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Most DWI defense ends at the verdict. Jonathan Rosenberg’s practice is built for what comes after, too: the Court Street trial lawyer is also an appellate advocate who spends the time between jury trials perfecting appeals, drafting motions, and litigating post-judgment matters across New York State — a combination that means a DWI client who loses at trial is not starting over with new counsel to fight on.
At a Glance
| Firm | Rosenberg Law Firm (Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq., PLLC) |
| Managing Attorney | Jonathan Rosenberg |
| Offices | 137 Court Street, Suite 2, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (downtown Brooklyn); second office in Midtown Manhattan |
| Focus | Criminal defense with a named DUI/DWI practice line, plus drug crimes, homicide, white-collar matters, and a distinctive appellate and post-judgment advocacy practice |
| Team Model | Case-dependent teams of 3 to 5 attorneys bringing 35 to 55 years of combined courtroom experience; counsel to the Howard Greenberg Law Firm |
| Education | University of Oregon School of Law (J.D. 2011); admitted in New York, 2012 |
| Fee Structure | Free consultation; extended weekday hours (7 a.m.–7 p.m. listed) |
Career History
Rosenberg graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2011 and was admitted in New York in 2012, building his Brooklyn practice over the following decade-plus into a trial-and-appeals operation with a Manhattan satellite. He serves as counsel to other Brooklyn defense practices — including the Howard Greenberg Law Firm, one of the borough’s better-known criminal shops — a peer-referral role that functions as its own professional endorsement. He was selected to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for 2023 through 2025 with Appellate, Criminal Defense, White Collar, and DUI/DWI as his designated areas, holds an American Jurisprudence Award, and is affiliated with the American Bar Association and the Criminal Courts Bar Association.
Practice Concentration
DUI/DWI is a named practice line with its own page on the firm’s site, listed immediately after criminal defense generally, and third-party directories describe drunk-driving cases among his areas of distinguished concentration. What genuinely differentiates the practice in this category is the appellate spine: suppression rulings that go wrong at the trial level — the stop, the test, the refusal — are precisely the issues appellate advocacy exists to fix, and a practitioner who briefs those questions for a living approaches the trial record differently from day one. The team model surrounds each case with three to five attorneys rather than one, and the practice spans the five boroughs and appellate work statewide.
Track Record
The firm’s marketing describes a track record of dismissals and wins with characteristic Brooklyn swagger — its ad copy jokes that the record is rivaled only by its clients’ rap sheets — and its published reviews include a trial win in a case the client says other lawyers refused to touch, appeals resolved on schedule, and a long-running case ending with the client’s grandson walking free. These are firm-published and client-reported outcomes, attributed as such; the firm does not maintain a public DWI-specific dispositions ledger, and this research did not independently verify individual outcomes. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
The review record is consistent and includes Martindale-verified clients. One trial client called working with Rosenberg one of the best experiences of his life, crediting him with delivering the dismissal he promised; an appellate client praised him as “a skilled diamond in the rough for appellate litigation.” Recurring themes: hope restored at the first meeting, cases other lawyers declined, and staff singled out by name — reviewers praise attorney Samantha Imber’s dedication specifically, consistent with the team model. One transparency note: at least one 2020 review states the firm’s office solicited the review, which is a common and lawful practice we mention because it bears on how readers should weight review volume. This research did not surface a pattern of negative reviews or any public disciplinary findings.
Beyond the Courtroom
The firm’s post-judgment and appellate docket is its public-interest dimension: appeals and post-conviction litigation are how wrongful outcomes get corrected, and the firm’s published reviews include exonerations at both trial and appeal. Its extended 12-hour weekday availability and free consultations are the practice’s access features.
Recognition
Sorting per our standard: the Super Lawyers Rising Stars selections (2023–2025) are peer-influenced, research-driven listings by a commercial publication — peer-informed recognition, not certification. The American Jurisprudence Award is a law-school academic honor. The National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 Under 40” designation is a membership-based marketing-program award, and we label it as such. 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 Rosenberg.
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 a suppression ruling or verdict goes against a defendant, New York’s appellate courts are the remaining forum — and preserved objections, made by trial counsel who thinks like an appellate lawyer, are what make that path viable. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed New York attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The distinctive value here is the trial-to-appeal continuum: a Brooklyn-based practice — the borough this category had underrepresented — with a named DWI line, team staffing on every case, peer-referral standing among established Brooklyn defense lawyers, and genuine appellate capability that most DWI-volume practices simply do not have in-house.
The honest trade-offs, stated plainly: Rosenberg is a 2012 admittee — accomplished, but with a shorter tenure than this category’s forty-year veterans, and his Rising Stars designation is the under-40/early-career tier of the Super Lawyers apparatus. The DWI line, while named and documented, sits within a broad criminal-and-appellate practice rather than a DWI boutique; there is no prosecutorial background and no NCDD affiliation in the record; one cited accolade is a marketing-program award; and at least some review volume was solicited by the office, as disclosed above.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of the Rosenberg Law Firm. Primary sources: the firm’s website (rosenberglawnyc.com), including practice-area and reviews pages. Independent verification: Avvo profile (downtown Brooklyn and Midtown Manhattan offices, team model, Howard Greenberg counsel relationship); Super Lawyers profile (Oregon Law 2011, 2012 admission, Rising Stars 2023–2025, DUI/DWI designation); Yelp listing (137 Court Street Suite 2, extended weekday hours); Lawyers.com and FindLaw listings (Martindale-verified client reviews, including the solicited-review disclosure above); BBB business profile; TopAttorney directory (DWI among described concentrations, ABA and Criminal Courts Bar Association affiliations, awards). 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 the Rosenberg Law Firm, and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.