On January 7th 2015, two gunmen launched a terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting dead twelve people and injuring many others. Among those killed were four well-known cartoonists, staff of the weekly and two police officers. This extremist Islamic attack took place almost 3 years after the magazine had…
Continue reading ›On January 6, the New York Daily News published a column written by Matthew Galluzzo evaluating the decision by prosecutors at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office not to prosecute civil rights lawyer Sanford Rubenstein for an alleged rape at his apartment. The Daily News solicited Mr. Galluzzo’s opinion on the case because he is an…
Continue reading ›Matthew Galluzzo was recently quoted as a civil rights expert in the NY Daily News pertaining to the NYPD’s Operation Take Back, a sting used to arrest people for buying “stolen” iPhones from undercover officers. The operation has been much criticized by Matthew Galluzzo, who has successfully sued the NYPD on behalf of individuals falsely…
Continue reading ›Earlier this year, a student at a prominent New York university was accused by another student at his school of sexual misconduct. He retained MG to help him defend himself at his disciplinary panel hearing stemming from this complaint. The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo assisted him in preparing and organizing and presenting his evidence…
Continue reading ›University Campus Sexual Assault Disciplinary Proceedings Sexual assault on university campuses has long been a huge and underreported problem, but recently, the topic has received a tremendous amount of press coverage. As a result of this – as well as a spate of Title IX lawsuits alleging that universities have failed to make campuses safe…
Continue reading ›Defense attorney Matthew Galluzzo appeared in the New York Daily News on Monday in connection with a story about his client who pleaded guilty in federal court to sexual abuse on an international airplane flight. The Sentencing Guidelines and the prosecutor recommended a sentence of between 6 to 12 months in jail, but Mr. Galluzzo…
Continue reading ›Last night a rookie police officer shot and killed a 28 year old unarmed man named Akai Gurley as he was walking down a staircase in East New York’s Pink Houses. New York City Police Commissioner Bratton described the police shooting as “unintentional, ” and the result of an ‘”accidental discharge.” Whether or not this…
Continue reading ›Attorney Matthew Galluzzo recently appeared as a guest columnist and expert commentator in the New York Daily News on the rape and sexual assault investigation of famous civil rights attorney Sanford Rubinstein. The article is available here: here: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/case-sanford-rubenstein-hard-prove-prosecutor-article-1.1964443
Continue reading ›Criminal defense lawyer Matt Galluzzo was recently quoted in a Village Voice article about arrests in New York City for possessing illegal gravity knives. The article is available here. The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo has represented numerous individuals arrested for possessing gravity knives – if you or someone you love has been arrested or…
Continue reading ›Matthew Galluzzo, a former domestic violence prosecutor and Manhattan criminal defense attorney, was recently asked by USA Today to comment on whether Ray Rice received an appropriate result in connection with his arrest for aggravated assault of his wife in Atlantic City, NJ. The article containing his quote is available here: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/09/ray-rice-sentence Mr. Galluzzo also…
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