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Posted by anonymous | December 31, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Lawyer managed to get me more point that DA suggested
I contacted.the DA office as soon as I got the ticket. The DA offered to give me two point and standard fine. As I am a resident of Florida two points would just count as any number of points as Florida would impose three points on me if I was charged with any points in another state. I contacted Mr ...
This review is a misleading lie. He contacted us on 11/28/17 after representing himself pro se. His received his ticket back in August of 2017. He was charged with doing 89 MPH in a 65 MPH zone, which is a 6 point speeding ticket, NOT a 2 point violation as he makes up in his review. He lives in Florida and could not make the court appearance. When he called he advised that he had already been made an offer of reduction to a 2 point violation. I recommended that he accept the deal by mail, but he wanted 0 points. I told him that if he hired us we would try but that there were no guarantees. This was also reflected in my retainer which he signed - that there were no guarantees. Despite the fact that he knew about the court date in August, and contacted us 10/28/17, he still waited until 11/6/17 to hire us. He claims that " the offer was still valid for 10 more days." That is a LIE! The prosecution can withdraw an offer ANYTIME before it's accepted. I explained this to him ad nauseum. Yet he still has the audacity to claim that the offer was "valid" when we were retained. The records he sent me revealed that the offer was made on 10/10/17. Nowhere on the papers he received did it indicate an "expiration date." He did NOTHING until he called us on 10/28/17, and then did not hire us until 11/8/17. By then the prosecutor had withdrawn the offer. We would have NO WAY of knowing this, as we cannot act on a client’s behalf until hired. In addition, had the offer really been valid for 30 days it would have expired on 11/9/17, a mere 3 days after he hired us. No way could he have tried to negotiate a new offer in that short of period of time, and if any document reflected that the deal was due to expire on that date I would have rejected the case because there would have been nothing we could have done for him. We found out that the offer was pulled when we tried to negotiate a better deal. In my experience it has never before occurred in a traffic ticket case so was totally unforeseeable, but is nonetheless proper. A prosecutor can withdraw an offer before accepted. We timely accepted the new offer of 3 points and had his matter timely resolved so that his NYS driving privileges did not get suspended, which would have triggered Florida to suspend his license as well. We moved this case at the 11th hour with speed, diligence, and accuracy. He also claims that we did not " file a discovery request to check what was wrong with speed, the officer or their equipment." This is actually true. We didn't do it because by the time we got the case our time to file discovery demands had already expired - his prior lawyer, HIM, did not make any discovery demands. There was nothing we could do by the time we got the case. We also did try, when he called us after the fact incessantly complaining, to re-plea it to a better deal. We had NO OBLIGATION to do this mind you, as we had fully executed on our agreement with him. We did this as an accommodation and to give the best customer service possible. As for giving him his money back, we guarantee to reduce or eliminate the points from what was CHARGED. He was CHARGED with 6 points, and we negotiated him to 3 points. We fully executed within the terms of the agreement and the guarantee. He claims that "the case did not even go to court," yet that’s an impossibility. He confirmed in an e-mail that he understood the risks involved. He simply had unrealistic expectations despite what he was consulted on and what was reflected in his signed retainer. His offer went backwards and, even though it was through no fault of our office I can understand why he is upset. However, that does not give him the right to tell false and misleading lies in relating his experience with our office. We did nothing wrong and represented him professionally and competently.
Posted by Tim | January 28, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Michael Palumbo
I retained Michael to represent me with a NYC 6 point speeding ticket. His office handled all of the proceedings and I did not have to get involved to make sure the case was moving along smoothly. Eventually I was found not guilty and the ticket was dismissed. I never to had to appear in court.
Posted by anonymous | December 03, 2019 | Hired Attorney
I should have just plead guilty and paid the fine
I retained the services of MJP three to four years ago to fight two cell phone violations. After paying a $1400 retainer (because each ticket was $700 retainer fee), the outcomes I received were less than satisfactory. This was by far the least professional office I have ever dealt with (and I work i...
