William F Dow

Willie Dow defended my brother in a criminal action in Federal Court during the period 2013-2014. The charge against my brother carried a minimum mandatory sentence of 5-20 years of imprisonment. During that time, I was an advocate for my brother as well as a sort of liaison between him and Mr. Dow.... Although I had a bit of a background in the legal field years before, this was the first time I had been in a situation like this, with a brother I loved dearly and the stakes so high. During the course of his representation, Mr. Dow worked with my brother AND me, answered all of our questions (and I had many), and listened to my concerns and even my advice. As hard as it was to believe at the time, our goal was to have a Judge hand down a 5 year prison sentence to my brother....a wonderful person and a first time offender. In the months leading up to his sentencing hearing, Mr. Dow skillfully put together a defense based on his meetings and conversations with my brother, getting to know and understand him, as well as getting testimony from experts and friends and colleagues of my brother. It wasn't until after his sentencing that we realized just how fortunate he was to receive his 5 year sentence from the Judge, in large part because of Mr. Dow's expertise. On a personal note, I will say that Willie Dow is quite the character, brutally honest (which I ultimately realized is a good thing) and a man who cares about his clients and does his best on behalf of them. Even though my brother has been incarcerated for over a year, Mr. Dow still stays in touch with him to see how he's doing. In what can certainly be one of, if not the, worst time in one's life, my brother knows that he made the right choice in retaining Mr. Dow to represent him.