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Posted by anonymous | September 12, 2018 | Hired Attorney
In the words of the Judge: " Some damn good Lawyering here"
I shopped around for a lawyer but the first time i called Mike Haber and we spoke on the phone for 50 minutes i figured he would be the best choice and i'm glad i found him. In the initial phone conversation he was able to tell me off the top of his head everything i needed to know where 2 other firm...
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for sharing your experience with #HaberPA with the folks, especially in regard to our commitment to communication (both initially and throughout the course of the case) and our command over the law and procedure. Just to give some context, your case was a BUI (Boating Under the Influence). You were stopped for "plowing" outside of the channel (an infraction) and rather than helping you a rookie FWC officer proceeded to use his authority to give you a hard time, and then his inexperience to arrest you for a crime with no proof (because it did not occur). We relentlessly pounded the State with discovery demands and with reciprocal discovery (including listing defense witnesses, tendering proof of contemporaneous repairs on your vessel that comported with the basis for the stop and certified NWS weather reports corroborating your version of events as to how and why you flagged down FWC for help), we never took a continuance, because the State couldn't keep up and comply in a timely fashion we were able to run out the speedy trial clock and just days before trial the State offered you a breakdown to "careless boating" (an infraction), with a conviction, DUI school, a fine and court costs. The kicker: When we told the State to pound sand and asked the Court to get our jury panel the State made you an offer that you couldn't, and didn't refuse (a withhold to careless boating and a $500 contribution to "The Everglades Project"). This is what happens when #HaberPA aggressively, relentlessly, tenacious and zealously advocates for you (it also helps that you made yourself available to assist by arming me with the information that I needed, like the proof of trim tab repairs and paying for the NWS weather reports). Your plea was akin to a DUI being broken down to careless driving, with a withhold and a fine... no other penalties (which is a virtually unheard of result). We could have tried this case and clobbered the State (and not doing so cost me trial fees), but I respect your decision to take that deal at my expense (Hell, I would have taken that deal or even counseled my own kid to take it), because it's not about me it's about you. I am glad that you are happy and I am grateful for you authoring #HaberPA's AVVO Client Review #168. Wising you all the best and thanking you again. Oh, and by the way, Anonymous was not lying when he titled his Client Review... his Judge (who will remain nameless) did in fact state on the record in open court that in his case there was "Some damn good Lawyering here"! --> Fondly, MAH/Esq
Posted by Jay | September 12, 2018 | Hired Attorney
Don’t look elsewhere!
While on vacation in Miami, I was arrested and charged with a felony battery over a dispute with my soon to be ex wife. Not knowing anyone in Miami I started looking for an attorney and hired one. His name was Jonathan Meltz. I initially paid him $5000 to represent me. We had about two conversations ...
Dear Jay, Thank you for authoring #HaberPA's 169th Client Review on AVVO. It's not uncommon for me to get calls from people who are (as you were) represented by counsel, yet are sufficiently unhappy with their lawyer that they are shopping for a new legal advocate. When this happens, regardless of my own personal thoughts, I remain neutral on the quality of anyone else's representation. I accept these cases as a clean slate, identifying my own litigation objective from a fixed point in time (regardless of what did or did not transpire before my involvement in the case), strategizing my own path forward and sallying forth independent of any prior action by any prior lawyer. So while I am grateful for your praise, and while I understand that this is your review and that you can (and did) say whatever you wish, I wish that you had not called out your prior lawyer by name. I know Mr. Meltz to be a fine and respected lawyer, and while you and he may have had a bad experience what happened was between you two and really has no place here. That said, I am proud to have earned your praise (equally relieved not to have earned your ire) but I must correct one item from your proffer. I did not strategically ask for extensions in your case. I strategically filed motion after motion which caused the State to seek extension ("continuance") after extension, and that went on for nearly a year until our Judge finally had enough of their shenanigans and forced the State to fish or cut bait (... which resulted in a dismissal of your felony case on the morning of trial). The only regret that I have in your case is that I did not get to fly up to Boston to take any depositions (because I missed out on my beloved namesake - Mike's Pastries - and my absolute favorite pizza at Reginas). Thank you again for taking the time to share your experience with #HaberPA with the folks and I'll look forward to connecting with you the next time that I'm in the North End! Fondly, MAH/Esq
Posted by anonymous | September 06, 2018 | Hired Attorney
Great Defense lawyer
I had the pleasure of hiring Michael Haber PA for my boyfriend’s case. The consideration he took when he decided to pick up his office phone at 8 o’clock on a Friday night speaks volumes, and from that first day before I even decided to hire Mr. Haber he was already diagnosing the case and figuring o...
