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Posted by anonymous | October 28, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Speeding Ticket

They handled all the paperwork for my speeding ticket from the pleading not guilty to appearing before the judge on my behalf and pleading my case. My ticket was reduced from 8 points to 2 points, with recommendations for a defensive driving course. I was regularly kept up to date with the progress... of my case.

Posted by anonymous | October 27, 2016

He is Horrible!!!

Michael J. Palumbo is a horrible attorney! I consulted with him for a traffic violation, and I couldn't get one word in. He started off by telling me that I will need to hire him today before he even ask me anything about the traffic offense. In addition he kept cutting me off mid sentence just to as...k me the same thing I was trying to explain to him. It is hard for someone to represent you when they don't even listen to your concern. The worst part is that mr. Palumbo hang up the phone on me, then called me back to say that he emailed me the documents for me to hire him. He further said that he hang up on me because I don't need to explain anything to him! He shouldn't get paid for that kind of service.

Michael Palumbo

Replied last October 27, 2016

My office receives over 50 phone inquiries a day and just as many e-mail inquiries a day. They are all handled professionally and with courtesy. Often times we do not e-mail a retainer to the person because they end up not wanting our services or cannot afford our services. Sometimes people really don't want the service but just want to vent about the stop. In those instances yes we terminate the conversation because we are lawyers here to defend people and cannot help persons who do not want what we can provide. However, in those cases we never get to the point whereby we send them a retainer agreement. In this case, I believe this person is totally confused. First off, I have no personal recollection of such a phone call. Second, my office procedure is such that the only time I make a follow up phone call after we sent a retainer is if someone from my office staff initially took the call and e-mailed the retainer. But again, we would only do that if we DID NOT terminate the conversation with them because they did not want or need the services. What likely happened here is that this person has likely spoken to many traffic ticket lawyers and got confused between the experience he or she had with our office and the experience he or she had with another law office. This is common, as when our office makes follow up phone calls many times people have spoken to so many law firms that they are confused about which firm is calling back. We are very proud of our responsiveness to new client inquiries. We pride ourselves in immediate response to inquiries and having a staff that is fully trained in traffic ticket and auto crime defense, so that ANYONE who answers your call can give you the information you want on the first call without waiting. We are proud of the fact that many times your initial call is handled by a lawyer and not a clerk, and that within the day you called if you did not initially speak to a lawyer, an attorney will call you back. We are proud of the fact that we have a 24 / 7 after hours answering service, and that after hours calls ALWAYS get sent to an attorney to return the call and that we return calls off hours and prior to the next business day. As you can see, this person did not even retain our office. Again, I have no knowledge, recollection, or record of this occurring, and in fact based on our office procedure it is an impossibility to have occurred the way this person relates. I am 100% confident that this person has confused us with another law firm. However, you don't have to take my word for this. If you have received a speeding ticket, traffic ticket, or auto crime, I invite you to judge for yourself. Pick up the phone and give us a call right now toll free at 1-877-99-No-Tix (1-877-996-6849). Your call will be answered at all times by a live person who will be able to give you immediate and substantial information about your case, provide you with more information electronically, and answer all of your questions professionally and accurately. Thanks so much for giving us the opportunity to service you!

Posted by Quentin | September 28, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Speeding tiket to 2 point failure to obey a traffic control device

Definitely this firm has the man power to be on top of things real fast. They are always available 24/7 and Micheal himself cald me back to confirm the good news that they managed to switch my speeding tiket to anything else rather than a speeding violation. So it went from a 6 point 85mil in 55zone ...speeding violation to a 2 point failure to obey a traffic control device. Since it's not considered a speeding violation I won't get my license revoked for a month in CT since I already had 3 speeding violations in CT. I drive to nyc and boston and back and forth a lot for work so it's a pain to avoid sometimes. I appreciate the help and effort put into this by Micheal and his team. Thanks

Posted by anonymous | August 11, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Speeding ticket in NYC

Read a lot of good reviews before using their services and all of it is true. Had a 6 point speeding ticket in NYC dismissed. Have read all over the Internet how hard it is to accomplish but Palumbo and associates got it done. I will be recommending their service to all my friends. Also, all contact ...was made either by phone or email which save me a trip to their office and taking time from my other obligations. A+ service and rapid response to questions.

Posted by Curtis | July 24, 2016 | Hired Attorney

Old Ticket

I got a ticket about a year ago in upstate NY for speeding. I tried to handle it on my own by pleading to a lesser charge. I wrote the ADA because I was from out of state and could not appear in court on the date due. I did nothing and found that my driving privileges were suspended due to non-payme...nt. Later, I got a response from the DMV stating that I needed to pay for a ticket but for a different charge. Frustrated and confused I contacted the Palumbo firm and they told me what they could do to help me. I visited the office while working and paid my fee to retain them, they also informed me that my license was suspended and needed to pay that also. I did so, and within a month a got a response that everything was resolved and reduced to a mere parking violation with no points and a fine. I want to thank the Mike and his staff for their work. I highly recommend Mike Palumbo for anyone with a traffic ticket. He gets the job done!

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