Allyn J Crawford, Esq.

Allyn J. Crawford, Esq. has been practicing law since 1995. Mr. Crawford handles matters including complex commercial, real property and business litigation, as well as business and real estate transactions. He is an accomplished trial and appellate attorney who has garnered widespread respect from his colleagues and others in the legal community as a tireless worker committed to his craft and to all of his clients.  In 2006, Mr. Crawford founded his own practice, which in 2009 became Crawford & Bringslid Attorneys at Law, P.C. In 2015, he became a founding partner of Crawford • Bringslid • Vander Neut, LLP. 

Crawford & DeSantis, LLP is a partnership that creates an extraordinary team of experienced litigators with vast experience in complex areas. 

Mr. Crawford's clients include numerous businesses, developers, landowners, educational institutions, trade associations, property owners and professionals throughout New York and New Jersey.  Mr. Crawford earned his Bachelor's Degree from the State University of New York at Albany in 1990, his Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School in 1994, and has subsequently been admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey including Federal courts in both states, as well as the United States Supreme Court.  Mr. Crawford is a Past-President of the Richmond County Bar Association and is a former member of its Board of Directors, Judiciary Committee and Admissions Committee. He was also appointed in the Appellate Division as a member of the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteen Judicial Districts.   

He is involved with numerous community organizations as well as a Board Member of the Building Industry Association of New York City, Inc., and Boy Scout Troop 2 of which he was the Scoutmaster and remains the current Committee Chairman. He is a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Staten Island Council, Boy Scouts of America and was awarded its "Good Scout" award in 2016.  He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association and serves as an elected delegate from the Thirteenth Judicial District.

In his spare time he is an adjunct professor at Wagner College.