Dear Anonymous, Thank you very much for your kind words. For the benefit of the folks: Your Beau was habitualized (the State enhanced him as a HVFO - a Habitual Violent Felony Offender, subjecting him to 30, instead of 15, years with a 10 year minimum mandatory, day-for-day sentence) for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and he also had 3 narcotics charges to defend (tacking on another potential 7 years). When #HaberPA was retained your Beau was back in custody (having posted bond, having been appointed a PD at Arraignment and having been taken back into custody that morning after the Judge had him drug tested in open court - he had +++ urine and Her Honor revoked his bond). While we were unsuccessful in our immediate attempt at persuading the Court to reinstate his bond we were thereafter relentless with the State Attorney's Office, pounding them with discovery requests, motions (including severance of charges, which effectively required 2 separate trials - 1 for the gun charge and another for the narcotics), forcing multiple State charged continuances and running the natural speedy trial clock to the very end (we were at day 173 of 175 on the day of trial). The State never went below the 10 year min/mand as a bottom of the guidelines plea offer but, with a jury waiting outside of the courtroom on the [damn near] drop dead date for trial they made your Beau an offer that he simply couldn't refuse (1 year, with credit for the 6 months that he had already served, with no probation on the back end...). We really wanted to try this case (baited breath) but your Beau wanted to be home asap, sans risk, and because it's not about what we want (it's about the client), the 1 year offer (with credit for time served) was accepted. Your Beau and you now have finality with no risk on the back end (no probation). Knowing how eager you are to have him home I am happy for you both (and I am grateful for both your faith in hiring #HaberPA and for your kind client review... # 167!). Please know that while we are no longer "attorney-client" we are now friends. :-) Take care, stay in touch and please let me know when he gets home so that we can meet for a celebratory reunion on the outside. Fondly, MAH/Esq
Posted by Enrique | August 20, 2018
Review
This lawyer came to our aid during a time of much confusion and fear, He clarified what we needed to expect and provided us with good insights. Thanks for your help, Michael.
Con mucho gusto Enrique. I answer a lot of questions on AVVO (22,676 at last count) and I field more AVVO generated emails and phone calls than I care to count (noting that A) people contact me at all times and on all days - in fact I got a call at 10:45 pm from Jacksonville last - Sunday - night and B) that more than 95% of the contacts are not even potential clients for #HaberPA), but all the effort is made entirely worthwhile when I get rare feedback like yours. I'm very happy to have been able to help you and I am most grateful for your kind time and expression of gratitude. Best wishes to you and yours. Fondly, MAH/Esq
Posted by Don | August 02, 2018 | Hired Attorney
Greatful Client
I contacted attorney Michael Haber in May, 2017. I had just been arrested in Miami, Florida and, as an out of state resident I didn’t know what I was facing or where to begin. I searched the internet for Miami area attorneys. I was very impressed with Mr. Haber’s website and the reviews that I read...
Dear Don, Please accept heartfelt thanks to a "Grateful Client" from a much obliged attorney. While you are the 165th person to leave an AVVO Client Review for #HaberPA and to comment on either my access, availability and communication with the client or my experience, knowledge and skill, admittedly, I'm not always praised for my "temperament and demeanor", and so for that I am also in your debt. In your case, perhaps this was because your "low" was my professional par (or maybe I'm just a softie at heart under an otherwise gruff interior... :-). Regardless, you religiously followed my two golden rules of representation ( 1) Do what you are supposed to do, when and how you are supposed to do it and 2) Do not do anything that you are not supposed to do) and, with a sprinkle of luck (from an inexperienced Assistant State Attorney who was neither prepared nor adequately skilled), your case broke entirely in our favor (and precisely as I predicted when we first spoke on that fateful Saturday morning). I'm thrilled for you and for your family and I am proud to now be able to call you my former client and current friend. Please give my regards to your family, take care and thank you again! Fondly, MAH/Esq