Michael Palumbo

Mr. Mancuso you can have your own opinion but not your own facts. As I told you repeatedly in no way did I state that I would postpone the case for a minimum of 18 months, and in no way did I state that the points would be "erased" and will not go on your driving record. My firm is a boutique law practice and I have been doing this a long time. As told you, and as I tell EVERYONE who consults us and asks about points, points and convictions are NEVER erased from a driving record. EVER. Your driving record is there permanently and there is a permanent, lifetime driving record that the NYS DMV maintains on you. If you, or anyone that sees this does not believe me, you can requisition your lifetime driving record from the NYS DMV and see what I am saying by going to this link: https://dmv.ny.gov/get-my-own-lifetime-driving-record. What you are confused about, and where you get the 18 month period from, is that there are LOOK BACK periods for certain things. We discussed that the 18 month look back comes into play if you accrue too many points within an 18 month period then the NYS DMV fines you more above and beyond the court fine, called an "assessment," and if you hit 11 points in 18 months then the DMV suspends your license. Anyone who sees doesn't have to take my word for it. This information is on the DMV's web site here: https://dmv.ny.gov/tickets/pay-driver-responsibility-assessment and here: https://dmv.ny.gov/tickets/about-nys-driver-point-system. THIS is what I explained to you and the reason why we adjourn the case for AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. At NO TIME did I guarantee a minimum 18 month adjournment. I never do that nor can I do that, and if anyone wants to vet me out on that simply call our office and ask anyone you speak to from my office if we can guarantee a minimum 18 month adjournment. We will tell you that we cannot. The NYC traffic court system is unlike the rest of the state in that there is no plea bargaining. A plea bargain is where an attorney negotiates with the prosecutor to avoid a trial and reduce the charge by pleading your client guilty to a charge that has no impact on his insurance rates and driving history and carries a small fine. Inasmuch as a motorist cannot do that in NYC, the motorists must take every case to trial. As in anything, you win some and you lose some. Any lawyer that tells you he wins 100% of his NYC traffic trials is lying, and if he is not lying then he has to be paying people off. It's IMPOSSIBLE to win 100% of your cases in that court, or any court for that matter, unless you do 1 trial, win, and retire. While Mr. Mancuso claims that we are "not the best in the market," what he fails to tell you is that in 2016 we represented him in a court in upstate NY (our law firm covers the entire state), and negotiated a plea from a 4 point speed to a zero point parking ticket. That was the absolute best deal that we could have gotten for him. I reviewed my client reviews from around that time frame (Nov. of 2016 - Jan. 2017) and it is quite apparent to me that at that time he did not leave me a 5 star review stating that we are the "best in market," even though we got him the best possible result. So this is the source of this negative review - someone who, after we did the best possible job anyone could ask for did not leave a positive review, but when they were disappointed an outcome which is to a large degree beyond our control, point fingers and blame, claims we consulted on things we never said and which anyone can look up at the DMV's web site as untrue, and claims that we are "not the best in the market." If you have a traffic ticket you need handled plea, by all means, go to the links I provided and vet out what I am explaining for yourself. Then, call us ANYTIME 24 / 7 at the Avvo Number on my profile or toll free at 1-877-99-No-Tix (1-877-996-6849). We talk to people with tickets every day and we'd love to answer any questions that you may have!