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A DWI defense benefits from knowing how prosecutors think — and from knowing how defenders fight. Konta Georges & Buza has both wired into its partnership: Robert Georges and John Buza came up as New York City prosecutors, while Adam Konta began his career as a New York City public defender. The three now try cases together out of the Woolworth Building, a criminal-defense, civil-rights, and injury practice whose headline results are jury acquittals in homicide trials — with DUI/DWI defense as a designated practice line for two of the three partners.
At a Glance
| Firm | Konta Georges & Buza P.C. |
| Partners | Adam B. Konta (former NYC public defender), Robert W. Georges (former NYC prosecutor), John P. Buza (former Manhattan DA prosecutor) |
| Office | The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, NY 10279 (lower Manhattan) |
| Focus | Criminal defense across all five boroughs — DUI/DWI a designated practice area for partners Georges and Buza — plus civil rights and personal injury litigation |
| Languages | Spanish spoken (Hablamos Español) |
| Fee Structure | Free, confidential consultation |
Career History
The firm’s partnership structure is its origin story. Buza served as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office before founding the defense practice, and brings over a decade of criminal law experience spanning narcotics, weapons, sex crimes, DUI/DWI, and violent felonies; his admissions extend beyond New York’s federal districts to the Eastern District of Virginia and the Fourth Circuit. Georges likewise prosecuted for New York City before crossing over, and the client record singles him out repeatedly by name for responsiveness and preparation. Konta began as a public defender — the side of the courtroom that tries cases with the fewest resources and the most at stake — and clients credit him with dismissals and acquittals in long-odds matters. Directory records indicate the practice has operated for roughly 16 years.
Practice Concentration
We describe this firm as it actually is: a trial firm whose most publicized work is serious-felony defense and civil rights litigation, with DUI/DWI as a genuine but supporting practice line. The supporting line is real — DUI/DWI is a designated Super Lawyers practice category for both Georges and Buza, the firm’s materials expressly cover drunk-driving defense among its state criminal work, and the prosecutorial backgrounds map directly onto how DWI cases are charged and plea-bargained in the city’s courts. For the DWI defendant whose case carries trial risk — an accident, an injury, a refusal with bad facts — a firm that actually tries cases to verdict, rather than pleading everything, is a meaningful category entry.
Track Record
The firm publishes specific trial results: a client found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in a high-profile construction-death case; a not-guilty verdict in a criminally negligent homicide trial; a full acquittal on violent felony gun charges for a client who had spent a year in jail awaiting trial; and multimillion-dollar civil recoveries including cases against a school district and an accounting firm, plus wrongful-arrest recoveries. These are the firm’s own published results, attributed as such; this research did not independently verify individual dispositions, and the firm does not publish a DWI-specific results ledger — a gap we note plainly. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
The client record is consistent and names names. One client described Konta as “very professional, knowledgeable, responsive and reliable,” crediting him with a full dismissal. Georges draws repeated individual praise across years of testimonials — for responsiveness, preparation at every meeting, and staying personally reachable — including from a father whose son’s 2011 accident case began a long client relationship. A multi-year client described consistent attention across several matters and many referrals. This research did not surface a pattern of negative reviews or any public disciplinary findings against the firm’s partners.
Beyond the Courtroom
The firm’s civil rights docket functions as its public-interest arm — wrongful-arrest cases, including a man arrested twice in short succession outside his own building and another wrongfully arrested at the West Indian Day Parade, and litigation on behalf of students abused by a teacher. Defense of the wrongly accused and suits against official misconduct are community work conducted through the courts.
Recognition
Georges and Buza each hold Super Lawyers selections with Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI among their designated areas — peer-influenced, research-driven listings by a commercial publication, categorized here as peer-informed recognition rather than certification. The firm describes its attorneys as nationally recognized trial lawyers; the published acquittal record is the substantiation we weight. 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 causes death, charges escalate into the homicide provisions of the Penal Law — the tier of case this firm demonstrably tries to verdict. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed New York attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The distinctive asset is the partnership’s three-way courtroom pedigree — two prosecutors’ offices and a public defender’s caseload — combined with a demonstrated willingness to try serious cases to verdict. For DWI matters at the grave end of the spectrum (fatality cases, injury accidents, career-critical stakes), that trial capacity is precisely what most DWI-volume practices lack.
The honest trade-offs, stated plainly: DWI is a supporting practice line here, not the firm’s marquee — its published results are homicide acquittals and civil recoveries, not DWI dispositions, and it publishes no DWI-specific track record. The firm also runs a plaintiff-side personal injury practice alongside criminal defense; that is disclosed as a matter of scope, though it presents no conflict in this category. A routine first-offense DWI client may find better economic fit at the category’s dedicated boutiques, and should ask this firm directly who would handle a DWI matter and at what cost.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of Konta Georges & Buza P.C. Primary sources: the firm’s website (kontageorges.com), including office location (The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway), case results, attorney biographies, and testimonials. Independent verification: Super Lawyers firm profile (DUI/DWI practice designations for Georges and Buza); FindLaw firm listing (partner backgrounds — Buza and Georges as former NYC prosecutors, Konta as former public defender; DUI/DWI among state criminal practice areas); attorney directory listings (approximately 16 years in practice; Spanish language capacity; Buza’s federal admissions). The absence of a published DWI-specific results record is disclosed in Track Record. 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 Konta Georges & Buza P.C., and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.