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At #HaberPA / Michael A. Haber, P.A. "it's all about reasonable doubt"!
Whether in State or Federal Courts, Michael A. Haber, P.A. strives to ensure that his client's rights are respected and that his clients receive top-tier legal representation and counsel.
For 3+ decades I have striven to make #HaberPA / Michael A. Haber, P.A. a business that custom tailors its services to meet the needs of the client. This incorporates such things as (but is not limited to) doing my best to meet clients at their convenience (as opposed to mine), in locations and at times which are mutually convenient (sometimes at their homes, places of business, independent ground - having free wifi and excellent coffee any Dunkin Donuts always works for me - and occasionally even at odd hours), structuring fees to reasonably accommodate the client, making myself personally available to the client as close to 24/7 as is possible and, perhaps most importantly, giving careful and comprehensive consideration to both micro and macro issues in a given case so as to be able to agree upon and effort toward a viable litigation objective. This is why I refer to #HaberPA / Michael A. Haber, P.A. proudly providing "boutique" criminal defense litigation services ("boutique" meaning "a small company that offers highly specialized services"), and this is a large part of #HaberPA's / Michael A. Haber, P.A.'s mission statement.
Accordingly, #HaberPA / Michael A. Haber, P.A. has provided personalized and boutique legal services to both individuals and entities, primarily in the South Florida area, since 1991. With no history of professional discipline whatsoever, Michael A. Haber, Esq. zealously advocates his client's interests and custom tailors his services to meet each client's particular situation, needs and desires.
Toward that end Michael A. Haber, Esq. makes himself directly available to his clients whether in person, over the phone or Toll Free, by cell, verbally or text), by e-mail, on Facebook, on Twittter, on AOL/IM, and also why I consistently add information to the public on both HaberPA's Criminal and DUI Defense Litigation Blog, and more importantly with #HaberPA's "Webisode" series on YouTube ("MichaelHaberLaw"), whcih currently features 401 short, educational, entertaining and informative VideoFAQ's on a variety of Criminal Defense, DUI, BUI, Domestic Violence, Victim's Rights Advocacy and Seal and Expunge related topics.
When you hire #HaberPA / Michael A. Haber, P.A. you get Michael A. Haber, Esq.!
And remember, at HaberPA, "It's all about Reasonable Doubt"!
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Posted by Mike | October 21, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense
the acrimonious ex gilfriend
First of all, I want to cut straight to the point and say that Mike Haber and his partner Marc Morris are absolutely and undoubtedly the BEST defense attorneys you can possibly have in your corner. After having had enough of a toxic and roller coaster ride of a relationship with a woman who had bo...
Dear Mike, Thank you for authoring #HaberPA's 189th Client Review on AVVO, and even more so for the specificity and heartfelt praise. After I reviewed your arrest report and then discussed your perspective of the case with you I told you 3 things: 1) That you, and not your ex, were the victim in this case, 2) that unlike your prior counsel I would deliver results and 3) that after you were awarded statutory immunity for "standing your ground" (or, alternatively, were the Court to deny our motion, then after a jury's acquittal on the same grounds) I would have earned your positive client review... and now, less than 3 months later, here we are. There was no doubt in my mind that the Miami Gardens Police Officer who railroaded you had absolutely no training or experience in "SYG" and, worse still, that she didn't even have either the common decency or sense to call in another, more skilled officer to review the case and make the right call. My only regret in your case is that I didn't have an opportunity to rip her a new one on cross-examination. On the other hand, it's a moot point as after an evidentiary hearing where you and your ex testified the Judge schooled the State on the law by way of a written Order granting our motion, immunizing you and dismissing a case which should not have been filed in the first place. Cops are usually not lawyers and so I don't expect much from them (and most especially from the Miami Gardens PD), but prosecutors are lawyers, they know (or should know) better, it's shameful that the Miami-Dade SAO rubber-stamped an unlawful arrest, and it's even worse that they doubled-down by fighting our well-taken Motion for Statutory Immunity. On another note I find it incredible that "neither of those previous attorneys mentioned it... “Stand your ground”" as yours could have been the poster child for SGY cases. Not only did I identify this out of the gate but in tandem with our discussion I directed you to #HaberPA's VideoFAQs # 214 - 221 all of which deal with various aspects of SYG in FL and all of which were 100% applicable to your situation. (For anyone who is interested please go to - www.youtube.com/c/michaelhaberlaw - look at any of our 337 "Webisodes" and please consider subscribing [shameless plug warning] as we have great and ever-expanding content and we need the numbers!) Anyhow, I am not ethically permitted to guarantee a specific result in a given case but I also did not need to be Nostradamus to predict this outcome. I am elated that you are a satisfied client, I am grateful for your kind time and selfless passion in composing #HaberPA's 189th Client Review on AVVO and I wish you all the best in luck and success moving forward. Appreciatively, MAH/Esq.
