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Posted by anonymous | July 11, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Review for James Milligan

We hired James Milligan to represent our daughter in an OUI case. The case carried on for over 1000 days due in part to another case he was working on to prove the Technical inaccuracy of the device used to measure alcohol consumption. He was successful, which was extremely helpful for our case. Whe...n we finally went to court, My husband and I were very impressed when we witnessed his questioning and poise in the court room. He went on to win the case ! I would highly recommend this Lawyer.

Posted by anonymous | April 06, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Lifesaver -- Highly recommended

Jay was as experienced and professional as they come. If you ever happen to find yourself in the unfortunate situation of a DUI, I would highly recommend Jay Milligan. I was a complete mess after my arrest, but Jay helped by informing me of how the process would go and that it could take a while. He ...was happy I was willing to fight the charge. Once my trial finally arrived, I was found not guilty and was able to put all this behind me. I am truly grateful for all his help during this extremely low and hard point in my life. Thanks again Jay!

Posted by Christopher | December 12, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Invest in your freedom and he will pay you back

As a former client, I am very satisfied. He is a real Professional, he beat my DUI like Mike Tyson in his prime. If your looking for the best you have found him, extremely patient man when it comes to payment(s), miracle worker, and very good connections in the court system. If you want to save your... license and your life contact Mr. Milligan. I have to add, I just picked any random DUI lawyer out of panic, when the incident first happened, not knowing he is the best DUI lawyer in Massachusetts.Also, I thought my license and my life was over but he saved it. Thank you Mr. Milligan!

Posted by anonymous | August 30, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Dui case

I was pulled over in cape cod mass in the summer of 2016. Read reviews online, saw attorney Jay Milligan's profile, and decided to give him a call. I ended up hiring him and he advised me of the various steps we would have to take. He advised me his office would file through several motions that woul...d cause me to show up in court for each appearance. It was not something I was thrilled about being that I lived 3.5 hours away and I would have to take random days off. Nor did I feel each time I went up there I get I was getting anywhere. Including one time I made the drive to find out that morning they had to reschedule which made me a little upset. I even felt that a dui case should not take a year to render a verdict. Nonetheless, leading up to the trial period I did not feel confident at all. A year later, we had the trial. Feeling uneasy about everything that was about to happen, my mind suddenly changed once I heard attorney Milligan present himself to the judge and realizing why I had to go through everything in the past year. He had a confidence and poise to him, but more importantly asked the right questions and followed it up with the right statements that gave me an extreme set of confidence in my verdict. Even if things didn't go my way I was going to shake his hand and thank him because I was very happy with his performance in court. To my satisfaction, I was given a not guilty verdict. I do want people to understand when reading this, I blew a .08, I skipped a couple letters in the alphabet, and passed every other test. I was also very cordial to the police officers and paid them respect throughout. I was basically on the edge of it going either way. Jay presented himself in the right manner and helped make the judge aware that this wasn't an extreme case and I was on the line. Thanks to Jay he made me fee a sense of relief and atonement. Let's just say I learned a valuable lesson and if you ever get yourself in a situation such as mine, Jay is your man.

Posted by ESAC | July 06, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Wish I had found Jay Milligan years ago !!!

I felt confident having Jay handle my case from the minute I met him. During my initial meeting with him, immediately he understood my situation (a rather lengthy one, time-wise) and made it very clear what I/we had to do to have a chance at a favorable outcome. It was a lot of work for me and a ve...ry different approach from that undertaken by my previous attorneys. He made absolute certain that I was prepared for the hearing, calling me the night before as well as talking with me in person the day of. He was (and is) clear, concise and just positive enough throughout the entire process. I had, and still have the utmost confidence in Jay Milligan and HIGHLY recommend him as counsel for any alcohol-related driving offense. I imagine he is just as competent in any other area of the law in which he wishes to become involved. By the way, we did have a favorable outcome, and I owe it all to direction given and taken by Attorney Jay Milligan.

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