Steven Valsamidis

Steven was hired and paid $6,000. He told me from the beginning that this would be an easy case. The case went on for 21 months before I called the ADA and made a better deal in 5 minutes than Steven could in 21 months. He lied about numerous things and blamed the ADA and Judge. Steven wouldn’t retur...n my last 3 calls and quit on me the day before trial. The judge allowed this because he lied to him as well. He skipped my preliminary trial and lied about this as well. When I confronted him he got upset and said I could fire him if I wanted to. This man can only make plea deals. Don’t hire him if you are truly innocent. My case had over 8 continuances in my behalf and I didn’t ask for one of them. In my opinion this man is garbage and a coward. I would tell him this to his face but he screens my calls and won’t return my messages. I’ve reported him to the PA bar association.

So I had an incident where a situation went to 11 and I pulled a firearm. The local police were trying to throw the book at me ( 2 felony aggravated assault charges and 4 misdemeanor charges) Collectively I was looking at a possible 36 years in prison ( being 41 this would make me 76 when released) u...pon the advice of the bail bondsman that night I contacted Steve the next day. Steve consulted with me fairly quickly and i immediately hired him knowing I needed all the help I could get. The delay request he filed did make me nervous as it pushed the case 2 months later but it seemed to help. Steve was able to negotiate this down at the preliminary hearing and got the cops to drop the 2 felonies right away. ( despite his best effort they weren’t going to bargain on the 4 misdemeanor charges) Still he got a favorable outcome when the police accepted my ARD request and only gave it 24 months with a fairly minimal fine and no jail time ( everything was negotiable except going to jail). So he got me 24 months probation which was a bit extreme even he thought but he did his job and kept me on the street then he even offered to help me with the expungement process after I finish the probation. Can’t say enough good things about the man cause he genuinely helped me at the worst moment of my life. Sure he’s busy and it might take some efforts to get through to him or his office but believe me they’ll respond and will do whatever they have to to get you through it. The day of my preliminary hearing he was really busy but made every effort to keep me informed and aware of what he was trying to do. Criminal charges are deep deep #2 and you need all the help you can get. Steve helped me and a lot of others here. If you need him he’ll believe you cause he’s probably run into this situation before. It probably didn’t hurt that at 41 and having never been in trouble before I was the ideal client, but still get ahold of Steve cause he’s going to care about you and will keep you where you belong, not in jail