John T. Powers, Jr.

Based on my dealings and experience with John I have found him to be very knowledgeable, trustworthy, dedicated ,.and competent. He is helpful and attentive to legal issues as they arise. My calls and e-mails to John are always answered promptly, and with solid advice. He explains all aspects of what...ever legal issues are brought to his attention in a clear and precise manner. After having been charged with not my first DUI , John's advice and guidance allowed me to have a second chance. He was never judgmental in his dealings with me but rather displayed kindness and concern, both of which were invaluable to me at that time. He is diligent and hardworking and a complete professional. My case was difficult – more than then one conviction within 25 years. The argument of my motion was a complex legal issues about the jurisdiction of the officer who first stopped my car. John knows very well on the legal arguments, the right strategy and how to navigate the system and identify opportunities. In addition John impressed me the most in the way he successfully planned and argued the motion , during the motion argument, John exploited every opportunity possible. I had no doubt this was a great lawyer. I would definitely recommend John to anyone who is fighting DUI charge or any other crime for which he wants to take.

I was convicted of a second DWI and John did everything he could to help lower the charges and keep me from going to jail or doing any community service. He was able to get it down, initially, from 5 years to 3 years probation with a felony on my record. As my case was nearing to an end, John was abl...e to lower it to a misdemeanor and 2 years probation with good behavior over the next 8 months. He truly cares about the outcome of your case. I highly recommend him to be your lawyer.

We had a situation where my 17 year old daughter got into a fight with a bully at school. We thought the fight ended there until 2 Nassau county detectives came to my House looking for my daughter. The other girls father who is a city detective who filed charges against my daughter 4 months later. Th...ey got a restraining order against her and we had to hire a lawyer. John powers and his associates were there with us every step of the way. The advised and proactively handled every aspect of the case until its favorable conclusion. The professionalism and personal care is second to none. A better looking staff you will not find (sorry just can’t say enough about them). Again thank you to John and his staff for what could of been a real terrible experience into something tolerable.

Retained this lawyer for our family member who was innocent as per arrest. He was accused of a crime that could have put him in prison for 25 years. Powers demanded us to pay high retainer due to the "work" he said he had ahead of him. We took out an equity line of credit so as to pay the retaine...r and ongoing fees for him and his so-called investigator. He gave us "lip service" about having his investigator commence work immediately. However, neither he nor his investigator did anything whatsoever, not immediately nor months later. Essential time was passing; crucial evidence towards proof of innocence was not being followed up on. An innocent young person's life was being ruined and Powers did not take it as seriously as he should have. We asked what he was doing; he didn't have much to tell us nor show us for the money we were paying. (He was more interested in asking for more money than proving results of any kind to us.) We interviewed other attorneys, found one who was empathetic to our young family member's dilemna, who immediately told us what should have been done as per the current timeline in the case, etc. We hired him immediately. We then wrote Powers to tell him that he was discharged from the case because he had failed to investigate, meet with the District Attorney's Office, etc. We also asked that our family member's file be forwarded to the new law firm. He dug his heals, refused to acknowledge our discharging him, allowed his ego to interfere with our young family member's best interest. He also refused to send the file to the new law firm. The new law firm wrote him a letter, threatened to bring him in front of the Bar Association and the Judicial Grievance Committee. Post his finally sending family member's file to new law firm, he sent us his billing statement. Yes, it was padded and we questioned him about it. He agreed that there were items on the billing statement that were erroneously included. We demanded the difference of our money, the return of quite a few thousands of dollars that we had paid, but that he did nothing to earn. He repeatedly said that he would refund it, but we never received it. No, he never returned it. We were quite caught up with our family member's case which took much of our time as well as took time to move through the court system. We believe that Powers took advantage of these facts and hedged his bets that we would not have time to go after him for our money. However, he should have returned our money as soon as he acknowledged that we were due the refund. He should not have kept money that he knew, deep down inside, he did not deserve. Powers is the reason why lawyers get a bad rap. STAY CLEAR OF HIM. (PS New law firm was professional, diligent and successful in proving our family member's innocence, literally saved a young person's life.)