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Posted by anonymous | November 05, 2019 | Hired Attorney
The Man , The Myth , The Legend
Cant thank Mr Haber enough !! he helped me get thru a rough time in my life and get back on track ... he was always prepared and very professional and I recommend him 100% ....
Dear Anonymous, As you've chosen not to share any of the substance of your situation with the folks I will honor your decision and not get into the meat and potatoes; rather, I will simply thank you for submitting your brief but quite to-the-point Client Review (this being #HaberPA's 191st on AVVO). Since 1991 #HaberPA has relentlessly provided creative, effective & zealous Criminal Defense, DUI, BUI, Domestic Violence, Crime Victim Rights & Seal & Expunge advocacy to the folks and our mission statement is to: A) provide honest & realistic litigation objectives; B) to quote and honor fair fees; C) to always be available & responsive; D) to keep you fully informed though out the course of the case; and by doing so E) to earn your positive client review at the conclusion of your case. I am both honored and proud to know that I went 5 for 5, having batted 1.000 in your case. Thank you again for submitting #HaberPA's 191st Client Review on AVVO! Wishing you all the best in luck and success. Fondly, MAH/Esq.
Posted by Ana | October 30, 2019 | Hired Attorney
Knowledge and Experience
My daughter was involved in two situations with the same police officer ending in two felonies,a misdemeanor and two arrests. as a mother I was devastated. After contacting several lawyers and not getting clear answers from them, a friend of mine referred me to Haber's Law office.When I contacted t...
Dear Ana, Congratulations on your daughter's hard-fought victory (outright beating one felony is tough enough, much less defeating two separate felony cases - the 2nd having been picked-up while out on bond for the 1st - plus a gratuitous misdemeanor... yes we can all take pride in that) and thank you very much for authoring #HaberPA's 190th Client Review on AVVO. Since 1991 #HaberPA has been providing boutique Criminal Defense, DUI, BUI, Domestic Violence, Crime Victim's Rights and Seal & Expunge advocacy primarily in SE Florida. Mechanically, and as the "face" of #HaberPA, I personally field the vast majority of initial client contact, but geographically Marc and I divvy up territory with me handling the day-to-day activities of our Miami-Dade and Monroe County cases and Marc handling the day-to-day activities of our Broward and Palm Beach County cases. "Handling the day-to-day activities" means appearing for ministerial matters and being the point person for the Court, the State Attorney's Office and for the Client (which avoids confusion), but when it comes to determining strategy and significant legal matters (e.g. Evidentiary Motions such as to Suppress, to Dismiss, Child Hearsay, Stand Your Ground, etc, the rare deposition - as a matter of fundamental strategy we generally do not take depositions - and of course when it comes time for trial) Marc and I appear in court together and work in tandem. Marc and I have each been practicing criminal lawyers for nearly 30 years (giving us nearly 60 years of combined experience which includes hundreds of trials and thousands of motions), and while we often times look at things through different prisms we also respect one another's wisdom and experience, which always inures to the Client's benefit (just as it did in your daughter's cases). Directly answering the phone (or responding to email or other internet generated inquiries), offering sufficient time and patience to the client (be s/he potential, new or existing), at least one of us always being personally available to any of #HaberPA's potential, new or existing clients (Marc and I intentionally do not vacation at the same time thus ensuring that one of us is always local and free to assist the Client with her / his needs) and regardless of which of us "takes point" in a given case, both Marc and I are proud in our consistency of being able to provide this sort of "boutique" representation to our clientele. Every time that I deliver a #HaberPA retainer agreement to a new client I include the following language: "I also want to reassure you that my goals in your case are three-fold: 1) To perform precisely as I have promised, 2) to always be available to you and 3) to earn (by way of #'s 1 and 2) your positive client review at the successful conclusion of your case." This is at the heart of #HaberPA's mission statement, Marc and I take great pride in always giving "1000%" to all of our client's and we are elated to have "earn[ed] (by way of #'s 1 and 2) your positive client review at the successful conclusion of your [daughter's] case". Congratulating you again on the victories, wishing your daughter all the best moving forward and thanking you for both your unwavering faith in our ability to accomplish the litigation objective and for following-through by posting this lovely #190 AVVO Client Review. Gratefully, MAH/Esq
Posted by Mike | October 21, 2019 | Hired Attorney
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
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
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