A Disciplined, Record-Driven Advocate
Gregory Salmon is a tireless fighter for New York prison inmates. As the lead attorney of New York Criminal Appeals Advocates, he devotes his practice to appellate advocacy and post-conviction relief — the demanding work of challenging convictions and sentences that should not stand.
His approach is disciplined and record-driven. Appeals are won not with courtroom theatrics but with a meticulous command of the trial record and the law that governs it. He reads what happened line by line, isolates the errors that matter, and frames them into arguments an appellate court can act on.
Before founding the practice, Gregory served as a public defender in New York State and maintained a private criminal law practice handling both trial and appellate matters. That background spans the full range of criminal cases — from misdemeanor representation through serious felonies, in both state and federal courts — and it informs how he reads a record today: from the perspective of someone who has stood in the well of the courtroom.
Hear From Gregory Salmon
A word from the attorney who will personally review your record and handle your appeal.
Professional Experience
- Lead attorney, New York Criminal Appeals Advocates
- Former public defender, New York State
- Private criminal practice — trial & appellate matters
- Experience from misdemeanors to serious felonies
- Practice in both state and federal courts
Areas of Concentration
- Direct criminal appeals
- Federal writs of habeas corpus
- New York CPL 440 motions
- Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims
- Constitutional, procedural & sentencing claims
Admissions: Licensed to practice in New York State courts and the United States District Courts for the Western, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of New York.
"A conviction is not the last word. The record almost always holds more than the verdict admitted — the work of an appeal is to find it and make the court see it."
— Gregory Salmon, Esq.
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