Wish I could give negative stars, or at least zero. Hired Michael Parlow because of his raving reviews online, promised he was a shark; the man cost me almost 2 decades in prison, and I was only a child then. Guy spoke to me no problem on the phone when I was in the County Jail, sounded like great ...lawyer, promised he'd help me. Soon as he got the money, total 180 from him, wouldn't pick up phone, wouldn't answer letters. Man met with me one time, after that he failed to appear to vital hearings on at least 3 occasions and forfeited my right to have those hearings. He charged my family extra money for services we requested which he simply refused to perform and he never returned or even made record of the payment; he stole from us. Man never met with a single witness in my case, never even secured a bail reduction for me after almost 2 years in the county jail under excessive bond. Guy never answered phone or my letters whole time I was in county. Guy showed up for the second time ever right before trial and gave me false appellate advise to induce a guilty plea, insisted I take that plea. I was just a kid, and my family was scared and naive, so we listened to him, almost 2 decades later Im still convicted of something I didn't do, and never even got my day in court.. For your sake or the sake of your loved one, I advise you to never hire this attorney, flee far from him. I am not the only person he has done this too, he was actually sued in federal court once for forcing people to enter guilty pleas. He will just delay your case delay your case until the last minute and then obligate you to enter a plea or goto trial with nothing because he has done no work. I believe he only works hard on a handful of high profile and rich clients each year to make it appear he is good lawyer, then the low profile clients and the poor he sells out. Im sure there is a lot of people in state prison who this lawyer misrepresented and as a result they were wrongfully convicted, but you wouldn't hear about it because they're dying in prison, also even the ones that got out, likely after so long have moved on and don't have the time to warn people about him. I am posting this review anonymously for fear of retaliation from the powerful attorney. But, please believe, this is a REAL review, a real live story of someone who was terribly wronged by this Attorney. Time from taken from me I will never get back, and this man did nothing for me, he never met with a single witness, and there WAS exculpatory witnesses out there, he just never took the time to meet with anyone, nor even get my bail down so I could do it myself.... I only write this review to try to save others, If I can save one person the hell I went through, it was worth it. Spend your money elsewhere, once you pay him, it is too late, you won't get your money back...

First if I could give this review no stars I would. Mr.Parlow is one of those crappy lawyers who takes advantage of people when they are at their worst. The man would talk down to me as if I could not comprehend the most basic of information. Yet I was the one who complied everything for him. But t...he cake was that he would never let me know in advance the amount of money he would be looking to get paid until it was at the 11th hour. He would call the night before an event and say I need this amount of money or we can't proceed. He is an extortionist. He took advantage of an easy situation that in the end I could have dealt with myself without a lawyer at all. I will never talk to him again nor would I say a single good thing about him. He is a jerk off.

Parlow didn't show the time and respect you need to show a client.He ignored my calls when I tried to reach him and wouldn't get to me for days, even though I left him message and told him it was urgent.Very unsettling person not good to work with,sent someone else to represent me on my court date... without notifying me ahead and charge me double for this.Overall I am very disappointed This lawyer.