Assuring me we would win the trials, the reduced Reckless Driving Marcos acheived was MUCH better than a 2nd DUI.
Upon finding Marcos in an online directory with about 5 other lawyers, I spent an entire day online looking for my next step after coming home from being arrested from a roadblock 2nd DUI. Once I had submitted to around the third lawyer my "situation," I had already received a response from Marcos. ... To this day, 2 of the 5 I submitted an email to NEVER RESPONDED!
So I decided to talk to Marcos right away. From the VERY BEGINNING, he took the time to meticulously describe my situation and every angle available to me with complete confidence of his abilities. I was so impressed with his language and effort that I negotiated my rate with him on the spot. He was extremely flexible with his cost scheduling and his flexibility allowed me to hire him immediately.
Throughout the entire process, he would take the time to explain to me EXACTLY where we were at in the process of the case and I let him know each time I talked to him, "I can't sleep over this!" To which he replied, "This case is win-able. Get some sleep!"
Communications before each court date was far beyond what I would expect out of ANYONE. I had an open communication with him via email and would randomly send my concerns to which he would reply almost IMMEDIATELY, almost like he was sitting there waiting for me to email him. And it was that way over the close to a year he was hired as my lawyer. Every penny I spent with him was well worth the comfort I received throughout the process. Not to mention the details I needed him to explain to me which he was more than happy to offer up on every angle I needed to hear about.
So my case was presented and I was pulled out of the court room. My heart was racing. Marcos, in his usual calm demeanor, said to me that I have a choice to make. My choices were simple. Either we would go to trial, which he was extremely confident we would WIN, or take the negotiated alternative, a reckless driving hit on my record. I think anyone in my situation would like to hear those choices! So after around 30 minutes of talking to Marcos, a sheriff deputy came out of the court room to find us.
“Are we having a trial today?” he asked boldly, like he just got handed an ice cream cone from his grandmother. Marcos looked up and flashed a look at the man standing there with an egocentric grin on his face and the look alone had the officer in a recoil position. “Oh, please just take your time; I just wanted to know what my afternoon looked like.”
Let me tell you, that alone paid for the cost of his services.
After a bit more discussing, I decided to get it over with immediately and take the reckless driving. If I were a betting man, a 5% chance to lose the case is plenty to go forward with it, even though many people could argue that I should have taken it forward into trial and won against the system and I was assured this was an easy case to win. I unfortunately am NOT a betting man so I took the easy way out.
Going in front of the judge was as painless as the entire process with Marcos had already been. “Yes, your honor” was spoken a few times, I went back out of the court room with Marcos, relieving the pressures of the court room, signed 2 documents and it was OVER. Never before in my life was something so simple and so relieving.
Because of the extensive investigation Marcos had conducted, he found countless problems with the case the prosecution had on me. Apparently, he found many things wrong with how they conducted their roadblock in my case. In confidence, Marcos let me know that he would like to take one of these cases and win them and maybe I should have let him on my case. I have no doubt in my mind that we would have won but I wanted it over as soon as possible.
Would I recommend him to someone? I would recommend him to my entire family and friends. A conviction on this case would have ruined my life. So in a sense, Marcos has saved my life.
Do I think he would have won my case? Absolutely. But I was anxious to end the case. Maybe next time, Marcos. Maybe next time…