Thank you for this dishonest and misleading review. It gives me the chance to highlight and showcase our services and professionalism in a way that I rarely get to express. You got 2 cell phone tickets in NYC, a venue where there is no plea bargaining. Which means every case goes to trial. Don't play "Jimmy the dope" you work for a law office so you know how this works. At a trial you can win or lose. You signed a retainer that stated that you could lose despite our best efforts. Indeed, if I could guarantee you a win I would be corrupt. As for being non responsive, please spare me. We are available 24 / 7 . My office is manned during business hours and after hours we have an answering service that routes all off hour calls to an attorney and we return the call before the next business day. For anyone that is seeing this please, by all means don't just take my word for that call us anytime at (914) 500-8929, 914-777-2990, or 877-996-6849. My staff and I also communicates rapidly by e-mail, which again if you don't believe me drop me an e-mail at Michael@MPalumboLaw.com. By attaching your ticket to an e-mail you'll get detailed information about your situation. And, as this reviewer states, I am even available to be contacted through Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/attackthatticket/. That is how available we are. You undermine the credibility of your complaint when you admit that, for a small, one time flat fee of $700.00 per case, we represented you and litigated your cases for 4 years! In and of itself that proves we advocated hard on your behalf. Whenever you contacted our office we gave you a status update, which was redundant because you received a status update from the court after each court appearance. We were happy to give you the status update nonetheless. If anyone reading this wonders why a defendant would not know what is going on in court, it is because WE GET OUR CLIENT'S COURT APPEARANCE WAIVED! Yes, that is correct. We made court appearance after court appearance and this person did not even have to show up! I also have to question your legal knowledge as a law firm employee when you state that you wanted to "prepare my own statement." As you should know, but obviously don't, you cannot enter a written statement at trial. If you wanted to profess your innocence you would have had to come to court to testify, which when you asked about making a written statement that is what I told you. I also told you that unless you wanted to testify that there was nothing I could do with you version of the events and that, unless you came to trial the case was made by cross examining the cop after his direct testimony. We did in fact tell you that you could have come to court and I told you to let us know if you wanted to so that so that we could fully prepare you for trial. But you did not want to come to court. You mislead by omission when you fail to mention that our office prevented an otherwise mandatory license suspension. A $750.00 assessment means that you accrued 12 points in an 18 month period. Once a motorist hits 11 points the DMV suspends the license for 31 days. Through our superior skill we avoided that otherwise mandatory suspension - thank you very much. You also complain that it took 4 years as if that is a bad thing. However, like I tell you and everyone with a NYC ticket, we delay the case back as far as we can to get you through all or most of the 3 year insurance increase period. In this case, even though your convictions would have triggered thousands of dollars in insurance increases we avoided all of that for you as well. You're welcome. I invite anyone reading this to judge me for themselves. Check out the hundreds of other positive reviews, pick up the phone, or drop me an e-mail. You will see for yourself how responsive we are. We talk to people who have questions about their traffic tickets all day, every day, and we'd love to discuss your case and answer any questions that you may have!
Posted by Carlos | April 11, 2019 | Hired Attorney
Provided peace of mind
This was my first ticket ever. First time I was pulled over in my life also. I was given the ticket for allegedly using my phone while driving near Greenburgh. After getting the ticket, I was looking at 5 points being deducted and a heavy fine. I have to say I was freaking out a bit. Michael,...
Posted by anonymous | February 02, 2019 | Hired Attorney
Speeding ticket
I received a speeding ticket, along with other violation ticket, saw the great reviews in this website, and decided that I didn't want to risk going to court by myself, and hired the lawfirm. Maybe I was not as lucky as everyone else. I actually did a walk-in, and spoke to the gentleman in the fron...
I have no clue as to whom this person is and I would encourage them to call me so that I can get more details and, if I do, will amend my responses herein. The criticism is so disjointed that I am going to have to do the best I can to interpret the complaint comments to give an adequate response. First off, it is an impossibility for us to "make up documents" without talking to and consulting with the client. We cannot create a file without input from the client. We need their name, address, phone number, e-mail address, as well as the details on what they were charged with doing (i.e., "speeding...fail to signal...reckless driving, etc.0). So we had to have interacted with the person. What I believe his main complaint is that he did not understand one the documents that he was signing, which is the authorization to appear and plea. This is the document a client must sign and have notarized if they do not want to personally come to court with us. It has certain language in it required by the state. The language must give us the ability to plead our client guilty to SOMETHING. The language reads as follows: "I hereby authorize Palumbo & Associates, PC to appear in my stead on my behalf and enter a plea to a reduced offense." In other words, we resolve most cases by plea bargain, in that we negotiate with the prosecutor to plea our clients guilty to a REDUCED OFFENSE. For example, our client is charged with a 6 POINT SPEEDING we plead them guilty to a 0 POINT WINDOW TINT. A plea bargain avoids the risk of being found guilty and having a large fine and insurance increase by paying a small fine on a violation that does not trigger insurance increases. In his review, the reviewer on the one hand claims that he felt he was being compelled to pleading guilty as charged, yet on the other adequately describes that we explained to him the plea bargaining process. He then said that the lawyer he spoke to "did not even bother to help me understand why if I was paying over $500 I was pleading guilty." To retain us only takes signing two one page documents. We explain these documents all day, every day, to dozens of people whom are normally on the phone. To claim that we did not answer all of his questions and explain the documents to him while he was in our office strains credulity beyond its breaking point. From the comment it is hard to tell if this person is a current client. If he or she is I encourage them to call us we are happy to re-explain the paperwork and the process. Moreover, while I appreciate everyone's business I do not need a client who is suspicious of our commitment to them. In addition, a client can relieve a law firm at any time. So I would encourage this person that, if they are not satisfied with our representation to contact us and discharge our firm as their counsel. Our law firm is dedicated to serving the public in traffic ticket and auto crime defense. We have over 350 positive online reviews. If you have a ticket or a question about a case, I encourage you to see for yourself the service you will get when you retain our office. We go ANYWHERE in NY, VT & CT to defend an auto crime or moving violation case. You can call us anytime at your convenience our phone is always staffed 24 / 7. Our number is 914-777-2990, and we'd love to talk to you. So call today!