Eric Keith Dowdle

Eric Keith Dowdle

3.0
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 32 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Allentown, PA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Appeals

29 South Law Street, Allentown, PA

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Licenses

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 32 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 1993

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Eric K. Dowdle Attorney At Law

29 South Law Street, Allentown, PA, 18101

Law Offices of Eric Keith Dowdle

333 W Union St, Allentown, PA, 18102-5401

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Eric Keith Dowdle's Reviews

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3.0 /5.0

4 Client Reviews

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Posted by Jordan Harold Levine | August 18, 2024 | Hired Attorney

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Best Paid Public Pretender

In my personal opinion this lawyer will sell his own mother up the river if he can make a buck out of it. In 2019 I was charged with a crime outside the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, but Mr. Dowdle advised me it was in my best interest to take a plea knowing that a case with the same fact pattern was... being decided in the state supreme Court. When I found that that the case law was in my favor it was already too late (pcra) and Dowdle said he did everything he could except push the case law. I had to file ineffective counsel against him and use his own words against him in court, then for some reason he airs out my father's medical problems in the middle of court, for what? Why? What does that have to do with this? In the end the courts legal gymnastics won out and I got timebarred again. I had a stack of things I could file against him but it's a shame I had to play my own lawyer. I feel like he traded me to the prison system and a lot of other people feel that way too, they just don't know how to write reviews online. Before anyone hires him ask him what's Thug law?

Posted by anonymous | September 5, 2023 | Hired Attorney

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Lifesaver and great guy

He got a man another shot at a life. And that man did not waste that chance. That man is me. Thank you, Eric. . *Almost 20 years later.

Posted by Mugabe | August 12, 2020 | Hired Attorney

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Poor representation

I’m a ten year milkman in three different states. I hired Eric to fight a speeding ticket. I found his tactics in pursuing this issue to be lackluster to say the least. His professionalism was non existent as he halfway greeted me in the courthouse. He didn’t call me prior to review my case which was... the first bad sign. I have a clean license and it should have stayed that way. I do not recommend this lawyer at all, go another way!!

Eric Dowdle

Replied last August 13, 2020

Mugabe - I’m sorry things didn’t work out the way you wanted them to. The police reduced the charges as far as they would. The situation was a speeding ticket. The only way to effectively deal with the ticket was to work the case out. Northampton County will not allow a reduction after a summary hearing. We discussed these issues when we first discussed the case. I am very sorry that you were upset with the outcome. I wish you the best in the future.

Posted by anonymous | January 21, 2014

Great attorney never over promise by over deliver

I would recommend him at any time. He never promised anything, he was very clear of what to expect. Took him time to get the result that we wanted. But he did he definitely over deliver. On our case. Eric Thank you May God Bless him.

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Experience

Rating:  6.7 (Good)

Associations

Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

Education

1992

Widener University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1989

Dickinson College

Languages

English

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