Top criminal defense Lawyers in Bath | 4 available

4 criminal defense lawyers are available in Bath, New York, including Chauncey Watches, Susan Betzjitomir, Thomas Stahr, and Travis Barry. These lawyers are rated between 3.2/5 to 3.6/5 and 52% provide free consultation.

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Travis Barry

Chauncey Watch

Thomas Stahr

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Susan Betzjitomir

Firm: BetzJitomir Law firm

1 Liberty Street , Bath , New York 14810

Practice Areas: Adoption, Agricultural , Assault & Battery, Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Constitutional , Criminal Defense , Divorce, Elder , Entertainment & Sports , Estate Planning, Family , Health Care & Hospitalization, Immigration & Naturalization , Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Probate , Professional Malpractice, Real Estate , Traffic Violations, Trusts, Wills, Wrongful Death, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

Areas of Practice: 40% Divorce and Separation, 30% child custody, 20% criminal defense, and 10% appeals. This is in general. I am a litigator. I do almost all areas of litigation. I seem to be the kind of person that people either really like or really don't like as you can see from the reviews. I am not a therapist nor a best friend. I will not tell you what you want to hear to make you happy, nor will I keep you case going by telling you what you want to hear as I bill by the hour. I do my best to be honest about your likely outcome and bring about a resolution in a reasonable time. Sometimes people insist on litigating a losing case. I will do it, my clients are the boss, but it is always a good idea to take the legal advice you are paying for. I take my responsibilities very, very seriously. One of them is to tell you the truth about your situation.

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“I reached out to Susan Betzjitomir for a Grandparent Visitation Case for myself. She stayed on the”

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“Very good attorney!”

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Travis Barry

Firm: Travis J. Barry, Esquire

226 Liberty St , Bath , New York 14810

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

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“and was informed that I would not have a case to try and defend myself against the accusation. Inste”

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Chauncey Watches

Firm: Hon. Chauncey Joseph Watches

3 E Pulteney Sq , Bath , New York 14810

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense , ,

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“Family court ... Never returns calls always un prepared for court not a go getter for sure ! Buyer”

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Thomas Stahr

Firm: Thomas J Stahr Attorney At Law

7 W Morris St , Bath , New York 14810

Practice Areas: Family , Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense

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“I endorse this lawyer. My firm also does criminal defense, but if we have a conflict, I am comfortable sending people to Tom.”

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Lawyer Communication | Aug 12, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: New York. Hello everyone, I have an ongoing criminal case currently and recently it has been another court date for me. I’m a college student and will be going back to school very soon, my next court date is during my school time. At my most recent court date, I asked my public defender if I’ll have to be there with them next time. They said if there is any difficulty with time to contact them, I told them that in earlier times when I tried to contact them through phone calls I didn’t receive any response, then they told me to contact them through texting. As soon as I checked on my schedule, I texted them in terms of messaging the phone number they left on their card that I wouldn’t be able to attend my next court date due to school reasons. It has been a day or two, and I haven’t gotten any responses back yet. They left two numbers, one for office and one for cell, in case, I messaged both. The message to the cell is colored blue and tells me that my message is delivered but not read yet. The office message is shown as green and doesn’t show whether or not it’s read or not. Is there anything I should do as of now or anything I could do? My next court date is approximately half a month from now.
First-time NYC subway fare incident resulted in a DAT for Transit Theft of Services — Do I need a private lawyer? | Jul 27, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
I am an Asian international student living and studying in New York City, and I have never been to criminal court before. I am trying to understand what I should do next. A few days ago, I was stopped by an NYPD officer after entering the subway without successfully paying the fare. My Apple Pay transit payment was not working properly that day, and I also did not have my wallet or physical ID with me. I ended up entering behind my friend. My friend had successfully paid and has a payment record, but I did not. I was fully cooperative with the officer. I did not run, resist, or argue. I eventually showed her a photo of my ID on my phone, and she verified my information. The officer asked whether I had received a ticket before. I told her honestly that I had one prior public consumption of alcohol ticket from 2023. It was a $25 fine for drinking beer in a public park, which I paid online immediately. That is my only prior legal violation. The officer then issued me a Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) for Transit Theft of Services and told me that I need to appear in Criminal Court. I was very surprised because I had never been to court before. I initially thought this was simply a fare-related fine. The officer told me that the judge would decide the amount of the fine and that it could potentially be as little as $25, with…
Ex assaulted me and the police and DA’s office messed up | Jul 24, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: New York Hey everyone, I really need some advice on this if you can help me. Earlier this year, I was viciously assaulted by my ex, where he had cut up my arm, and I called the police and filed an order of protection against him, which was granted. When the police came over, they took photographs of my injured arm, and they called the ambulance to treat me. I declined going to the hospital because I did not think that I needed to because I wasn’t sure what they could even do with these cuts because they were pretty deep but I figured they probably did not require stitches so I did not go to the hospital. Because I did not go to the hospital and get a doctors note, New York State literally charged my ex with attempted assault in the third- degree rather than actual assault – the police officer told me today that because I did not go to the hospital to get my injuries checked out, I can’t do anything about this and I can’t have him charged with assault. Furthermore, the ADA that was working on my case notified me about two days after his arrest, and never informed me that she could not press charges for assault because I had not gone to the damned ER, and instead had charges filed for attempted assault in the third degree; one of the glaring differences with these two charges is that assault is a…

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