Nobody likes the circumstances that necessitate hiring a criminal defense attorney. But when you need one, it pays to work with a good one. Chose one who has experience, who thinks on his feet, who is realistic about the system, who outlines strategy in advance and clearly expects client participati...on and cooperation in the process. There is a time to negotiate and Joe Passanise seems to have a knack for knowing when the time has come. He can be gently firm yet firmly gentle. He is honest. He is a skilled communicator and manages a sense of humor in the midst of even challenging procedures.

Joe and his team did an absolutely fantastic job for me. Myself and my family are very grateful that I can be writing this review from my house and not jail or prison. I had a very serious felony, looking at real prison time and in the past, I had this the same charge already but a actually lesser o...ffense and had done a year in jail last time And received a felony with a different lawyer. This time I asked Joe to push my court case out as far as possible because I thought I would have to do jail. We were well on the way of pushing this out for well over a year when he was able to resolve my case. I feel very lucky to have Joe as my lawyer as my felony got reduced to a misdemeanor and no jail time with non-reporting probation!! I really enjoyed working with Joe just believe in their process they will get it done and his assistant Sarah was available anytime for questions or text messages with any of my concerns. I have also met a couple of his clients out in town with the same results and as waiting for court I also met two more of his clients that were extremely happy with his work On their pending cases. I couldn’t ask for a better experience. Thank you to his whole team!