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Anton Ditchev is a New York criminal defense attorney who spent fifteen years as a public defender with The Legal Aid Society before beginning to open his own firm, Ditchev Law PLLC, in September 2026. He views those years of public defense as a form of service. Over the course of his career, Anton Ditchev has represented clients in parole hearings, administrative proceedings, and criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to major felonies, including weapons charges and attempted murder. Ditchev began at The Legal Aid Society in 2011, in the Parole Revocation Defense Unit. His clients were people on community supervision facing re-incarceration, and he represented them at hearings at the Rikers Island judicial center. He took part in every stage of the revocation process, including investigations, witness interviews, case conferences, plea negotiations, writs of habeas corpus, motions, and administrative appeals. He also worked with social workers to identify clients with special needs and to develop alternatives to incarceration. Handling hearings inside a locked-down detention center as a young attorney, some involving serious criminal charges, taught him to think on his feet. In 2014, he transferred to the Trial Practice in New York County. In Manhattan, he managed a full caseload, handled trial strategy, motions, discovery, investigations, and witness preparation, and tried multiple cases to verdict. His work also extended beyond the criminal case itself, as he helped clients with collateral consequences involving employment, housing, and immigration. In 2017, Anton Ditchev became a Senior Trial Attorney in the Queens County Trial Practice. He represented clients from arrest through plea or verdict in felony and misdemeanor cases, including attempted murder and felony assault cases tried to jury verdict. He litigated suppression hearings and DNA evidence, drafted omnibus motions, motions to dismiss, and motions to controvert search warrants, and prepared witnesses for the grand jury.
