to the attacker. Then the attacker complains to the police and they arrest the wrong person. That's when the knowledge and experience of a Queens Domestic Violence Lawyer can help defend and assert your legal rights.

When you have pending criminal charges the Queens Criminal Lawyers of Stephen Bilkis & Associates are available to you at 1-800-NY-NY-Law for a free consultation. Many times defendants in criminal cases fail to hire counsel immediately for fear of the expense. That is why we offer a free consultation so you can have a patient and knowledgeable Criminal Lawyer with experience in Domestic Violence cases answer your questions. So if you've been arrested or are the subject of a police investigation, call Stephen Bilkis & Associates at 1-800-NY-NY-Law to use the free consultation. We can meet in all boroughs of NYC and on Long Island in Nassau County and Suffolk County.