Michael E McHale

I used McHale for a bogus PFA and he didn't show for the hearing. I also had him hired for representation for custody and he was double booked and only made it by the skin of his teeth. The mediator was about to start without him. This is someone I whom I put my life and the lives of my children in t...heir hands to make sure my kids stayed safe and he barely makes it, as well as he was paid a good amount of money, money which I really didn't have a lot of having two small children to take care of. He should be ashamed of himself. He's a disgrace! Very unprofessional. Should have to reimburse all the clients he stiffed! TAKE A WORD OF ADVICE, FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO REPRESENT YOU, if and when he's back in business.

I hired this Lawyer to represent me in a traffic citation case for speeding. This lawyer talked a good game, told me what I wanted to hear then showed up at court and barely spoke on my behalf. He represented me on a traffic citation, we went over exactly what happened and he said he thought it was a... bad stop due to poor visibility at night and the Cop was behind me a mile or so and could not have seen the lines in the road. He said we would win by out working the officer. I paid him and he never returned any of my calls regarding the case, he didn't do any research, he did nothing. He showed up in Court and the officer did not appear but his Chief did. The Chief told the Judge the Officer was transporting a prisoner picked up on a Governor's Warrant and would be late arriving and the lawyer didn't object or say anything. He seemed so intimidated by the Chief that the only thing he said, was "how about no points". Never mentioned that it was midnight when the cop pulled me over claiming to have clocked me with V-Spec in the dark, timing me between the white lines in the road. There were many other holes in the citation plus the cop didn't appear, the Chief wasn't even involved in the stop. The lawyer didn't exploit any of the holes in the citation so I wound up accepting a plea because I had ZERO confidence that this lawyer would speak up at all. If you ask me the Cops had such a weak case that the cop didn't even show to testify to the validity of the stop or the citation and they plea bargained me to 10 mph over the 45 mph speed limit circumventing the legislature and the law here in PA that theres a 10 mph exception when using electronic devices. He never said a word about being suspended until after the case when I got a letter offering refunds, he agreed to a full refund, I offered to accept a partial. He asked for some time I agreed. So as it turns out he lied then shut off his phones and never refunded me a dime. So I would not recommend this Lawyer to anyone. I only wish I knew he was being suspended for not adequately representing his previous clients. I could have...well actually I did represent myself more aggressively than he did.

I Joseph Adam's, have known Mr. Mchale for a very long time and throughout them years he was always someone that would help ,and defend you . So when I started getting into trouble again I came to Mr. Mchale and hired him to help with my one case and he succeeded which I knew he would . Mr.Mchale and... his staff go above and beyond. Well while I was incarcerated new charges from last year came to light . And Mr. McHale knowing I was just released and lost everything decided to take this new case pro bono , not only his he a magnificent attorney who will fight for his clients , he is also a compassionate and thoughtful person who will help anyway he can like he always has .