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Posted by anonymous | July 16, 2026 | Hired Attorney
Mike the sharkkkk
I had a bench warrant for an old ticket in Key West that caught up with me, landing me in jail. My lawyer was an absolute shark—sharp, relentless, and effective. He got me out quickly, handled everything, and even arranged it so I didn’t have to appear in courtsomething that seemed inevitable. The wh...
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your awesome words in what's now #HaberPA's 276th 5-Star Client Review on AVVO. I'm thrilled that you didn't identify yourself as I can now share details about your situation that may be helpful to anyone who reads this reply. I'll start by returning to the word "details" & shouting out to Lee Child, the author of the Jack Reacher book series (which morphed into movies & television) & that character's recurring tagline that "details matter", a lack of which is precisely what got you into trouble (more than once). In 2021, at age 17 you received a Uniform Traffic Citation somewhere in Florida. For reasons unknown (albeit likely due to youth) you failed to take action within the 30 day window (aside alert: if you receive a Traffic Ticket in FL then you must either pay it, have it set it for Court or if you're eligible then formally elect driving school; aside within an aside alert: those instructions are clearly printed on every UTC & or it's attendant flyer) & as such your Florida Driver License was suspended (ergo "details matter" & your first failure to pay attention to details). Despite this snafu you were a "good kid" who had no contact whatsoever with Law Enforcement until 3 years later when while vacationing in Key West you were stopped for a Non-Moving Traffic Violation (i.e. a broken tail light). As further proof that at age 22 you remained a "good kid" the Key West Police Officer who pulled you over & who then discovered that you were Driving with a Suspended License gave you a pass on the technical violation (i.e. he didn't give you a ticket for the tail light) & he decided not to Arrest you; rather he issued you a Notice to Appear / Promise to Appear in the form of what presented as a normal Traffic Citation. (Aside alert: In many Criminal Traffic situations Police Officers enjoy the discretion to NTA / PTA you or to take you into custody & depending upon the jurisdiction some Police Department protocol is to put the date & time of your mandatory Court appearance on the citation whereas others don't, leaving it to the Clerk of Court to notice you via snail mail at the address on your Driver License. Further, while Criminal Traffic Tickets look exactly like Non-Criminal Traffic Tickets the differences are stark, to wit: unlike the non-criminal variety which allow you to choose how you wish to handle it within 30 days the criminal variety come with a mandatory Court appearance.) Your second "details matter" fail came when you accepted the citation but never bothered to look at it, see the date & time of your Arraignment & thus Failed to Appear at the Key West Courthouse causing an Arrest Warrant to issue. Despite your inattentiveness to details you remained "a good kid", & I can prove that by proffering that while you missed your 2024 Court Date you did promptly "fix" the 2021 DL Suspension. While you knowingly had a valid FL-DL you unknowingly had a Bench Warrant & it wasn't until 27 months later (in 2026) that you became aware of the Alias Capias & this awareness didn't come to pass because you had committed any new law violation; rather you (an otherwise "good kid") were taken into custody when you routinely & innocently approached the Customs & Border Protection (CBP) checkpoint at Miami International Airport after having arrived on a return flight from an international vacation. Despite you quickly contacting a family member who reached me & who assisted your family to Post Bond (fortunately the Warrant provided for bond) it took about 36 hours in Jail before you were processed & released by Corrections. I entered an appearance as your lawyer & filed a "Notice of Compliance" which outlined the facts proffered herein (i.e. how inattention to detail landed "a good kid" in this situation), the Prosecutor apparently took pity on you and chose to dismiss the DWLS case within 30 minutes of receipt. While it ended well it was also avoidable: Details do matter. Gratefully, MAH/Esq. #HaberPA
Posted by Yvette | July 09, 2026 | Hired Attorney
I recommend Michael Haber to everyone in need of an attorney
I am writing to wholeheartedly recommend Michael Haber, a distinguished criminal defense attorney whom I have known both professionally and personally. Michael’s professionalism, dedication, and impressive success rate are unmatched, and I am proud to share that he successfully handled a case for me....