Posted by Khan | August 22, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Domestic Violence
I like Michael
"My wife and I had an argument that got out of control. There's no excuses, it just happened. When the police came they arrested her. They took her away to jail in handcuffs even though I begged them not to. I was so upset that I said something stupid - I told them if they took my wife to jail th...
Dear Khan, Thank you very much for your time, words and for authoring #HaberPA's 188th AVVO Client Review. You are (I was) 1,000% correct that when it comes to Domestic Violence ("DV") cases "the cops reaction was predictable and that I could expect the prosecutor and even the Judge to be just as predictable". In my experience when the police respond to a DV case then 99.9% of the time (and no matter what is said or seen) some one is getting arrested. Once booked on any DV charge then 100% of the time a mandatory "Stay Away Order" ("SAO") will be entered as condition of bond. This SAO precludes any contact whatsoever between the accused and the victim and cannot be waived. The SAO can ("can" not "must") be modified to a "No Violent Contact Order" (a "NVCO" permits the accused and the victim to live life as they wish, together or apart, while the case is pending) but this can only happen A) after sworn testimony by the victim and B) at the unfettered discretion of the Judge (the Judge is free to say "yea" or "nay" as s/he wishes). This is a blanket rule, it applies everywhere in the State of FL and it is intended to avoid repeat domestic violence by instituting a mandatory "cooling off period" where violence cannot occur. Here in the 305 (regardless of the unique facts and circumstances of a given case and those of a given Defendant and victim) our local Judges have almost universally adopted a blanket policy NOT to amend DV-SAOs for 30 days. In some cases (i.e. where the victim is in fear of future violence, where the accused has a provable violent past, where there's been a history of violence between the parties or there's some rational basis to believe that a reasonable possibility - or probability - for repeat violence) this makes sense; but in others, like yours (where your wife had no violent past, there was no history of violence in your decade's long relationship, your were not in fear, you live on a fixed income, at great financial burden your wife had to stay in a hotel and then on a friend's sofa, you couldn't engage in normal family affairs or attend religious events and every moment without your life partner was effectively punishing you) this ridiculous policy is nothing shy of Draconian. Yes, I knew this would be the case and no I did not stand for it. Just as police responding to a DV call are 99.9% sure to arrest someone so too was the State going to object to any modification of the SAO (even though you appeared in Court, took an oath, swore that you were not in fear and that you wanted your wife to come home). Unfortunately 99.9% of the time DV prosecutors are programmed automatons who object because that's what their playbook tells them to do (i.e. don't take a chance, defer to the Judge and then if there's any blow back it's the Judge who bears the heat), and this is as predictable as the sun rising or setting. Sadly, the same holds true for many Judges, none of whom want to see their name in the press should an act of repeat violence occur on their watch (and to be fair this can, and does, happen). While anything is possible what is probable is another story and in your unique case this was preposterous, which is why we took it to your Judge twice (and would have continued to do so until she granted the relief sought). To her credit the Judge finally relented and exercised her discretion to modify the SAO to a NVCO, albeit only after you had been involuntarily separated from your wife for 17 days. Please believe me when I say that it could have easily been worse. I know that I'm rambling but it's a uniformly frustrating situation that's only gotten worse (from my perspective) over time. In your case right from the start the government refused to cooperate with you (in fact you - the alleged victim - spent more time in custody than your wife) and you reacted in kind, albeit responsibly, with counsel. I'm happy for your family, grateful for your words and wish you the best. MAH/Esq
Posted by anonymous | August 06, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense
Best Lawyer Money Can Buy
I was faced with two cases; a misdemeanor and a felony about two weeks apart. After being stuck and not sure of what the next step was after facing these issues, a mutual friend introduced us to Mr. Haber to fix my problems. At first, I was intimidated by his strong speech, but he was very...
