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Posted by chandra | December 09, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Skilled Lawyer - James A

Excellent skilled lawyer. James was instrumental in reducing a Misdemeanor to an ordinance while quickly reviewing Discovery. Would recommend him highly.

Posted by Course | June 25, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Got things done - highly recommended

With out getting in too much details about the case, he is a very good Criminal Lawyer and both prosecutors and judges know and respect him. He got things done where other lawyers could not even contemplate suggesting. He is highly recommended

Posted by Mike | July 07, 2022 | Hired Attorney

Amazing

Hands down best experience I've dealt with kept me up to date on everything that was going on and explained everything thoroughly so I would understand what was going on

Posted by Shenghan | July 07, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Satisfying Service

Staff was friendly and responds to emails/concerns very quickly. Overall great communication/reminders. James is very knowledgeable and takes the time to explain everything to us non-native English speakers.

Posted by Chris | June 28, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Expungement

Excuses galore, poor communication, no follow through

DO NOT USE THIS FIRM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. I can’t stress this enough. If I could give zero stars I would. 3 1/2 years and counting for an expungement. Started with Allie, I’m assuming is a para legal, receiving my paper work over 3 1/2 years ago. She sat on it for two months before starting anyth...ing with it. I know this because when I called to see how my expungement was progressing, I was told by her that she had not stated it yet. Now mind you, I was told the whole process would only take roughly 8 months. That right there should have been a red flag. Fast forward 3 1/2 years and the story remains the same. Excuse after excuse. No phone return phone calls. When I do get some sort of answer, I ask for dated documentation to prove they actually did what they said, I get none. Call back two weeks later and get a back peddled response saying they had not done what they previously told me they did. Often times I would get James Abate telling me he had forget or simply not followed through with anything because he was tied up in court. This law firm will gladly take your money, and do nothing for you. It’s now apparent the bar association needs to contacted and possibly a malpractice suit filed. Please once again, I can’t stress enough to not use this firm.

James Abate

Replied last July 05, 2022

I spoke to this client and believe he will be ultimately satisfied with the result. This is an expungement that has been delayed, as so many have, by a combination of COVID restrictions and addition of the expedited expungement program and expungement of 100's of thousands of Marijuana cases. The case was presented in one county which refused to grant the expungement, we then filed in a second county without cost to the client because we did want to see client get his expungement. The issue in this case is unique. At the time we first began on the case, the expected wait was 8 months as state police are unable to handle the work load of records searches. One thing the client is correct about is the communications on my part have been poor. We maintain a fully staffed office of attorneys and paralegals dedicated to satisfying the client. In this case, I am the one who has failed to keep the client apprised, as I am personally handling this matter due to the legal intricacies. Most sincere apologies to the client. We will now return to getting this man his expungement, which is long overdue despite the impact of covid, state police backlogs and the unique legal intricacies of this case.

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