Martin Lascola

I discovered the source of this review, and I am deeply saddened about it's inaccuracy. This client committed the offense of Driving While Revoked on 5 prior occasions and was on a period of Felony Probation when the new charge of Driving on Revoked was again committed. The client was facing up to 3 years in the penitentiary on the new case and another 3 years on the client's violation of probation. The State asked for 3 years, I achieved a 1-year sentence AND convinced the Judge from another county who put the client on Probation to give the client concurrent time (meaning the client received credit for time served on both cases rather than having the 1-year sentences run back-to-back). Although Probation was a sentencing option, no Judge in their right mind would give Probation to someone who was already on Felony Probation and got arrested again for the same offense they were on Probation for. Some amount of jail time was inevitable. This client could have gone to jail for 6 years serving an actual 3 years in the penitentiary. What, you may ask, did this client actually serve: 6 MONTHS. That's right - a total of 6 months on these 2 FELONY CHARGES (the new felony and the VOP)!!!! To add insult to injury, at the request of this client's loved one (who noticed that the Dept. of Corrections had the wrong release date) - I went back to the courthouse on 3 separate occasions to correct the record and made sure that the correct instructions (mittimus) was sent to the Dept. of Corrections so the client could be released roughly 3 weeks sooner. Apparently, though, my firm is a joke and was only interested in his money. The Judge, unfortunately, forced us to make a game time decision on the main offense, and completely took us off guard. This client knows this. The only way his case could have worked out any better was if the State just said "We're sorry we charged you for these offenses" and just dismissed all charges. We all know that never happens. Instead of a glowing review of recommendation, I am stuck with a bitter, negative and factually misleading post because of a client that accepts no responsibility or blame for his own actions. I suggest you take a closer look at yourself and realize what could have happened to you in this case.