Dear Anonymous, Thank you so much for your stellar and comprehensive Client Review (#HaberPA's 187th on AVVO). This is one that I am particularly proud of having earned as it was complicated, interesting and triumphantly scored. For the benefit of the folks here are a few observations: 1) I met you and your family on a Saturday afternoon and into the evening not only as a courtesy to our mutual friend but also because that is what I do (this is one of many reasons that #HaberPA is known as a "boutique" law firm); 2) I took a global view of your situation (no priors, 2 drug related arrests within 2 weeks - the 2nd being way more serious than the 1st - plus a disciplinary suspension and possible expulsion from college based upon the 2nd arrest) and stitched together a long term plan to resolve everything; 3) you trusted my advise, doing what you were tasked to do, with neither error nor fail, and you did not do anything that you were not supposed to do, thus enabling me to do my job; 4) you were patient with me as I dissected the administrative disciplinary process and painstakingly stitched together that which we were already and anyhow accomplishing for court purposes into it's academic counterpart; and 5) you not only heeded my advise but you trusted in my ability to deliver, and in the end we - "we" - pulled off a minor miracle (I could not have done this without you and your family). With a little help / pressure from a fantastic Judge, and after several months of a provable track record upon which we could rely, the State Attorney agreed to consolidate 2 completely separate and distinct cases - and more importantly to allow for a nontraditional resolution to the newly consolidated case - and the icing was that your college's disciplinary panel hopped on board, agreeing to honor all that we had done forensically, to apply it academically and ultimately to reinstate you as a student. All that is left now is for us to convince FDLE to authorize the expungement of 2 different cases, initiated by 2 different police agencies, which have 2 different police case numbers and which generated 2 different corresponding court case numbers (even though they were later consolidated into one). Just as I was when we first met, I remain equally confident that we will accomplish this goal. Again, I cannot thank you enough for your kind and heartfelt words. You brought a smile to my face. Gratefully --> MAH/Esq
Posted by JP | July 31, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense
Honest, Knowledge and Experienced.
On the search for a lawyer after a wrongdoing, I found great reviews for Michael Haber and decided to give him a call. He answered immediately and provided me with a clever plan of action to go about my case. I did not feel that I had to keep looking for a lawyer as he was astute and confident i...
Dear JP, You are most welcome and thank you for authoring #HaberPA's 186th AVVO Client Review. Normally I don't take any pride in securing diversion for a client. Why? Because the sad truth ("sad" for my industry - the criminal defense business - not sad at all for those clients who want diversion) is that in a growing number circumstances prosecutors are offering diversion to more and more people right out of the gate. On my end there is usually no "skill" involved (the client either qualifies or does not) and there is no "talent" required to secure diversion (in fact the State sometimes "extends" the offer directly to the client by snail-mail in advance of Arraignment and before court). That said there are other times where skill and talent are required (as proved to be the case in your situation) and when that happens then I can pat myself on the back for securing diversion in a case where my client should not have been offered the opportunity to earn a dismissal by jumping through a few proverbial hoops. While both your past criminal history disqualified you from entry into diversion and your present charge was a non-eligible offense, thanks to absolutely p*ss poor policing (and our ability to prove it beyond any doubt) we managed to beat the State down so badly that they effectively made you an offer that you simply could not refuse. After that, and over the course of 6 months, you did everything that you were supposed to do, nothing that you were not supposed to do and accordingly you earned your dismissal. So congratulations on beating the odds (not to fail to mention the case) and thank you for sharing your experience with #HaberPA with the folks. Take care my friend. Gratefully, MAH/Esq.
