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Posted by Jim McCaig | April 21, 2021
Good Guy
I got myself into a jam with some speeding tickets. I left a message at Mike’s office - Within 15 minutes I got a phone call back and he went on explaining the pros and cons and the seriousness of my charges .He spent about 12 minutes on the phone with me . He’s a straight shooter - he told me what ...
Posted by Martin | January 13, 2021 | Hired Attorney
Ticket exterminator
First and foremost, thank you Michael for taking care of my potential speeding ticket. It could have been 6 points, but fortunately it was dismissed. The process went just as my attorney said it would. I was advised of all court proceedings along the way as promised. 100% total professional, that’s ...
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 Marwa | October 02, 2020 | Hired Attorney
Thank you
This is by far the best and most helpful lawyer I’ve ever had. I never even had to show up to court! He kept me updated the entire time. He would tell me very reassuring things such as “this is gonna be a piece of cake and we’re gonna get you this ticket dismissed!” Mind you, I had a 4 point ticket. ...
Posted by anonymous | February 14, 2020 | Hired Attorney
School Bus ticket
I hired Mr. Palumbo and his associates to represent me in a ticket that I received in New York City. From start to finish they were very professional in the manner in which they handled my case. I spoke to Mr. Palumbo directly and he ensured that I was informed on how the case would be handled. I w...