John Murray Gavin

John Gavin defended me wheunexpectedly faced a list of charges after staying in Red Wing with a younger sibling. I had driven several hours to stay with him at his request in order to drive him to and from work over the weekend after Thanksgiving. He asked me to keep it a secret that I was doing t...his favor for him because he didn't want others to know he had lost his driving privileges due to being arrested for DWI. In typical fashion, he treated me very poorly and acted as if my presence was somehow inconveniencing him, until I confronted him for his ungrateful attitude and overall self-absorption, and how it had strained our relationship, and things came to a head with an argument, followed by me leaving and driving home in the early morning hours. In an effort to harm me, he called the police and claimed I had assaulted him as well as say a laundry list of very alarming and disturbing things that I did not say. This lead to me being taking out of my bed back home, taken into custody, riding cuffed in the back of a squad car for over an hour, and then being arrested and booked for domestic assault, fifth degree assault, destruction of property, and disorderly conduct......making my brother's attempt to spite me by calling the police and lying and creating false claims proving to be quite successful. John Gavin went to work and displayed his effectiveness right away by getting me out of jail that morning on my recognizance. I was extremely worried about the false charges sticking and their effects affecting my ability for employment, and as someone that's an avid hunter, my ability to possess or own a firearm. I'll never forget Mr. Gavin looking me straight in the eye and telling me that he was going to make sure I wasn't going to be found guilty of something I didn't do. I had an offer for employment pending on the outcome of these charges. It was imperative that my case be resolved as expedient as possible; and with the desired outcome in order to start working at the new position that was a significant opportunity for me. In short, my life moving forward as I knew it was on the line----the ability to be financially solvent from earning a living working in my chosen career, while also being able to enjoy the pastime I cherish with friends and family, were literally hanging in the balance with their fate determined by whether or not I could successfully be cleared of the more severe charges. That's what I had at stake and put into Mr. Gavin's hands as the attorney for my legal defense. John Gavin was able to successfully get me a plea agreement completed at the earliest possible chance I had for one, at the pre-trial hearing. Not only did he get the two more serious charges dismissed that were imperative to me I wasn't convicted of, he got all of them dismissed in exchange for pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct, paying a $50 fine, serving a day in jail with the few hours spent there from my arrest credited as that full day already served, and that's it....that's all I ended up with....no probation....nothing else. I paid the $50 fine and court admin fee on my way out the door and that was that---a possible nightmare scenario gone, totally averted, and I walked out the door with it being over and not having to think or worry about any further stipulation or detail interfering with my life and reminding me of a very unfortunate night that I just wanted to be able able to forget that I now could... All thanks to John Gavin. ----resulting in it not being possible that I could be any happier with Mr. Gavin's work and professionalism.  I cannot imagine there being an attorney that exists that could have done a better job, and thus one that I would reccomend higher than John Gavin.