Joseph F Defino

Four years ago I found myself in an unbelievable situation. Although I was the plaintiff in a divorce that was finalized two years before, and separated two years prior to that; my financial agreement was not finalized and my second wedding was weeks away. My bitter ex-wife tried numerous attempts ...to stop the wedding and in her final attempt she held on to support checks claiming she did not receive them and tried to have me arrested for nonpayment. My fiancé at the time found Mr. Defino through her business contacts and was told “He was the best in the business and at an exceptional firm”. I had realized that this case was headed for disaster since my ex-wife was still apparently very bitter and irrational. Mr. Defino took over the case and allowed me to get through my wedding. He then made it his first priority to get a financial agreement worked out and to end the continuous abuse of the Pendente Lite support agreement that was in effect and gave my ex-wife no desire to EVER work out a reasonable financial agreement. If I had only found Mr. Defino from the beginning I truly believe my case would have not have spiraled out of control, and a financial agreement would have been in place in conjunction with the divorce agreement and my relationship with my two daughters would not be in such disarray. His ability to advise me and weed out all of the anger and emotion was remarkable. He always took my best interests to heart and represented me in court like no other. Having had two different lawyers on the same case, I can say without prejudice that Mr. Defino is truly an incredible lawyer and although my ex-wife, now eight years later still continues to be bitter and irrational and issues sometimes do arise, Mr. Defino is by my side. He is a wonderful, loyal and caring individual and truly the “Best in the Business”. In what took Mr. Defino to accomplish in six months, I wasted four years in divorce negotiations – Please don’t make the same mistake I did. Get it right the first time!!!