Steven Paul Berne

Mr.Berne represented me in a federal conspiracy case and was facing 10+ years. Mr.Berne is a great lawyer he is knowledgable, responsive and honest. Throughout the case Mr. Berne was transparent with me and always answered and addressed any concerns I had. He made Me feel like he cared not only as... his client but as person. If you are looking for a lawyer to fight for you hire Steven Berne you will not be disappointed !

Seeing Mr. Berne’s great rating on Avvo is not surprising, he is a very good attorney. I was facing a felony charge when I hired Mr. Berne, but he worked to get it reduced to a misdemeanor with no prison time. I am very fortunate to have not been charged with some of the very serious charges I’ve se...en in these reviews. However, whenever your freedom is at stake it is serious, and my freedom was at stake when I called Mr. Berne in search of a good attorney. When I first spoke to Mr. Berne I had not been charged yet, but I had received a target letter and it was very likely that I would be charged with a felony. I was very nervous about hiring an attorney as I had not made very good decisions in the past when choosing an attorney. Mr. Berne sounded like someone I could trust. Of the several attorneys I spoke to I only got a good feeling from two of them, one of which was Mr. Berne. I ultimately hired him because of those two, he followed up. Mr. Berne has a quality that many lawyers do not have. He fully understands that the human element is a part of every case. He understands that he literally has people’s lives in his hands when he represents them, and he takes that seriously. Many attorneys are very well educated in the letter of the law, but they seem to have lost their connection with humanity. Mr. Berne has not lost his connection this humanity, and that sets him apart. After hiring him I was still nervous because my case was “small potatoes” so to speak compared to the much more serious cases that lawyers of his pedigree handle daily. I was concerned that he could take his eye off the ball on my case because it was a relatively “low offense” case. That nervousness came from past experience, not from anything Mr. Berne had shown me. He showed me just the opposite throughout his handling of my case. He stayed on top of my case and kept me updated. I tried not to call him, email him, or text him much. I just trusted him to do the job and prayed and hoped that he would not let me down. He didn’t let me down. Though my case was relatively simple, there were some unexpected twists, the last of which is still pending at the time of this writing, but Mr. Berne took them in stride working diligently to resolve them. As said, I was facing a felony charge when I hired Mr. Berne, but he got it reduced to a misdemeanor with no jail time. Two of the lawyers I had spoken to before I hired Mr. Berne told me that I was just going to have to accept a felony conviction. After I hired Mr. Berne he asked me what I wanted. I told him that of course I would love for all of this to just go away, but the next best thing would be to have another chance at a life without a felony conviction. He responded saying “that’s possible”. He delivered.

I had the most pleasure of working with Berne. This is my first criminal "experience" and I was facing 2 years . But with Mr. Berne he brought me all the way down to just 4 months and he says he still isn't finished with my case. This was a crazy thing in my life but he made it so much easier and to ...deal with . Thank you so much .

Mr Berne kept me abreast of everything going on in my case, good and bad. I had access to him 24hours.....He provided best and worst case scenarios, which helped me make the vest decicions on how to accept the plea given or go to trial....It was times I was overcome with emotions and when being comf...orted he seemed genuinely concerned about me, not just the job....This allowed me to trust him to strive for the best outcome for me, not just to rush for a paycheck. I thoroughly appreciate all he did, in my crisis situation.