when you contact talk to counsel, you're not routed to a screener. a licensed attorney handles your call.
Kevin Finkelstein is an experienced attorney standing ready to receive your call and provide you with a gameplan.
He built Talk to Counsel because the hardest moment in a legal crisis is the moment before you know who to call.
Most people facing that moment end up calling no one, or calling the wrong person. Talk to Counsel exists to fix that. Get an experienced attorney on the line, ready with an honest answer about what to do next.
Kevin's primary practice is criminal defense. He handles misdemeanor and felony matters in state courts in and around Westchester County, and he's trained to handle arraignment, pretrial motion practice, suppression hearings, plea negotiations, and trial.
Before opening Finkelstein Criminal Defense PLLC (the "firm"), Kevin was an attorney for three major international law firms, where he learned how serious institutions prepare materials, manage a file, and represent a client when the stakes are significant.
Talk to Counsel is the firm's public-facing intake line. It is built on a simple idea: the person on the other end of a lawyer's phone should actually be a lawyer.
When you reach out, a licensed attorney will quickly connect with you, listen to what happened, tell you honestly what kind of matter you have, and help you decide the next step, whether that means retaining the firm, being referred to someone better-suited, or walking away with a clearer picture of where you stand.
Awarded by the New York State Bar Association in recognition of pro bono service and commitment to access to justice.
The firm focuses on representing clients in criminal matters, primarily in state courts in Westchester County and the surrounding region. This includes misdemeanors, felonies, DWI cases, and related proceedings.
For legal matters outside the firm's direct practice areas, including personal injury, family, employment, immigration, and civil disputes, callers are screened and, where appropriate, referred to attorneys the firm knows and trusts.