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Posted by Matthew | June 23, 2026
Extremely rude
Extremely rude over the phone I was simply asking questions and getting information and he hung up on me and told me to find another lawyer
We spoke and I realized that we would not be a good fit to service you. I could have taken your case despite that, but the ethical thing to do is to decline representation, so I did so. Nothing I did was rude.
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...
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!
Posted by Aron | May 23, 2016 | Hired Attorney
Cell Phone Ticket NYC
I received a cell phone ticket in Queens NYC on May 2015, after pushing it off multiple time they finally went to court and i was found guilty as charged. I called the office afterwards to find out what happened and they said there is not much you can do in NYC and they usually recommend paying the t...
This review is grossly misleading and partially false. The falsity is that we NEVER "usually recommend paying the ticket..." That is a bald faced lie. In fact, had we done that with this person then why would they have retained us? In NYC the court is an administrative tribunal, which has a no plea bargaining policy. So UNLESS you fight the ticket you are found guilty 100% of the time. We make this clear to EVERYONE that contacts us that the only path to dismissal is to fight the ticket. We also make it exceedingly clear that there are no guarantees in NYC that you can lose despite our best efforts. In fact, this is the very language of the retainer agreement this guy signed: "please note that we do not guarantee a particular or even favorable result. In other words...you might lose at trial. You might be found guilty of the charge or charges you are currently facing despite our best efforts." This is what this liar signed. It was right there in black and white. In NYC, the name of the game is to delay the case for as long as we can so that even if as here the client is found guilty we avoided the insurance increase, because we took the case to trial after getting them through all, or most, of the insurance increase period. We also get our client's court appearance waived. That is EXACTLY what we did in this case. Rather than go on and on in detail, just check out our web page on how and why we defend NYC tickets the way we do here: http://www.mpalumbolaw.com/new-york-city-ticket-defense.html. The simple fact of the matter is that no one knows whether they will be found guilty or not in NYC until AFTER the trial. Every day we have clients whose cases are dismissed and clients who are found guilty. It happens. One has to have a risk and loss tolerance if they are going to retain counsel in NYC, and If this guy did not have the risk & loss tolerance then he should have just plead as charged. Don't listen to what this misleading complainer who had unrealistic expectations has to say. Check out what our hundreds of other clients from both in and out of NYC have said about us in their own words. Then, pick up the phone, speak to us, and judge for yourself. We can be reached at 914-777-2990, or by e-mail at Michael@MPalumboLaw.com.
Posted by anonymous | December 01, 2014
Responsive, Communicative but Not Impressed with His Efforts
I received a 4-point speeding ticket after being charged with going over 70 mph in a 55 mph zone in New York State. Immediately, I plead not guilty and began researching traffic ticket-specific attorneys and was very impressed with Mr. Palumbo, his track record and reviews from others who were charg...
This comment is the very reason why people should retain counsel - to protect themselves from themselves. What this former client does not understand is as follows: Yes, while we did plead him guilty for a 1 point reduction we plead him guilty to a 3 point NON-SPEEDING ticket. This was a great outcome although not seemingly so, because we got him a conviction OUT OF SPEED. That is always the exigency in a speeding ticket case to get the client out of speed, because speeding causes amplifying problems on ones driving record. What this former client did not tell you, because he does not understand the significance of it, was that in the past 18 months he 1 prior speeding conviction. Once a person receives 3 speeding convictions in an 18 month period his NYS license or privileges are revoked. So had I turned this offer down I would have risked having my client found guilty of a speeding ticket, and then if he had received another one and been found guilty he would have lost his license. In this case, we acted in the most prudent way possible. Our clients insurance did not go up and he is not in danger of losing his NYS driver's license or privileges if he gets a speeding conviction in the future. Moreover, we saved our client time and money by getting his personal appearance waived from court. All and all, this client benefited greatly from the service.