Michele Finizio

If you want to spend thousands to have your hand held to a guilty plea, this is the firm to hire. Not much contact from them, except advising of adjourned court dates. I wasn't informed much about the progression of my case and what was their strategy after they reviewed the complete discovery to... get me the best possible outcome. They didn't care, Do your research before hiring a lawyer folks.

I retained Michele for two separate traffic tickets. One was for driving 80 in a 65, the other was for Careless Driving. For the speeding ticket, she claims to have gotten me a "deal" by "only" having me plea to a 2 point offense (newsflash, driving 80 in a 65 IS 2 point ticket and Michele's respons...e was "In New Jersey it's 4" as if I'm not from NJ). But whatever, I sign off on it and take the plea. For the Careless Driving ticket, which is also a 2 point ticket, she had me plea to a Unsafe operation of a motor vehicle-- presumably where I'd pay a larger fine and get 0 points. When I told her I had 2 unsafe driving tickets within 5 years and that I can't do this, she just spoke over me and said I was wrong and that Unsafe Driving is ALWAYS 0 points-- in actuality, it becomes 4 points on the 3rd offense within 5 years. My mistake was somehow believing her, possibly thinking laws have changed... but no, 4 points added to my driving abstract and kicked off my insurance. So in essence, I hired Michele, paid her money where it resulted in MORE points. I honestly wish I was making this up but no, she's disrespectful. I'm sure she's done good work for other clients, but its clear that this person picks and chooses who to give preferred service.