Dear Yvette, Thank you so very much for your kind words which now constitute #HaberPA's 275th 5-Star Client Review on AVVO. Because you chose to identify yourself I can't / won't share anything about the facts & circumstances of your case with the folks who read this but I can still comment on a few things without breaching any Ethical Rule regarding maintaining Confidentiality of Communications & Client Confidence & or your Attorney-Client Privilege. The vast majority of my clients are folks whom I've never met before they contacted my Law Office. Many of those potential clients find me on the internet (be it via AVVO, my website - www.CriminalLaw.Miami - after having seen any of the 401 which are soon to be 419 VideoFAQs on my YouTube channel "MichaelHaberLaw", after reading any of my daily "PSA of the Day" posts, be them on Facebook - "Miami.Criminal.Lawyer" - X / MeWe / TS - "Sharky910" - or via a simple Google search), many are referred to me by people whom we just so happen to know in common, some of whom were prior clients & some not (e.g. other lawyers, family members, friends, Police Officers, Firefighters, bartenders &, believe it or not, most recently by my barber who referred another client of his to me based solely upon discussions that we've had over time about my law practice) & a smaller percentage are like you, people whom I've known in some capacity or another in my personal life (e.g. childhood friends, service providers whom I've hired, acquaintances, friends of friends, my Veterinarian, Primary Care Physician, etcetera). Noting that I try not to play favorites (e.g. I only have one son so I can't be accused of preferring him to any of his non-existent siblings but I do have - er, I "serve" - three rescue cats & I do my best to treat them all as equals) I'd be lying if I failed to admit that whenever someone from my personal life entrusts me with their Criminal Case (& therefore with their liberty & Criminal History) I'm especially honored. Please know that this is not to take away the sense of pride & acknowledgement of responsibility that comes with being entrusted by anyone to serve as their Criminal Defense Lawyer; rather it's to say that folks who hire me "on the blind" take a full-fledged "leap of faith" (albeit often on the word of someone else whom they implicitly trust) whereas when those who already "know" me hire me I'm touched by their trust in my professional ability just a little bit more than I am with folks whom I don't know. I hope that you won't mind my sharing that in your case (or better stated... "in your instance") we've known each other for more years than you'd likely care to admit & that our relationship is social in nature. Your knowledge of my "professionalism, dedication... impressive success rate... dedication to justice and his clients" stems from your ex-husband, who was an expert witness whom I used many times in many cases over the years, with whom I became very friendly & through which you & I became acquainted & ultimately independent friends. Your former spouse had shared many of his and my experiences with you which over the years has led your referring other folks to me for Criminal Defense representation. Unfortunately a time came where you needed assistance & I assume that based on your personal, albeit second hand knowledge, you came to me without hesitation. While I wish that you & I had never had the need to collaborate in a professional capacity I'm selfishly grateful that we've now done so because now you can share not only second but also first hand information with those whom you may refer to me in the future. Fortunately yours was (in the grand scheme of The Criminal Justice System) a minor matter & happier still I was able to resolve it both promptly & favorably. While we were friends before (& will remain so) now that we've shared a case experience together you've become family (a part of the #HaberPA family). Thanking you again. Fondly, MAH/Esq. #HaberPA
Posted by Rodrigo | July 08, 2026 | Hired Attorney
Professional, Knowledgeable, and Always Available
I couldn't be happier with my experience working with Michael Haber. From day one, he was professional, knowledgeable, and incredibly responsive. He took the time to walk me through every step of the process, answered all of my questions with patience, and always made himself available whenever I nee...
Dear Rodrigo, Thank you very much for your kind words in what is now #HaberPA's 274th 5-Star Client Review on AVVO. Because you haven't fully identified yourself & as "Rodrigo" is a very uncommon first name in the USA (aside alert: "Rodrigo" is a common masculine name in Spanish & Portuguese, in fact in 2011-12 it was the #1 most popularly given masculine name in Portugal, as of today it regularly ranks between the 30th & 60th most common names in Spain & Portugal but in the US it's well outside of the top 500, most recently ranked beyond 900 & some estimates have it low as as 1 in every 3,700 baby boys being named Rodrigo) it'd be borderline impossible for anyone to either identify you or to locate your case based upon this response to your Client Review. Still, to both ensure that you can't be identified and that no one would even know where to look I won't pinpoint the location / identify where this happened as I explain to the folks what it is that you had to deal with & what it was that I was able to do for you in your case. That said you were referred to me by a mutual friend. We had never met before you called me & your faith in me was a direct result of your faith in our mutual friend. Upon meeting you explained to me that you had been contacted by an unnamed Deputy Sheriff from an unnamed SoFlo County with regard to a traffic accident that you were involved in several months earlier. You did not Leave the Scene of that accident; rather you remained on scene, were fully debriefed by Responding Officers & gave them a complete, accurate, unbridled statement as to "the why" of the accident, after which you were permitted to go on your way. The reason that you were contacted many months later by the Sheriff's Office is that your accident involved a pedestrian fatality, it took some time for the responding municipal Police Department to "hand it off" to the County, for a Traffic Homicide Investigator to be assigned, for that person to review the case & ultimately contact you to give a new statement so that the case could be closed (one way or another, e.g. there was no way to know how the Traffic Homicide Detective viewed the case & ultimately it was s/he who'd