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Showing 31 - 35 of 122 reviews | Criminal Defense

Posted by Michael | June 11, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Extremely professional Lawyer .

I had a lawyer I was trying to have represent me and he was basically trying to scare me and make me pay exorbitant amounts of money to represent mean. His words exactly ( oh they are trying to throw the book at you ) Not only that he wanted me to go to the police precinct and get all the paperwo...rk and do all the legwork . Every time I tried to call this lawyer I would get the answering the phone And maybe a text a day later. I was extremely nervous and didn’t know what to do. On the day before my court case arraignment he had still not gotten everything together so I ended up going to arraignment alone . That’s when I looked up and I luckily found Chad Trentacosta. I called Chad The first time and he immediately picked up the phone. Chad made me feel comfortable about what I was facing a DUI case and how much it would cost which I thought was reasonable.. The day after I paid for his services Chad was in court And had everything in order and Immediately Chad made me feel comfortable about what we had to do . I was facing the loss of my license I E my living. Chad kept in contact with me consistently either by text or phone call which made me feel really good about who I was dealing with. Chad got it knocked down to 40 hours of community service and a very small fine.. I just want to say thank you so much to Chad because he made me feel at ease at a situation that could very easily have gone a different way. I’m glad my first lawyer did not work out. I just want to say thank you so much to Chad because he made me feel at ease at the situation that could very easily be very nerve-racking And expensive. I would highly recommend his representation to anybody facing something similar to this

Posted by anonymous | April 11, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Great attorney

Words cannot describe how satisfied I was with Chad representing me in my DUI case. I am so glad I picked up the phone and called him. He promptly returned my call and put me at ease. I was facing real dire consequences for my actions that night and Richard got me the best outcome possible. My charge... was reduced to reckless driving,no jail time and I managed to keep my license. Thank you Chad.

Posted by Daniel | January 30, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Eluding and 4 more minor offenses.

Have a case of eluding 4 more minor ticket, Easy I would have gone to jail whit a suspended license and a horrible record ,but everything change since I hire him after my first appearance at court,he tell me not to worry and everything he tell me that was going to happen ,happen same way he say an...d all for good,very experience lawyer, now after court I do 1 month probation pay my bill and my case is closed whit no bad record( like if nothing ever happen) highly recomend Chad, cant thank him enought.

Posted by Tanya | January 14, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Great attorney

After several calls to multiple attorneys, this is who we chose. Not only was he the least expensive, but the most attentive. He personally asnwered the phone and promptly returned all of our phone calls. My boyfriend was going to turn himself in for a bench warrant on Tuesday to wait for months ti...ll his court date. Thank God that Chad was one of the attorneys we called. I payed for his representation that night without a face to face meeting (I reside states away). He promptly and very deligently began working on the case. We hoped for minimal jail time, an expediant court date and a reinstatement of his probation.. we met Chad at the courthouse at 845 Friday morning.. prepared to say our goodbyes for whatever length of time. Chad is the only attorney I've had that knew the case front to back and was more than prepared and very proactive at doing way more than expected. He convinced the judge, the DA, and the probation department to look over the case that Friday (just a couple days after hiring him). We we're in front of the judge by two o'clock that day. Warrant was dropped. Probation was NOT reinstated... It was over!!! My man is now a free man with no probation, no warrant.. thank you from the bottom of my heart Chad..

Posted by Wendall | January 14, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Totally exceeded my expectations

I had a felony probation violation warrant out of Dekalb County, and was going to turn myself in. My friend talked me in to calling some lawyers first. So, I called a few lawyers. They were to expensive and basically couldn't tell me anything they could do for me. I gave up! Then Chad returned my ea...rlier call (maybe 30 minutes). I will cut to it, I hired him just hoping to stay out of jail. That was Tuesday evening, Friday afternoon I walked out of court a free man! That says quite a bit about his work! Not only did I not go to jail at all, but he got my probation dismissed as well! Poor Chad got group hugged by me and my family! I am still in shock! I feel so very lucky! And I cannot recommend enough, that if you are facing a similar situation, you call Chad.

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