Jarrod William Smith

I hired him through pre-trial motions for $2500 for an E felony which he said he would get dismissed with a single motion. Upon my refusal of a misdemeanor plea because I was innocent, he said he would withdraw from the case if I did not pay more, I have a witness who signed an affirmation to this. ... He misread NYC law for NYS law, missed the fact that the felony complaint was not only fraudulent, but had me committing a crime in Auburn NY when I was working in Batavia, NY (3hours drive west!). He is incompetent, and inattentive. He actually had to be called on his cell phone by THE JUDGE to appear in Court and represent me. Legal research, yep, on his cellphone in-between colluding with the DA. I am currently filing a civil lawsuit against him. Oh, and he waived speedy trial against my verbal and written direction (again with a witness) screwing me over for a 30.30 dismissal. 13 months later, I got myself out of jail by self representing (Pro Se).

I hired Mr. Smith to represent my brother in a criminal case. He charged me a ridiculous retainer, saw his client only once during the process and did nothing but submit teh same paperwork the previous attorney was going to. I hired him based on his word, passion of the case and expected results. He... put very little energy into the case and I would not recommend retaining his services.

I used Jarrod twice for criminal defence cases for traffic tickets. Jarrod went the extra mile for me in both my cases with good results, although he tends to get very busy and had trouble at times, keeping on top of things. All and all though, I think he's an excellent attorney. He really cares abou...t his clients and has a great personality.