make the call whether you'd be cited, Arrested or given a complete pass). You hired me to liaise between you & Police, to determine whether we were dealing with Officer Friendly or Officer Unfriendly & to advise you as to your most prudent course of action. I made contact with the Deputy & found him to be quite candid. He shared far more information with me than Cops usually do, I was quite satisfied that he was in agreement with the initial assessment that this was nothing more than a tragic accident & so I agreed to appear at the Traffic Homicide Division with you with the understanding that I would make the call in real time as to whether or not you were going to make any further statement. (Aside alert: Florida's Accident Report Privilege requires citizens to disclose information about Traffic Crashes to Traffic Crash Investigators & in exchange for doing so any statement you make is inadmissible in both Criminal Court & Civil Court, but you're only obligated to give one statement, which you'd done at the time of the accident.) When we met at our agreed date and time the Deputy was every bit as much a gentleman in person as he was over the phone. He accepted & respected my invocation of your rights, reviewed the data from his file on the record (e.g. the Traffic Crash Report, your prior statement and statements of others) showed us the Traffic Monitoring Camera & private surveillance footage that Law Enforcement had acquired which, together with your statement, that of witnesses and the conclusions of the Police Accident Reconstructionist proved that it was truly an accident, albeit a tragic one, & in the end he issued you a Civil Citation. I'm glad to know that I lived up to our mutual friend's billing & I thank you again for your kind words. Fondly, MAH/Esq.
Posted by David | July 01, 2026 | Hired Attorney
I am so glad that I hired Michael Haber
My domestic partner was arrested, taken to jail and I wasn't sure what to do. It was a very stressful situation beyond any experience that I'd encountered before. I was scared, desperate, lost and uninformed. I managed to call the only lawyer I know (my brother-in-law who's a Personal Injury attorney...
Dear David, Thank you for your generously worded 5-Star Client Review (#HaberPA's 273rd on AVVO). For reasons which I'll explain below I'm extremely grateful that you posted it rather than your partner (my actual client), but before I get to that please accept my appreciation for the way you quantified your value for my communication & effectiveness. One of the pillars of #HaberPA is my constant effort to serve my clients in a boutique fashion (i.e. as "a small company that offers highly specialized services") & that all starts & ends with frequent dialogue & prompt service. I admit that my "bedside manner" isn't always as tactful & nurturing as some would like (after all my job is to defend my client's ass not to kiss it) so when I manage to combine communication, emotional support, & professional demeanor (as I apparently achieved in this instance) I'm extraordinarily proud. That said let me explain why I'm glad that it was you who posted this review & in so doing make this response relevant to the folks who read it. Just this past Saturday (June 27th) I filmed 18 new #HaberPA VideoFAQs for #MichaelHaberLaw (my YouTube channel which currently has 401 but is soon to expand to 419 short, informative & hopefully entertaining "Webisodes" on all sorts of issues in the Criminal Defense, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, DUI, BUI, Domestic Violence, Probation, Crime Victim Rights & Seal & Expunge arenas) including these beauties: # 411: If Someone else pays my Legal Fees can my Lawyer speak with them? # 412: What is the "Attorney-Client Privilege"? & # 413: What is "Client Confidentiality"? (Shameless plug alert: If you've not yet subscribed to "MichaelHaberLaw" then please do @ www.youtube.com/c/michaelhaberlaw ) It's fortuitous that your Client Review hits all 3 of those points & therein lies the relevance. You were a "Third Party Payor" for your partner but he (not you) was the client & therefore he (not you) was the benefactor of both the "Attorney-Client Privilege" & "Client Confidentiality". [Rhetoric question alert:] Okay but what does any of that mean & why is it relevant to the folks who read this review? First, anyone can hire / pay a lawyer to represent someone else (e.g. parents do it for kids, some bosses do it for employees, everyone who gets Court Appointed Counsel like a Public Defender has a lawyer paid for by 3rd party taxpayers & here you did it for your domestic partner) but there are 3 catches: 1) The Client must give "Informed Consent" (i.e. the client must agree to that lawyer's services); 2) the 3rd party can't interfere with the lawyer's "independence of professional judgment" (i.e. the payor is merely that - the payor - not the client & can't influence the lawyer's perspective); & 3) unless there's an informed waiver by the client the payor isn't entitled to any confidential information (i.e. the Attorney-Client relationship doesn't extend to the payor). Second, as to "privilege" & "confidentiality" (the former being a legislative creation which is subsumed into the later, which is a far broader ethical mandate), despite who pays the Legal Fee a lawyer's fiduciary duty is exclusively to the client. Unless the client expands the relationship to include the payor the payor is entitled to nothing more than to make the payment(s). Of course a Client who accepts "bought & paid" counsel is free to waive confidentiality (& thus privilege) & allow her/his lawyer to share as much or as little as the client wishes with anyone else, & many clients do waive confidentiality (in part or in whole - as your partner did here) & allow the payor to play a role in the case. Your partner authorized me to speak with you in writing (in our retainer agreement) about all aspects of the case as he was more comfortable in relying on your judgment than his own (which was fine with me as it was his informed wish). Hopefully he'll submit his own review but until then I thank you! Fondly, MAH/Esq. #HaberPA
Posted by Carlos Valdes | June 22, 2026 | Hired Attorney
Five Stars — Incredibly Grateful for Michael’s Expertise and Dedication
I came to Michael Haber during one of the most stressful times of my life after being arrested on a felony domestic violence charge. Right from our first consultation, he listened to my side, came up with a solid game plan, and we followed it exactly. The best part about working with Michael is his ...
