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Stephen Bilkis & Associates is the high-volume network model of DWI defense: a multi-practice firm operating an entire dedicated drunk-driving-defense website within a family of practice-area sites, advertising locations across all five boroughs and the suburbs, and answering a single 800 number around the metro area. It is a different animal from the boutiques in this category — built for reach and volume rather than singular focus — and this profile describes that model plainly, including where its headquarters actually sits.
At a Glance
| Firm | Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC |
| Founder | Stephen Bilkis (Touro Law School, J.D. 1997; New York bar shortly thereafter) |
| Headquarters | 805 Smith Street, Baldwin, NY 11510 — Nassau County, on Long Island, disclosed plainly |
| New York City Presence | Manhattan location at 100 Park Avenue, corroborated by an active consumer-review listing; the firm advertises additional locations in Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island (see Assessment) |
| Focus | Criminal defense including a dedicated DWI/DWAI practice and traffic matters; plus plaintiffs’ personal injury, medical malpractice, estate planning and probate, and divorce/family law |
| Fee Structure | Free consultation; single toll-free intake line (800.696.9529) |
Career History
Bilkis graduated from Touro Law School in 1997, passed the New York bar soon after, and established his own firm, which he has run for more than two decades. The practice grew not by narrowing but by widening: today it operates a coordinated network of practice-area websites — criminal defense, DWI, personal injury, medical malpractice, estate planning, divorce — under a single brand and intake number, with a staff model in which clients frequently interact with a team of attorneys and support personnel rather than one practitioner. Firm materials note media appearances for its lawyers and cases. There is no prosecutorial background in the record — a distinction from most of this category — and this research surfaced no public disciplinary findings.
Practice Concentration
The DWI commitment is structural rather than rhetorical: the firm maintains a dedicated DWI defense website with borough-by-borough and county-by-county practice pages walking through VTL § 1192, DWAI versus DWI charging, the non-expungeable nature of a New York DWI conviction, and license consequences. That said, DWI is one arm of a deliberately broad practice that spans plaintiffs’ injury work, estates, and matrimonial law — a volume model closer to a regional consumer-law brand than to the DWI boutiques elsewhere in this category. We disclose the mixed plaintiff-and-defense scope as a matter of transparency; it presents no conflict in this category.
Track Record
The firm reports millions of dollars in settlements and awards on its injury side; on the DWI side, the record is client-reported rather than a published dispositions ledger. One client facing what they described as a serious DWI-related charge reported an amazing result in court and credited the office’s experience; another had a Queens ticket dismissed after other attorneys called it hopeless. These are client-reported outcomes attributed as such; this research did not independently verify individual dispositions. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
The Manhattan listing alone carries 48 reviews, with 13 referencing repeat engagements over eight years — a client-retention signal — and recurring praise for the staff’s professionalism and compassion; one reviewer described the firm’s people treating a sensitive family matter “as if we were his own family.” The DWI-specific reviews credit outcomes to the office’s collective experience. A structural note we make plainly: reviews frequently praise “the staff,” “the team,” and “the lawyer handling our case” — consistent with the firm’s team-based model, in which the attorney a client meets may not be Bilkis himself. This research did not surface a pattern of negative reviews or any public disciplinary findings.
Beyond the Courtroom
The firm’s public-facing contribution is its content network: extensive plain-language explanations of New York DWI, criminal, and traffic law published across its sites, which function as free legal information for defendants regardless of whether they retain the firm. Its single-number, free-consultation intake model is itself an access feature for a metro area where finding counsel quickly after a night arrest is half the battle.
Recognition
The record here is review-based standing and media mentions rather than peer-reviewed honors or certifications, and we characterize it accordingly. No NCDD affiliation appears in the record. 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 Bilkis.
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. A point the firm’s own materials emphasize correctly: New York provides no expungement for a DWI conviction — the mark is permanent, which is much of why the charge is worth fighting at all. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed New York attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The genuine strengths: metro-wide reach with a single intake point, a structurally real DWI practice arm with unusually deep published content, two-plus decades of continuous operation, a sizable review record with repeat-client signals, and free consultations — a rational option for a defendant who wants an established, full-service operation rather than a solo.
The honest trade-offs, stated plainly: this firm’s headquarters is in Baldwin, on Long Island — not in New York City — and its advertised borough “locations” should be asked about directly at consultation: which are staffed offices and which are meeting locations, and where would your meetings actually happen. The practice is a broad consumer-law network in which DWI shares the brand with injury, estates, and divorce work; there is no prosecutorial pedigree, no NCDD affiliation, and no published DWI results ledger; and the team-based model means the lawyer on your case may not be the name on the door. Weekday business hours are listed at the headquarters despite 24/7 marketing elsewhere — another point worth confirming directly.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC. Primary sources: the firm’s network of websites (the 1800nynylaw.com family), including its dedicated DWI site, office-locations page, borough DWI practice pages, and client-review pages. Independent verification: Yelp listings (Baldwin headquarters at 805 Smith Street with weekday hours; Manhattan listing at 100 Park Avenue with 48 reviews); Cornell LII directory (Touro Law 1997, 20-plus years in practice, DUI/DWI practice designation). The firm’s multi-borough office claims are reported as the firm’s claims, with our recommendation that prospective clients verify staffing directly — a limitation we disclose rather than resolve by assumption. 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 Stephen Bilkis & Associates, PLLC, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.