Posted by Natalie B | February 28, 2018 | Hired Attorney

BEST TRAFFIC LAWYER IN NY

I had a speeding ticket and I googled the best Traffic lawyer in NY. Palumbo & Associates came up with over 100 positive reviews! After the first phone call I realized why there were so many positive reviews. Mike Palumbo personally answered the phone and asked me all the right questions. He was ...direct, to the point and gave me relevant information right away. He told me the best and the worst case scenario and I hired him right away over the phone. He got my ticket dismissed and I can not recommend him and his firm highly enough. If you are looking for the best traffic attorney look no further.

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Posted by AL | February 26, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Michael Palumbo got my 2016-12-07 red light violation dismissed on 2018-02-26...he's the best !

On 2016-12-07, on the 1st day of my new job, I got a red light ticket which I did not even deserve: Followed 4 cars in front of me and they all had yellow/red like me but cop stopped me (they're terrible and sneaky and harass us where I live on Staten Island NY because they get bonuses when they exce...ed their ticket quota). I hired Mike Palumbo, and upon his recommendation, I immediately took and passed the "ONLINE DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE" gave him the certificate of completion afterwards. Then he fought for me for 2 years. Then I got the email from his office today (2018-02-26); and I was sure I would be found guilty; have to pay north of $300 and have to incur the points as well BECAUSE THE JUDGE ON STATEN ISLAND NY HAS A 96% CONVICTION RATE AND FINDS YOU GUILTY EVEN THOUGH YOU SHOW HIM PICTURES AND EVIDENCE SO I KNEW I HAD NO CHANCE TO WIN WITH HIM JUDGING MY CASE. Additionally I am on a budget as I am the sole-wage-earner in my household and support 3 adults and a house; and in my I.T. business, all of our jobs have been illegally/criminally sent to India by greedy USA CEOs (due to Prez Clinton changing NAFTA Trade Laws back in 1992) & it takes 1+ yrs to even get a job interview; so I was worried how am I going to be able to afford $300+ for this ticket ? But to my surprise: I was found not guilty and the points were not added to my license. I almost had a heart attack. Finally I am vindicated as I was not even guilty anyway except for being relentlessly harassed by Staten Island NY cops (for things we're not guilty of (and they don't want to even hear our story rather they only want to give us a ticket) because they're money-hungry. Hence, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND MIKE PALUMBO'S EXCELLENT AND PROFESSIONAL "TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS" LEGAL SERVICES TO EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY. Thanks Mike--YOU ARE THE BEST !!! AL DIOVANNI (mainframe and SAS programmer)

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Posted by anonymous | February 16, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Experts fighting for you!

From the initial consulation with Michael Palumbo and Mairead I knew I was making the right decision. Ron Fitz represented me and got my 4 point charge reduced to a 0 point non moving parking violation. Traffic tickets are their specialty and they met all the goals the set from the beginning. Worth ...every penny!

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Posted by Justin | February 02, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Great Job

took my 6 point speeding ticket to trial in the Brooklyn DMV court on 2/1/2018 and was found not guilty. Case dismissed. Couldn't ask for a better outcome

Posted by Kenny | January 26, 2018 | Hired Attorney

Did not delay the case to avoid the 18 month period for assessment fee

I hired Mr. Palumbo in October, paid a steep price for apparently the best traffic lawyer in the city. I was told his team would try their best to push the date in hopes of dismissals. I was hesitant on hiring him because of the price but was confident due to the 5 star reviews. On January 18, 2018 I... was found guilty with 4 points and had to pay $288. I was not too upset with the verdict because it is very difficult to drop a speeding ticket case in the state of NYC. However, I am disappointed in the fact that I was told the case would be postponed so that I would avoid the driver assessment fee (18months). Today, I received a letter in the mail that I had to pay $450 for the assessment fee which I believe could have been avoided if Palumbo's team have done their job. i believe that paying the steep price of almost $700 would grant me at least the benefit of the doubt that the case would be pushed so I would avoid paying the driver assessment fee. Overall, I believe Michael Palumbo's team tried their best to fight my speeding ticket, but made promises that they couldn't keep.

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Replied last January 26, 2018

As we tell EVERYONE who has a NYC traffic ticket, EVERY case goes to trial. There is no plea bargaining. This means that we cannot negotiate to plead our clients guilty to a non-moving violation. The deal in NYC is that if you do nothing you are found guilty as charged 100% of the time. Our law firm gets a lot of NYC tickets dismissed, however we never know which clients cases will be dismissed and which ones will be found guilty as charged. Part and parcel to NYC traffic ticket defense is that we adjourn NYC tickets for as long as we can. This keeps the client clean for as long as possible. IF the client is found guilty the conviction accrues to the driving record on the conviction date, but the insurance look back period is from the date the ticket was written. In other words, we get the client through all or most of the insurance increase period before we do the trial. This saves the client MORE THAN they paid us, win or lose the case. We NEVER guarantee to adjourn the case a minimum of 18 months. We adjourn the trial for as long as we can. Some adjourn more than 18 months and some accrue less than 18 months. However, EVEN IF we did adjourn this more than 18 months, this still WOULD NOT HAVE avoided the $450.00 assessment. Here is what he is talking about. Whenever a motorist accrues 6 or more points from 1 or more tickets, of which the VIOLATION DATES are within 18 months of each other (note, NOT CONVICTION DATES but VIOLATION DATES), the DMV nails the motorist for an extra fine, called an ASSESSMENT. The assessment is $300.00 for the first 6 points, and $75.00 for every point thereafter. So in his case, he already had a 4 point accrual and the ticket he was convicted of was written within 18 months of the other ticket or tickets. As a consequence, if he were convicted 10 years from now he still would have accrued the assessment, because the VIOLATION DATE of this ticket was with the VIOLATION DATE or dates of the other 4 point accrual. In addition, what he also does not tell you is that he was CHARGED WITH a 6 point ticket, but was CONVICTED OF a 4 point violation. So that saved him 2 points and an additional $150.00 assessment plus about $100.00 less in court fines. What he also does not tell you is that due to this ticket and his other conviction he was considered to be a PERSISTENT VIOLATOR, of which he was in real danger of being suspended if convicted. We avoided that for him as well. The simple fact of the matter is that we did not make any promise we could not keep. We explained our services to him clearly and succinctly as we do to everyone that calls us. In addition, everyone who retains us signs a simply, 1 page agreement which clearly lays out the nature and extent of the services. NEVER did we guarantee a minimum period for adjourning a case. However, you don't have to have to take my word for it. If you have a speeding ticket or moving violation and have questions, give us a call anytime 24 / 7 at (914) 500-8929. We talk to people who have tickets every day, and we'd love to talk to you!

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