Matthew J Simone
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Matthew J. Simone is a partner at the law firm of Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Binghamton University in 2010 and graduated from Albany Law School in 2013.
During Matthew’s tenure at Binghamton University, he majored in financial management, was a Division 1 Scholarship Athlete and captain of the baseball team in his senior year. In law school, Matthew interned at the Schenectady County Public Defender’s Office and the Albany County District Attorney’s Office.
Prior to joining the firm, Matthew was an associate attorney at a local firm where he practiced in the areas of DWI defense, criminal and civil litigation, personal injury and vehicle & traffic matters. He was admitted to practice law in New York in January of 2014, and was admitted to practice in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in June of 2015.
Mr. Simone’s practice is focused on DWI defense, criminal and civil litigation, personal injury and vehicle & traffic matters in the following Counties: Schenectady, Albany, Saratoga, Greene, Columbia, Warren, Washington, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Delaware, Schoharie, Otsego, and Broome.
- DUI & DWI
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Traffic Tickets
- Suspended License
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Civil Litigation
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- New York
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- Partner
- Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
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- DWI, Criminal, Personal Injury and Vehicle & Traffic Defense.
- Associate Attorney
- Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
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- DWI, Criminal, Personal Injury and Vehicle & Traffic Defense.
- Law Intern with Practice Order
- Albany County District Attorney's Office
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- Criminal prosecution in the Major Crimes Unit
- Law Intern
- Schenectady County Public Defender's Office
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- Criminal Defense
- Albany Law School
- J.D. (2013)
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- State University of New York - Binghamton
- B.S. (2010) | Management Finance
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- 2023 Upstate New York Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2022 Upstate New York Rising Star Award
- Superlawyers
- 2021 Upstate New York Rising Star Award
- Superlawyers
- 2020 Upstate New York Rising Star Award
- Superlawyers
- 10 Best Attorneys
- American Institute of DUI/DWI Attorneys
- State Bar of New York
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- Schenectady County Bar Association
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- National College For DUI Defense
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- Activities: Completed summer session curriculum in DUI Defense Law conducted at the Harvard Law School in 2018.
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- New York State Bar Association
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- DWI Practice
- Schenectady County Bar Association
- VTL ISSUES, VTL SUSPENSIONS, VTL STATUTES AND DMV REGULATIONS, New York State Association of Magistrates Court Clerks, New York City
- Association of Towns
- The seminar will serve to address unique issues arising in a vehicle and traffic case, as well as suspensions and revocations that can be imposed by the Court and the Department of Motor Vehicles. The seminar will also discuss the issue of tickets made returnable when the court is not in session, requests for supporting depositions, and the effect of failing to file accusatory instruments with the Court prior to the return date of the appearance ticket.
- To Blow or Not to Blow, That Is The Question, DWI On Trial: The Big Apple XXII, Albany, New York
- New York State Bar Association
- This lecture is designed to help lawyers systematically handle the late night phone call from an individual under arrest for DWI. The lecture will not only cover how to answer the question, but to do it in a way that does not incriminate the individual making the call. In addition, the program will cover representing an individual accused of refusing to submit to a chemical test during the virtual DMV hearing, and refusal consequences.
- Breaking Down SFSTs & Proving Sobriety, Virtual
- Schenectady County Bar Association
- To Blow Or Not To Blow & Handling Test Refusals, NYSBA Webinar
- New York State Bar Association - Criminal Justice Section
- To Blow Or Not To Blow & Handling Test Refusals is a program designed to help lawyers systematically handle the late night phone call from an individual under arrest for DWI. The lecture will not only cover how to answer the question, but to do it in a way that does not incriminate the individual making the call. In addition, the program will cover representing an individual accused of refusing to submit to a chemical test at the DMV, and in the Courtroom.
- To Blow Or Not To Blow & Handling Test Refusals, Schenectady County Courthouse
- Schenectady County Bar Association
- Website
- www.dwilawny.com