Posted by anonymous | June 11, 2019 | Criminal Defense
Number 1 for a reason
From the moment we spoke on the phone I knew my case was in great hands. I was quickly reassured about the many options I could take when I thought I was certainly going to be put in prison because of my charges. My case was handled diligently and professionally. I highly recommend Michael, he enjoy...
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for both praising #HaberPA's diligence and professionalism and for authoring #HaberPA's 185th Client Review. Although you chose not to use your name I know who you are (based upon timing and your head's up to me about submitting the review) and so I can give the folks some context. You came to me with a criminal history (nothing "horrible", but several prior felony convictions) and facing a slew of new charges (including 5 felony narcotics offenses, 2 narcotics misdemeanors and a gratuitous count of resisting arrest without violence). Although you wisely made no statements and ultimately invoked your rights, much of the incident was captured on police body cams (4 of them to be exact), presenting quite the challenge. Because of the overwhelming evidence against you (most particularly the Spielberg-quality footage) and your undeniable (and scorable) past, the odds were heavily stacked against you; however, with age comes experience, and after 28 years in this business I know that there are almost always options. Long story short it took a while but we were able to dodge all but 1 felony and 1 misdemeanor (everything else was dismissed) and you walked out of the courtroom with 1 year probation and 50 community service hours. You "thought I was certainly going to be put in prison", and in other hands you may well have, but early on you and I agreed upon a litigation objective, I identified a path forward, you did your job while I did mine and in the end, for you, given your particular circumstances, we were victorious. I am thankful for your Client Review, I hope that you're not bothered that I provided context and that I must correct you on one thing (you didn't merely consult with... you actually hired #HaberPA), I wish you the best of luck with probation (you know the potential consequences of a VOP so please be extra-careful) and for you I too "[h]ope [that] I never need him again". Be good my friend. Gratefully, MAH/Esq
"I endorse this lawyer. I first met Mike about 20 years ago when I was a Special Prosecutor in the Narcotics Unit at the Miami Dade State Attorney's Office. He was and still is a hard working and knowledgable attorney, who fought for his client then and still does today. He has always been honest, fair and ethical. He is always fighting to achieve the best possible results for his clients. When I left the Miami Dade State Attorney's Office to start my private practice, I maintained my relationship with him and he and I would consult each other on some of our individual cases. He is a wealth of information and our friendship has grown over the years. Currently we co-host a podcast on Mondays at 2p.m. on Miami's Community Newspapers on Facebook Live titled "At Your Service with Haber and Martinez.""
"I endorse this lawyer. Attorney Haber in my opinion is an attorney that is truly for the people. I have followed him for a few years now, and remain inestimably impressed with both the amount of knowledge he has in criminal law and also the amount of knowledge he gives to anyone in need of legal guidance. Attorney Haber has a way of breaking down complex legal concepts into very understandable pieces that can be easily digested by someone not so familiar with legal phrases and wording. To have the career he has and the number of years he has dedicated to this craft and still be willing to help out the community at large at a second's notice is what I feel makes him a continual asset and resource to both the legal community and the state of Florida."
"I endorse Mike Haber. He is a knowledgeable, zealous attorney with decades of experience helping his clients. His answers on this platform showcase his wealth and breadth of legal knowledge, as well as his direct and sound advice. Although we practice in different areas of the state, I have spoken to Mike at length about his practice. After having done so, I am confident that Mike is a lawyer you want on your side in the courtroom. When hiring a lawyer, be sure that lawyer has the experience, knowledge, and skills necessary to effectively defend your case. If you are worried about a crime, know that Mike is one of those lawyers."
