Hired Patrick Laurer to defend my case. He did not meet my expectations. I expected more for how much money that I paid. He was hard to work with. He did everything last minute. I ended signing guilty charges for assault when I was attacked in my own home. I did not receive a military discount after... requesting for it. Now I have to live with the consequences.

I accepted patrick as my attorney in 2014 for aggravated assault against a police officer patrick hardly answered my phone calls after recieving payment he came to court disheveled he had nothing of value to offer in terms of questioning during preliminary he did not try to use facts that could help ...my situation that would have helped such as the statement the officer offered that was not reiterated on the stand do not hire this lawyer for any criminal matter not involving dui

Listen if you are guilty, any bum can tell you to take a plea deal and accept a plea deal on your behalf. He calls himself the the DUI King. If you are dumb enough to drink and drive don’t be dumb enough to call this guy. If you are innocent you are better off fighting your own cases like I did- I w...on my appeal. Don't ever do business with someone who believes it is never right to offer a refund. Who doesn't believe it is possible a refund would ever be appropriate. I am dissatisfied not because the case didn't go my way but because the case verdict was wrong largely in part because I had a bad attorney. When I hired the Law Offices of Patrick F Lauer I was expecting a professional with expertise, skill, wisdom, knowledge concerning the law and legal matters. I was expecting someone with the work ethic to do the job right. But I received none of those. He had the unjust fines of 3,883 sustained. At my appeal I defended myselfand won. His associate was scheduled to represent me on 1/3/17 however Patrick Lauer showed up late instead. 1/7/17 I had contacted his office/ several times by phone speaking with both Patrick F Lauer and Heather Obrisko as well as by email. I expressed my displeasure, I told them I would be appealing my case and requested a refund. I said if I win my case it would reflect poorly on their office. I have the letter they sent me dated 1/10/2017. It states “Prior to the Summary Trial, we thoroughly discussed that the officer had photographs designating strict weight requirements and restricted trucks except for local deliveries.” “I was able to get the officer to agree to a reduction in fine” “I even told you it would be unlikely from experience that District Judge would reduce the fine if you elected to go through with a hearing and was found guilty.” “Attorney Orisko and I both believe that you should have accepted the negotiated plea agreement.” “representation for negotiations with law enforcement, obtaining a favorable plea agreement which was ultimately rejected by you and represented you at the Summary Trial” “There is no refund simply because you now have remorse over not accepting the plea deal. You should have taken the deal.” Signed by Patrick F. Lauer and Heather N. Orisko I was even offered the same plea deal at my appeal and I refused it again. As evident by their letter they were only interested in accepting a plea deal and heading home. Apparently they never thought to consider I was actually innocent or to argue for my innocence. After I won my appeal I contacted the offices of Patrick F Lauer and requested a refund but they refused. On 5/18/17 by phone I spoke to Patrick Lauer. I requested a refund. I told him I won my appeal. He then changed his story and insisted that it wasn’t his fault. And he said more than once that we had a “terrible judge“. I had disagreed with the ruling of Judge Michael J Smith. But never once had my wife or I blamed him or thought he had done any wrong. We knew what the problem was-bad service from the Law Offices of Patrick F Lauer. I asked probably 10 times don't you believe in customer satisfaction. I am unsatisfied because of lousy service, lack of effort, lack of expertise, lack of character. I originally spoke and made arrangements for his associate Heather Orisko to represent me. But she was a no show. He was late. He was rude. I argued that the sign used was confusing improper and inappropriate to justify a weight restriction. I was right. He seemed unprepared and unfamiliar with my case or the laws concerning my case. As far as I could tell he never researched or reviewed my case. He came in insisting I should take a plea deal. I finally had to say to him are you working for me or for them? He said for me but I was unconvinced. It was evident to me Patrick Lauer was only concerned with obtaining a plea deal. As though the authorities are always right and I am guilty until proven innocent.

I was arrested in the end of 2016 for assault that was nonviolent or physical. I have used Patrick Lauer in the past with positive results. I have not used pat in about 7 years. My experience with Patrick was terrible this time. He is definitely not the attorney he used to be. As a license professio...nal in health in PA I would say Patrick has some type of issues in his life he needs to deal with. He is arrogant and rude to the point. He is worthless in court and wants to take the easiest route to get him paid and do the least amount of work he has to do. I talked to a local police officer who advised against Patrick Lauer who stated Pat used to be good, but now just turns the courtroom into a circus. Even the way Patrick dresses now is extremely bizarre and extremely unprofessional. I ended up leaving Pat losing money and getting a better attorney. My new attorney a lot cheaper stayed in touch with the DA and got my charges reduced to summary infractions, which pat said was not possible. I have to say I used to really like Patrick, but at his older age he had become very incompetent and senile. I would never give Patrick even $5 to help me unless to wash my car off. Please don't waste time or money on Pat. He is money hungry and worthless. His secretary is very rude too.