I was able to get a mistrial on this case for her boyfriend who was facing ten charges including multiple murder charges, multiple gun charges and multiple robbery charges and had already been convicted of killing someone else previously. They even had his palmprint on the victims vehicle and they still did not convict him on any of the charges due to my skill in raising reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury. Could have easily gotten a life sentence. This woman never even finished paying me after I spent a month trying his case and then had the nerve to badmouth me to add insult to injury. The judge said I did an excellent job as I always do. If you are a lawyer who wants to keep his sanity do not hire this nightmare client.

This review was written by the mother of a young female client who was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, obstruction of justice, possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose with three witnesses willing to testify against her. I got her PTI for all the charges combined. I told her, and she is aware, that once she completes PTI all 5 of her charges will be dismissed. I obtain excellent results for all my clients and this is another one where she received the best possible result. I told her that I could get the charges dismissed through going to trial but apparently she didn’t want to do spend the money and wanted to spend the bare minimum. I usually charge 5000 but I gave her a break by charging her 3500- which was not paid up front but took her many months to pay off. She seemed to have the perception that a lawyer can just tell the prosecutor that everything his client did to cause someone injury was an accident and unintentional and they will just say all five of your indictable charges are hereby dismissed immediately. I have represented thousands of clients over more than twenty years and 99% of them would provide excellent reviews were I to ask them to provide one. I usually don’t bother people for reviews. I never looked disheveled in front of this woman and never had anybody say that. In addition, most attorneys with any kind of practice have multiple court appearances to make in a given morning so I was not late at 9:30. The Judge certainly never had a problem. As far as “nodding” to the prosecutor, most conversations in front of a client in open court occur after negotiations occur outside of court or in the Judge’s chambers so if I did any nodding it was just to agree with the prosecutor that she or he had a correct understanding of our agreement. I guess she wanted me to have a fist fight in open court in front of her to prove how much I was fighting fo her. Actually, the prosecutor did not want to agree to PTI because the victim wanted her daughter to do jail time. I, nevertheless, convinced her to give my client PTI for all 5 charges. She also wanted her to take a plea to aggravated assault as a condition of PTI but I convinced her to to allow this client into the PTI program without any plea whatsoever. I certainly didn’t hound her mother to pay her bill and only politely reminded her when necessary, including the time she gave me a post dated check that I had to wait for weeks to clear. Any normal client would have been satisfied, happy and given me 5 stars and if our roles were reversed I certainly would gave given the attorney 5 stars. However, some people can not be pleased. I think any client or Judge would heartily attest to the fact that no one needs to be “warned” about me. I was never anything but cordial to this woman and we got along well the whole time until recently when her daughter got turned down for a state job and she decided to blame it on me because it’s always easier to blame your attorney than to blame your daughter who was charged with punching someone in the face and then throwing a bottle at their eye. Most clients hug me and thank me unendingly after their cases are over but some people can not be pleased no matter what. As far as taking on a client like this one, you are given fair warning!!! (I think her twelve exclamation points are an indication of something a little off). I spoke with a very reputable colleague yesterday, who is one of the most esteemed attorneys in this State, about this case and he agreed with everything I said to him. Attorneys are not magicians who make 5 indictable charges go away immediately with a few words when four witnesses including an alleged victim are stating otherwise to law enforcement. I certainly do not deserve less than 4 stars in any event. Stay away from this client and others like her, who want the world for as little money as possible, if you are an attorney.

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