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Posted by Doug | July 15, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Great help with a moving violation ticket

i reached out to M Polumbo's law firm for assistance with a ticket that would have cost me points, a fine, and a hefty insurance increase. He responded promptly. I gave hm all the information and he took care of it. i just received notice on 7/10/24 that the case has been closed. i have been found no...t guilty. The whole process did take a long time. Every time I called for an update or received something from traffic court, Mr Polumbo was on top it. Thank you.

Posted by anonymous | July 08, 2024

Was going to hire

I talked with this Lawyer on the phone. He was very rude and yelling at me, while I was trying to tell him my situation. He didn't want to hear about what I wanted him to do for me. He told me he was going to do this, this and this. What he was telling me , was not what I wanted to do. This guy would...n't let me get a word in edgewise. He continued yelling at me during our first ever conversation, so I raised my voice over him trying to get my point across, and he hung up on me. This guy, is not a guy I would ever. recommend. TERRIBLE

Michael Palumbo

Replied last July 09, 2024

What's terrible is people who have never even hired my office leaving a review and essentially complaining that I personally provided them with a free phone consultation. Virtually everyone that calls my office gets ME. Not some underling - ME. This means that I talk to DOZENS of people daily. I am happy to give free legal advice, but I don't have the time to listen to a person's stream of consciousness / woe is me story. I obtain the salient facts and then advise on what I can and can't do based on my over 20 years of experience practicing law. If after explaining what can and can't be done the caller wants to complain about how unfair the system is, I am not a therapist and don't have time to listen to what I cannot address. I did not yell at whomever this person is. I did what I always do - once I have given the FREE LEGAL ADVICE I tell them that if they want to continue the conversation I need to charge them for a verbal consultation. This is what this kind of person gets angry about, and then lashes out on review sites. But hey, don't take my word for it. If you have a legal problem, call my office and judge for yourself my demeanor and attitude. I consult with everyone that calls my office, and would love to talk to you about your case.

Posted by anonymous | April 23, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Ezpass

Only helps you to get a Payment plan paying 2,500 for no reason just to tell me the same thing that THE MTA EZPASS WILL HELP WITH DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH HIM HE DISRESPECTFUL LOVES YELLING AT YOU ON THE PHONE BECAUSE HE HAS SO muchhhh CLIENTS . No respect cancel this man I don’t recommend no help... at all

Michael Palumbo

Replied last April 24, 2024

I was fully expecting this review. She hired us in a panic after her vehicle registration was suspended for failing to pay tolls for years and racking up $4,186.00 in unpaid tolls and $40,200.00 in violations. I negotiated the violations down to $8,040.00 and got her on a payment plan. After I wrapped up the case and sent her the closing information, including how to execute payment on the payment plan, she claimed "I already knew that..." Ergo, if you already negotiated the deal yourself, why did you hire me to do it? She then wanted her money back after I completed the work. She wants me cancelled, but it's clients like this that should be cancelled.

Posted by Marco | April 12, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Professional, effective, competent lawyer managing the entire process smoothly and successfully

I got a ticket with a potential 5 point penalty for just holding my cell phone on the dashboard (I was not actually using it). Palumbo and Associates managed the entire process smoothly (I didn't have to do anything) and delayed the hearing for almost one year. At the end of the day, after pleading "...Not Guilty", they were able at the hearing to get the ticket dismissed and I was found not guilty. I couldn't think about a better outcome. Thank you, Palumbo and Associates! I hope not to need their services again... but, if something should happen, they will be the first Law Office I will call!

Posted by anonymous | February 04, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Had No time

He Had no time to do my case but took my $1750 a hour later he said that's a lot of work what a smack in the face you could of said that before you took the money that was a smack in the face like money grows on trees....

Michael Palumbo

Replied last October 09, 2024

I am a lawyer, not a dishwasher. You did not pay me for the hour you claim it took me to work on your matter, but the 26 years it took me in training and experience to know what to do and how to advise you on issues of which you did not have a clue as to what to do. The content of the contract you signed was as follows: "You are retaining our office for the limited purpose of researching for you with the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles your present driving history, and consulting you on the entirety of your driving history and providing you with a resolution strategy to potentially obtain / renew driving privileges in NY State. This service includes our office obtaining from the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles your NYS driving abstract and / or lifetime driving history. Also provide us with a copy of your driver’s license and / or NYS ID Card or out of state license or ID Card. For this service you have agreed to pay a flat fee of $1,750.00. By signature below, I acknowledge that the work under this contract is complete upon the law firm providing me with a consultation as to what, if anything, I can to do sanitize my driving history which would lead to getting my NYS driver’s license or driving privilege restored, or otherwise having my NYS driver’s license or driving privilege suspension or revocation lifted. I specifically acknowledge and understand that I am not paying for a favorable consultation, but a consultation. In other words, I acknowledge that the news the law firm gives me may not be good news, and that there may be nothing I can do to re-obtain driving privileges, be it either economically infeasible to try or otherwise unachievable due to the nature of my driving history. This letter contains our entire agreement. There are no separate or side agreements or oral agreements. Any supplementation or alteration of this agreement must be in writing and signed by the parties." Our law firm fulfilled its obligation to you 100% under the contract. Your negative review is not a reflection of the work we did, but a reflection of your lack of character and attitude of entitlement. You should be ashamed of yourself. Oh wait, you are ashamed of yourself, as you posted anonymously.

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