Dear Carlos, Thank you very much for your kind, thoughtful words in the form of #HaberPA's 272nd 5-Star Client Review on AVVO! I strive to perform with consistency & integrity for anyone & everyone who entrusts me with their freedom & reputation so knowing that you were satisfied with my professional services is both heartwarming & encouraging. Because you chose to identify yourself in your Client Review I can't share any of the unique facts & circumstances of your case with those who read this response (which is unfortunate as your case presented some interesting details & challenges) but I can address the points that you expressed & expound on them for the benefit of other folks. "I came to Michael Haber during one of the most stressful times of my life after being arrested on a felony domestic violence charge. Right from our first consultation, he listened to my side, came up with a solid game plan, and we followed it exactly." As is the case with most of my clients prior to your arrest you had no experience whatsoever with "The Criminal Process". Knowing this I used my vast familiarity with the system to explain "the what, why & how" of things to you, to breakdown your situation to its's fundamentals, to ease your mind as best I could & once we had fully vetted the facts & circumstances of your case (i.e. both your Arresting Officer's Probable Cause Affidavit & your version of events) I was able to both formulate & explain to you a rational, achievable game plan & then quote you a fair fee to accomplish our goal. "The best part about working with Michael is his communication. Facing a felony is terrifying, but he was always available and responsive. He actually answered my calls and questions in real time and never left me hanging or wondering what was going on. He kept me updated and involved the entire time." I've been reading The Florida Bar's Disciplinary Reports since I was licensed in 1991 & when I was a young lawyer Trust Account violations were the most common basis for Lawyer Discipline. As bad as unethically (& unlawfully) dipping into a Client's Trust Funds is in more recent years that violation has slipped & "Failure to keep the Client Reasonably Informed" (see Rule 4-1.4, "Communication", Rules Regulating the Florida Bar) is now the most common basis for Attorney Discipline. I mention that only in passing as when I first created #HaberPA my goal was to become a "boutique" ("boutique" as in "a small company that offers highly specialized services") Criminal Defense Litigation Law Firm & since then I've consistently held client communication as being both paramount & sacrosanct. Every client gets my cell number (in fact you folks can have it too: 305-798-2220) & is advised that they can reach me at any reasonable time via email (sharky910@aol.com), through my website ( www.criminallaw.miami ), on social media (YT: MichaelHaberLaw ~ FB: Miami.Criminal.Lawyer ~ X / TS / MeWE @Sharky910) & via AVVO (Michael Adam Haber). If I'm either travelling or am otherwise unable to immediately respond then I have stand by counsel (who is disclosed to all clients) available to my clients (both actual & prospective). I honor my clients' requests to be as involved or disassociated with their case as they may prefer but whether I'm contacted or not I make it a point to provide regular updates to each client so that s/he knows their case status. "Thanks to his hard work, my felony charges were completely dismissed just 93 days later. Now I'm able to get this whole thing expunged and get my life and my good name back. If you need an attorney who genuinely fights for you and stays by your side the whole way, hire Michael Haber." Yes, I put in "hard work" but no matter how much effort I put in it would've all been for naught had you not put in hard work of your own. Your being a model client allowed me to do my job flawlessly & so you deserve mega-props as well. Thank you again Carlos. I wish you the best! Fondly, MAH/Esq. #HaberPA