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EnglishWhat Types of Criminal Cases Does the Law Office of Paul D. Petrus Jr. & Associates Handle in NYC?
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The Law Office of Paul D. Petrus Jr. & Associates P.C. presents itself as a New York City criminal defense firm handling cases across the five boroughs, with published content organized around five specific case types: theft and grand larceny, weapons possession, sex crimes and SORA risk levels, assault, and post-conviction record sealing. The site frames each topic through a borough — Staten Island, Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn respectively — and addresses both misdemeanor and felony distinctions within those categories. What follows is what the site itself evidences, without extending beyond it.
Case categories the firm describes
The firm's blog content maps to the following areas:
| Case type | Borough framing | Specific issue addressed |
|---|---|---|
| Theft / grand larceny | Staten Island | Challenging the dollar value that elevates a charge to grand larceny under New York Penal Law § 155.30 |
| Weapons possession | Manhattan | Knife possession under two separate rules — New York Penal Law § 265.01 and NYC Administrative Code § 10-133 |
| Sex crimes / SORA | Bronx | Challenging a SORA risk level by attacking the point score and seeking a downward departure |
| Assault | Queens | Distinguishing misdemeanor assault from felony assault, starting with the injury rather than the fight |
| Post-conviction relief | Brooklyn | Asking a post-conviction lawyer to seal a criminal record |
Each entry is written as a question-and-answer explainer, so the site functions partly as an educational resource on how these charges are defended, not only as a service listing.
How the borough framing works
The firm assigns one borough to each topic rather than presenting a single citywide page. That structure reflects the fact that criminal cases in New York City move through different courthouses and county-level practices — the Bronx SORA content, for example, references the sentencing judge at the Bronx Hall of Justice. If your matter is in a borough other than the one paired with your case type, the pairing is a content organization choice, not a statement that the firm only handles that charge in that borough.
Misdemeanor versus felony
The site explicitly addresses the misdemeanor/felony line in at least two places. The Queens assault content is built around telling the two apart, and the Staten Island theft content turns on the dollar threshold that converts theft into grand larceny. This matters because the distinction drives sentencing exposure and which court handles the case, so the firm's content treats the charging level as a contested issue rather than a fixed fact.
What the site does not claim
The page does not list every practice area, publish fee amounts, or state that consultations are free beyond the site's own title and description. It also does not promise outcomes. The media mentions shown — coverage of the Alison Russo case, a horse-racing misbranding matter, and a NewsNation interview about a presentencing probation interview — are attributed statements and appearances, not case results. Treat the five categories above as what the firm has publicly documented, and confirm any other charge type directly with the office.