I hired Thomas Maronick to defend me against a DUI citation that I received back in July 2018. Throughout my time working with Tom he appeared to be preoccupied with other cases and was often very short with me when I asked him questions. He was unprepared for my first trial and did not attend the ne...xt two trials. Instead, he sent a junior attorney to represent me. After receiving my judgment, Tom did not follow up with me to see if I was pleased with the outcome or my legal representation. If I should ever need a criminal lawyer in the future I will NOT hire Thomas Maronick.

I had over 5 attorneys reassigned to my case in 8 months. This law firm was the most stressful part of my experience. There was no doubt that I was innocent, All I needed was an attorney to execute properly. The level of anxiety to get a new lawyer a few days before court, that knows nothing about yo...ur case. I stayed patient by speaking with Mr. MARONICK JR and expressing my concerns. I truly felt He didn’t care, the only time he did was when I would ask for my money back. Due to having my lawyers being switched like hot potatoes, they were never prepared going into court. After so many postponements due to them being unprepared, the judge expressed there wouldn’t be any more granted. A week before the big day, I contacted my lawyer and he didn’t even remember me. He told me that he was no longer on my case and that MR SEAMON would be picking it up and would be giving me a call. I contacted Mr. MARONICK AGAIN, expressing my concerns about my lawyer being reassigned for the 5th time and that there was no way he would be ready for court. It was a day before court and Mr.SEAMON didn’t reach out until 9pm, THE NIGHT BEFORE COURT. Mr. SEAMON spoke to me as if I was bothering him, he said “what’s the big deal, I’m looking at your case. What are you worried about?” He asked me if I was willing to take a plea, I said no. I expressed to him that I didn’t feel he was prepared to take on this case in such short notice, THERE WAS 11HRS UNTIL COURT. Our plan was to push for postponement. When we got to court that morning. The first thing MR SEAMON did was go to the SA and negotiated a plea. He came to me with the plea and I said no. He became upset and frustrated that I wouldn’t take the plea. He said he knew that SA and worked hard to get it. He felt I was making him look stupid. In my head, I’m thinking “do you work for me or the SA?” I reiterated that I wasn’t taking a plea. He looks me in the face and says “if you don’t take this plea, I wont be representing you anymore.” To me, that meant nothing because he hasn’t even been assigned to my case for a full 24hours but I expressed that I felt pressured and very uncomfortable. MR SEAMON became more frustrated and said “if you’re not comfortable, I’m going to strike my appearance.” At this point, he was threatening me into accepting this plea. I told him that I would call Mr. Maronick, that when he calmed down. He told me our only option was to take it to Circuit court and that he wouldn’t charge me the circuit court fee due to the incompetence of the firm. District court fee=$2500, Circuit court= $10k-$20k We went back into the courtroom and the first thing MR SEAMON said was “well my client doesn’t think I’m capable of trying this case so I’m going to ask for a postponement”, he said this in front of the entire court. The judge denied it, so he told the judge to escalate it to circuit court. After court Mr SEAMON called me upset that I didn’t take the plea. He explained that he had other things to deal with and my case was just another burden. We had the trial date a week later. I showed up to court on time expecting to see MR SEAMON, He was no where to be found. I called him and he told me he sent me an email. He got the court date postponed and didn’t notify me. He also followed through on his threat and struck his appearance and returned my money. KEEP IN MIND, my case was escalated to circuit court so I had a few weeks to find a lawyer to try my case for more than triple of what I was originally supposed to pay. They screwed me over. I found a great lawyer who did such a great job defending me that my case was dismissed BEFORE the trial date. Had I gave into MR SEAMONS threats, I would have taken the blame for something uI didn’t do. My job is to make sure no one gets treated like that again. DO NOT GO TO THIS FIRM.

Very unprofessional!! I hired Tom several months back. He kept giving me the run around. Communication was very limited. Joe schano and Stephanie All gave me the run around. Asked for itemized receipt numerous amount of times. Charged $500 for a jail visit that I told him not to go to. Fired him seve...ral times. Yet I was still charged. $10,000 for a district case. Everything he claimed he filed was gonna be filed automatically. I hired a new lawyer for under half the price and got instant results. I will never refer him to anyone. All he did was take my money. He claimed I was getting some of that back which I did not. Shame on you Tom, Stephanie, and Joe. He only have a 1 star rating because I had to pick one in order to submit this review. Other wise I would had given it a negative five

I was in a desperate situation and on paper my case looked terrible. I stood to loose my job and much more. Tom Maronick and his team worked incredible hard to get an outcome that both saved my job as well as received a sentencing that allowed me to continue working. Tom was courteous and would reg...ularly call to explain matters with regards to the case. I would recommend Maronick Law to anyone who was in a similar situation.