Jesse Latta Williams

We hired Jessie Williams to handle a Domestic Violence/DWLS case in Traverse City, MI. We were assigned a public defender, but the public defender had no intention of defending the charge. He only wanted to plea it out. Mr. Williams consulted with us and felt that the charge would not stand in co...urt. Mr. Williams defended this case with the utmost compassion and decorum. He communicated with us regularly, keeping us updated on all motions, hearing dates, prosecutor meetings & discovery. Mr. Williams was honest in his assessment of the case, and forthwith with any investigative findings. We found Mr. Williams fees to be customary & reasonable. He even went against his normal protocol allowing us to pay his fee in installments. The only thing he required was that the fees be paid before the hearing date. Almost unheard of in today's attorney contracts. Mr. Williams did get us a NOT GUILTY verdict. He made his case on cross examination of the prosecutors witnesses alone. All this was accomplished with adamant resistance from the prosecutors office.. I would highly recommend Jessie Williams for any legal situation that may arise. His office staff was courteous, attentive, and a pleasure to work with. His investigative staff was first rate, and stayed with the case through the hearing. We are very fortunate to have found the right advocate in Jessie Williams. Please consider his firm when looking for legal counsel. He has a broad area of experience and he covers a wide area of Northern Michigan. We witnessed a high respect from all areas of the court system towards him and from him. You can rest assured if using Mr. Williams you will receive honest and sound legal advise, as well as excellent support from his staff. 5 STAR rating from us. .

Jesse helped me immensely. He was very knowledgeable about my case from the beginning and continued his education regarding it. He always went above and beyond, doing things more than he needed to and keeps doing so, even after the case has been closed. I always felt comfortable trusting him with ...the case and providing me a positive outcome.

I hired Jesse L. Williams for my young but adult son who made some poor choices and found himself needing an attorney. Not knowing what to expect, in the beginning, I will admit I was a little put off by Jesse's directness and knack for getting to the point. Although these were the qualities that in ...end I appreciated the most. Mr. Williams and his staff not only kept us all informed and on the same page with how to proceed with our case, they were always professional but curteous and friendly. I was scared for my son, but always felt Mr. Williams was doing everything in his power to help, without giving false hope or making promises he couldn't deliver on. Bottom line, when all was said and done, I was very happy and relieved with the outcome. Mr. Williams did a fantastic job! On an unrelated matter, I was also moved to tears when Mr. Williams called later as a follow up to see how we were doing after he learned of a death in our family. I would recommend anyone to Jesse L. Williams!!

I have been extremely pleased with Jesse’s representation of my adult son. My son had made poor choices and ended up with various court appointed attorneys. The attorneys would plead out his case, not to the benefit of my son, but to get it over with. The fines and court costs were adding up faste...r than he could keep up with, which in turn he would be re-arrested for not paying his fines. My son was on a downward spiral within the legal system. He was becoming a victim of the “revolving door” (more fines + unable to pay = arrest = more fines + unable to pay = arrest) justice system. Jesse was able to work with the judges: His matter-of-fact approach in pointing out the “revolving-door” my son was going through and keen negotiation skills allowed my son to work with Community Corrections to assist in paying off his fines and get his life back on track. I will also mention that, on several occasions, Jesse spent time speaking and coaching my son about his choices and exploits. He stressed that not only do his actions affect him but how it affects his family and how these actions are detrimental to his future. I feel that having an authoritative figure like Jesse speak with him one-on-one made a huge difference in my son’s attitude and behavior to this day. I am happy to say that my son has been able to find full-time employment (a miracle in this society) and was recently promoted to a management position. I cannot thank Jesse enough for all he has done for my son. I would recommend Jesse to anyone but especially to mothers/parents of children (minor or adult) in trouble.

I recommend Jesse very highly! He seems to truely care about his clients, he lost as much sleep as we did while going through this ordeal. He is not just in the business for the money. He is not afraid to speak for his client and stand up for what he believes if fair and just, even if it means possi...bly stepping on the judges toes. He represented our son in a probation violation case that appeared to be pretty futile. He never sugar coated anything. He gave us the facts and kept us informed. I was always able to get a hold of him if I had questions and he always gave us straight forward answers.Unlike our first attorney who represented our son, he never returned our calls and always skirted around the question.Our son was totally misrepresented in his original conviction. I wish we would have had Jesse from the start, maybe things would be different today. Jesse went above and beyond his job. He counseled our son, he helped get needed professional testing done on short notice and he did not judged our son due to his prior conviction. We trusted Jesse and he did not let us down. Due to Jesse's hard work and determination our son is currently going to college and in the process of getting his life back together, instead of being in prison.