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In 1983, two former Queens County Assistant District Attorneys — Todd Greenberg and Dominic “Buddy” Addabbo — opened a law office on Queens Boulevard. Four decades later the firm is still there, on the same courthouse corridor where the borough’s DWI cases are tried, now spanning multiple attorneys and a second generation, with published drunk-driving results that include a dismissal won on the face of the complaint and an acquittal won on the administration of the sobriety tests.
At a Glance
| Firm | Addabbo & Greenberg |
| Founding Partners | Todd D. Greenberg and Dominic L. “Buddy” Addabbo, both former Queens County Assistant District Attorneys; firm founded 1983 |
| Office | 118-21 Queens Boulevard, Suite 306, Forest Hills, NY 11375 — the Queens Boulevard courthouse corridor |
| Focus | Criminal defense including DUI/DWI, refusals, and vehicular crimes through vehicular assault and manslaughter; plus plaintiffs’ personal injury, family law, real estate, and estates work (see Assessment) |
| Attorney Roster | Todd D. Greenberg, Dominic L. Addabbo, Jill C. Stone, Grace Addabbo Gambino, Helen P. Eichler, Alan T. Rothbard |
| Fee Structure | Free initial consultation |
Career History
Both name partners came out of the Queens County District Attorney’s Office — the office that prosecutes every Queens DWI — before founding the firm in 1983. Greenberg has now been licensed for 48 years, one of the longest active tenures in this category, and carries a 5.0 rating across 58 reviews on the Martindale-Avvo network. The firm is genuinely multigenerational: its attorney page memorializes Hyman J. Greenberg (1920–2008), and the current roster includes Grace Addabbo Gambino alongside the founders — a family-firm continuity rare in a field dominated by recently founded boutiques. The practice has grown to six listed attorneys with support staff, serving Queens from the same Forest Hills address for over forty years.
Practice Concentration
The DWI practice is a documented line with unusual depth at the serious end: beyond standard DWI, refusals, and license matters, the firm handles the vehicular-crimes escalation ladder — vehicular assault, aggravated vehicular assault, and manslaughter charges that attach when an impaired-driving incident causes injury or death. Its materials make a pointed distinction we can verify from its published record: rather than merely describing the law, the firm publishes its results in court. Around the criminal practice sits a broader firm — plaintiffs’ personal injury, family law, real estate, wills and estates — a full-service model typical of established borough firms and disclosed here as a matter of scope.
Track Record
Two published DWI results stand out for their specificity. In one, Greenberg won dismissal of DWI charges arising from a serious accident by attacking the complaint itself: it failed to allege that the defendant operated the vehicle, described no indicia of intoxication, and did not connect the admitted drinking to the time of driving — a motion victory on legal sufficiency, the least glamorous and most technical way to win. In another, a client was acquitted of DWI after Greenberg proved the field sobriety tests were administered improperly. Both are the firm’s own published accounts, attributed as such; this research did not independently verify the dispositions. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
The firm holds a 4.9 overall rating on the Martindale-Avvo network and received the Avvo Client’s Choice award in 2021. A DWI client whose case ran through the Kew Gardens courthouse wrote that Greenberg “explained everything to me about my case in ways that I could understand,” and singled out the office’s communication — assistants on top of every question — as the best part of the process. Reviews repeatedly credit the firm’s honesty, availability, and persistence, including a two-year criminal case the client believed changed the course of his life and an out-of-state wrongful-death client who found distance no obstacle. One transparency note we flag per policy: the firm’s lawyers have chosen not to display peer reviews on their Martindale profile, so the visible record is client-driven. This research did not surface a pattern of negative reviews or any public disciplinary findings.
Beyond the Courtroom
Forty-two years at one Queens Boulevard address is itself a community fact: this is a neighborhood institution in Forest Hills, with a memorial page honoring the family’s late patriarch and a second generation practicing in the firm. Its longevity means multiple generations of Queens families have used the same office for criminal defense, injury cases, and estate matters.
Recognition
The recognitions we can verify are review-derived: the 4.9 network rating, Greenberg’s 5.0 across 58 reviews, and the 2021 Avvo Client’s Choice award — client-review-based recognition, categorized as such. The firm’s Martindale materials also reference elite peer-review award tiers, though the firm does not display individual peer reviews. A disclosure we apply to every New York profile: New York State does not operate a board certification program for legal specialties comparable to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, so no New York attorney profile on this site will describe its subject as a state-certified specialist, and this profile attributes no certification to any attorney named here.
New York Legal Backdrop
New York’s impaired-driving offenses are tiered under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192: Driving While Ability Impaired by alcohol (§ 1192(1)) is a traffic infraction typically charged between .05 and .07 BAC; per se DWI (§ 1192(2)) begins at .08; Aggravated DWI (§ 1192(2-a)(a)) begins at .18. Leandra’s Law makes DWI with a child aged 15 or younger in the vehicle (§ 1192(2-a)(b)) a class E felony on a first offense, and VTL § 1198 mandates ignition interlock devices for misdemeanor and felony DWI convictions. A second DWI within ten years is a felony under § 1193, and a chemical-test refusal triggers a separate DMV hearing under § 1194 that can revoke a license for at least a year regardless of the criminal outcome. When an impaired-driving incident injures or kills, the Penal Law’s vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter provisions take over — the escalation tier this firm’s criminal practice expressly covers. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed New York attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The case for this firm is institutional depth in the right borough: two founders trained inside the Queens DA’s office, forty-two years of continuous practice on the courthouse corridor, published DWI wins on both legal-sufficiency and test-administration grounds, capacity for the gravest vehicular cases, and a review record whose specificity is hard to fake. For a Queens DWI defendant who wants an established firm rather than a solo, this is the category’s strongest such option.
The honest trade-offs, stated plainly: this is a full-service borough firm, not a DWI boutique — drunk-driving defense shares the roster with injury, family, and real estate work. Weekend and after-hours access appears limited (listed hours are weekday business hours, against the 24/7 intake common in this category). The peer-review record is not publicly displayed, limiting one axis of independent assessment. And no NCDD affiliation appears in the record.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Addabbo & Greenberg. Primary sources: the firm’s website (addabboandgreenberg.com), including the attorney roster and published DWI case-result blog posts. Independent verification: Yelp business listing (1983 founding by two former Queens County ADAs, office at 118-21 Queens Boulevard Suite 306, weekday hours); Martindale firm profile (practice areas including DUI/DWI, refusals, and vehicular crimes; Greenberg’s 5.0 rating across 58 reviews; the non-display of peer reviews, disclosed above); Avvo (Greenberg licensed 48 years; firm Client’s Choice 2021); LawInfo and Lawyers.com aggregated client reviews (4.9 overall). Statutes cited in the New York Legal Backdrop were verified against New York Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1192, 1193, 1194, and 1198.
Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice
Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for by Addabbo & Greenberg, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.