Natalie Rios
Natalie is a stellar litigator and down to earth, sensible attorney who started her legal career at the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office where she gained experience in the Red Zone Trial Bureau (working cases from some of the highest volume, violent crime precincts in New York), Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, and Early Case Assessment Bureau. She later moved to private practice, focusing on immigration law, where she never had an order of removal issued against a client, and has a 100% success rate in Special Immigrant Juvenile cases. She has also successfully handled family offense matters, which are often tied to criminal and immigration proceedings. Throughout her career, Natalie has handled criminal matters as minor as traffic infractions and as serious as homicides. She started her own practice to provide high quality defense services to individuals facing legal challenges in any of these practice areas.
Natalie is passionate about helping people and deeply cares about her clients, as well as the impact their cases may have on their loved ones. She received her JD from Fordham Law, where she was on Law Review and competed for the Trial Advocacy team. She is admitted to practice law in New York & New Jersey, as well as in Federal Court, is fluent in English and Spanish, and is excited to work with you to get the results you need.
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Website
- Natalie Rios Law
- Q. Arrested for third-degree assault; didn't touch alleged victim.
- A: This is an extremely unfortunate and frustrating situation. It sounds like a case of wrong ID, where the complainant mistakenly identified you. Consult with your current attorney or seek other counsel as to the best approach for your specific situation. Depending on the circumstance, you may need to have your attorney serve and file alibi notice (indicating you were not at the scene at the time of occurrence), and assist in collecting evidence (such as witness information, photos, videos, location data, financial transaction history, work or school records, and the like) to corroborate your alibi. I have successfully had cases dismissed in the interest of justice using this approach. Either ... Read More
- Q. Passenger stopped in Queens, NY; search led to arrest for crack cocaine. Concern about legality of police actions.
- A: Under the law, we all have Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful searches and seizures. In New York, police officers can search a vehicle without a warrant under specific circumstances, such as if probable cause exists, there are exigent circumstances, the search is "incident to the arrest," or if the evidence is in plain sight. Additionally, if you consent to a search, it can also be conducted without a warrant. The analysis is very fact specific. So we need more information to further analyze the search conducted in your case. In any case, if the search is unlawful, evidence recovered pursuant to that search may be suppressed, possibly leading to dismissal. I would encourage ... Read More