"I strongly endorse this lawyer. Mr. Haber is a brilliant legal mind and respected by his peers. I have had the pleasure of co-answering many legal questions on the Avvo platform and Mr. Haber always has an insightful answer to share. I would not hesitate to count on Mr. Haber!"
"I have consistently seen Michael providing detailed and thoughtful responses to the many questions that pop-up in the Q&A section on Avvo. I have no doubt that he provides his clients with the same great legal advice."
"Simply put, Attorney Haber knows criminal defense. He is familiar with criminal statutes, the case law and criminal procedure. But what sets Attorney Haber apart is his mastery of strategy. Make no mistake, you are in excellent hands with Attorney Haber defending you. I fully recommend him."
"It has been my pleasure to work with Mr. Haber in the Avvo forums answering legal questions. Mr. Haber always has a grasp for the client's needs and his vast knowledge and experience lend to his ability to offer sound legal advice. After reviewing his astute legal guides, I was even further impressed. It is my pleasure to endorse this lawyer."
"A shark. I'd recommend Mr Haber to my family if they needed criminal defense, without a doubt. Highly experienced and well recommended."
"Mr. Haber is a skilled and experienced lawyer whose legal expertise is displayed through every answer he has written on Avvo and through the awards he has earned for his legal work. The reviews he has received reveal his dedication to applying his talents to the betterment of the lives of his clients. He is an asset to our profession, and it is my pleasure to endorse him. If either myself or any family member were arrested, the first call I would make would be to Michael."
"Attorney Haber and I met when I noticed that there was one attorney on Avvo that always answered the criminal law questions that come out first. I have reviewed hundreds of analyses by attorney Haber from injunctions to bond issues, and everything in-between. There is no attorney with a better conceptual understanding of the law and promptness in its truest form."
"I endorse this lawyer. Attorney Haber possesses the knowledge, expertise and dedication to help his client's navigate through the criminal justice system."
"Mr. Haber is an incredibly skilled criminal defense attorney. I am constantly amazed at the depth and breadth of his criminal defense knowledge. One needs to look no further than his Avvo guides and YouTube info videos to see that Mr. Haber is able to boil complex legal issues into terms that non-attorneys can understand. This rare and important skill allows Mr. Haber to more effectively communicate with juries to deliver favorable results for his clients. If I, or someone I cared about, was ever in trouble in the Dade County area, I would not hesitate to seek out Mr. Haber for representation."
"I endorse this lawyer. He is extremely knowledgeable about all areas of criminal defense. When other attorneys do not know how to resolve an issue, Mr. Haber always does . His clients love his aggressive demeanor that surely puts the Assistant State Attorneys he works with at a disadvantage. This area of law is constantly changing and you can bet Mr. Haber keeps up with all of the changes. I can't think of another lawyer I would recommend for criminal defense in Florida."
"I endorse this lawyer. Attorney Haber has shown consistent mastery of criminal defense topics and is an asset to the community."
"Mr. Haber is always willing to provide advice to both lawyer and clients alike. His answers are straightforward and pragmatic. Since I don't practice in the Miami area, Michael is an attorney that I would refer clients to without hesitation. I strongly endorse him."
"I endorse this lawyer. Extremely knowledgeable and generous with his free advice to the community. I look forward to reading his responses to community questions. Never disappointed."
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Michael earned significant contribution points in 2026.
How to hire a civil lawyer?
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Can cops open my shut gate to do a identity check because I am a sex offender what 4th amendment rig
15 May 2026
Want to know ramifications of having just took no conta plea bargain after 9 mo weak case no priors
15 May 2026
#HaberPA's VideoFAQ # 216) What happens at a Stand Your Ground / SYG Statutory Immunity Hearing?
11 Aug 2020
#HaberPA's VideoFAQ # 215) How do I use Stand Your Ground / SYG as a Defense to a Prosecution?
11 Aug 2020
#HaberPA's VideoFAQ # 294) Can I drive if I have a medical marijuana Rx?
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