John H. Painter

Having been a sworn law enforcement officer for almost 17 years prior to a disability injury, I found myself in need of a quality, intelligent, overly competent, experienced, honest, trust worthy, and frankly the best trial lawyer around. As stated prior, in my 17 years of law enforcement I have had... cases with many lawyers in all aspect of the law, criminal, civil, family, etc. During my career I always knew that should I, or my family be in a situation requiring the best trial lawyer there would never be a second thought about who to retain, that person being John Painter. I have had thousands of cases with many lawyers over the years. When I was a young officer and throughout my career John Painter taught me a lot about trail law, court precedent, N.C. and U.S. Supreme Court Rulings, as well as court room etiquette. John Painter at times would talk to me after a trial and tell me what I could have done a little better and or what I may have over looked. I know well beyond on a reasonable doubt and after being on the stand and cross examined by John Painter many times that he represented his clients with fierce fervor, dedication, commitment, and always with the best interest of his clients in mind. I say all this as both a private citizen and a prior 17 year law enforcement officer. Moreover, I also know that every law enforcement officer holds John Pinter in high regard and carries a healthy deserved respect for him as a person and lawyer. Many officers may not like me saying this, however I personally and professionally know that all officers have a healthy fear of him trying their cases. John Painter is highly educated in the law, to a degree well beyond the average lawyer. I can't state it enough that he is the best trail lawyer around. Again, during my career I was field training officer for all new officers. I also had a section of instruction and discussion on how to prepare case files, evidence collection, chain of custody, completeness and accuracy in report writing and note taking, and simply doing things the right way. And I always referred to prior cases I had with John Painter as well cases I observed that other officers had with John Painter. Simply put, John Painter is the most qualified, educated, experienced, honest lawyer I am aware of. Yes there are other great lawyers in Union County all of whom I also know personally and professionally. With that being said I highly recommend John Painter if you find yourself in need of the best lawyer, and once again this comes from both being a client of John Painter and also a 17 year career as law enforcement officer. So I feel I have an insight as to John Painter's ability, experience, honesty, and education representing clients and especially trial law. You will not be disappointed, unless you decide not to at least consult with John Painter. And of course a disclaimer, I was not asked nor obligated to write a review, especially this lengthy of a review regarding John Painter. I write this out of my own free will and respect for John Painter as a person and a lawyer. Being a law enforcement officer I am always asked who is the best lawyer, and number one on my list is John Painter. If I retained him, would refer my mom and family members to him, I highly recommend that whom ever reads this review to do the same.

My husband got a DWI back in 2013 but I didn't know about this web site to read a review him, first. Sheriff recommended this lawyer and we decided to go with him. He was always saying 'don't worry, I'll do this and I'll do that'. He was postponing court dates like he was picking a judge he wanted to... have trial with. And when the final court date came, he wouldn't even stand up to say a word to at least get his license back, at least for a privileged driving. Since he needed his driving license for his work. J. Painter charged $3,5 k for nothing, for trips to court. My husband got a "full house" of charges for his first DWI in his life without having any other felonies before. I thought attorneys are meant to protect when you hire them to do so, but not to plead you guilty. Will never recommend this attorney to anybody... i regret I found out about this website so late...

I found myself in a very serious situation, my life changed before my eyes. I will not mention what these charges were. I was told by a close friend that Mr. Painter was the best Union county had to offer and that is with out a doubt the truth. 3 long years of court, I watched as other clients trash ...talked John saying he was a bad lawyer....the man is wise and even if it seems he is doing nothing he is always working hard for you. If it had not been for John I would surely be in jail right now. I watched him work in a courtroom for 3 years and I would not trust a single other lawyer to ever help me. John is by far the best lawyer in Union county and I would recommend him to anyone for any type of legal issue. Thank you again John you are truly a god send!

John Painter is absolutely the best Criminal Defense Attorney around. I hired Painter for a case for someone very close to me. They were charged with 20 class C Felonies. That would mean many years in prison and could have resulted in additional consequences. In the end, the 20 Class C Felonies were... dismissed and a plea of 4 Class 1 Misdemeanors was agreed on with unsupervised probation. I am overjoyed to say the least! I feel like Painter saved my loved one's life and in many ways he did. There are not enough words for the gratitude I have for this man. On day one, the day of the arrest, when we called him to come to the jail he was there within the hour. After we did the bond (which would have been higher if Painter would not have been there) we went directly to his office to talk about the case. That was on a Saturday morning. Painter has always been available to us. Day or night, weekday or weekends if we had questions or just wanted to talk to him. His office staff are a pleasure which also helped during this trying time. He certainly takes care of his clients and is compassionate about what he does. John Painter is a true professional and if you are ever in need of a criminal defense attorney, he is your man!

I hired John Painter for a DUI case whereas I was arrested after an accident but was not the person driving the vehicle. After I was arrested and taken downtown to be booked, he showed up to go over with the officers what had happened to justify my arrest. Throughout the next 16 months we went to co...urt, awaiting a trial, while the D.A. tried to come up with witnesses of the accident. As the last court date came he made it clear we were not waiting another month to resolve this matter. Finally we got to trial. During the trial Mr. Painter was at the top of his game, objecting to things that didn't apply to the charges, questioning the prosecuting witnesses in the proper way as to prove that they didn't actually see the accident until after it had happened and everyone was out of the vehicles, and, most importantly, that they had no cause to arrest me. I had injuries from the crash inflected on my right side which is consistent of the crash since we had collided mainly on the passenger side of our vehicle. Besides all of that he was persistent in the fact that regardless of who the accident had happened or, who was driving, there was no cause for me to be arrested under the suspicion of driving while impaired. I must say it is a relief to get out of trouble. But a better relief to get out of being wrongly accused of a crime that you didn't commit. Although I did have to go through getting arrested and booked downtown, and had to take at least one day a month off for 16 months, of which was not at the fault of Mr. Painter but the D.A., in the end it was well worth anything to have an attorney on my side with the knowledge and skill to prove that there was no reason to arrest nor charge me with this act. In fact after the charges were dismissed, the court, gave me another charge of failure to reduce speed which Mr. Painter appealed for the fact that they couldn't prove I was driving in the first place. I would absolutely hire this attorney again, if needed.... but lets hope that doesn't happen again.