I would say that Mr. Passanise is the exclusive "Super Lawyer" for the four-state area. I had heard that he was really good, I was really surprised when he went to work on my case. I had an out of state pretty significant criminal charge. All the attorney's I talked to where trying to get me to plead... guilty and take a plea deal. Once I hired Mr. Passanise that was no longer the case. I told him I was not guilty and did not want to plead guilty. He worked a great deal on my case and was able to get my case completely dismissed. I was really impressed with the way he handled everything. His office was really nice to work with too, they actually seemed to care about me and my future.

When my wife and I heard the amount of money we would have to pay for Joe to take my case, we felt like we took a punch to the gut. We had already spent so much on a lawyer who did nothing to help, and advised I should bend over and take a charge and a consequence I felt I didn't deserve and would pr...etty near ruin my life. When I met with Joe, he assured us he would fight. Out of all the lawyers I met with, Joe was the only one with the drive and confidence I felt I had to find in my lawyer to save me from this. I needed someone who would fight tooth and nail for me, and I had no choice but to put all my eggs, and money, in his basket. We were scared that he was all talk, that he knew what we wanted to hear and knew what to say to get us to hand him our savings. But we had to give it a shot. You can't support your family from jail. It turned out to be the best decision I made since being charged. My biggest regret is hiring someone else first, and wasting all that time and money. If you need a fight, don't even bother looking at another attorney. He searched for every possible angle, every way he could help me, and most importantly believed in me. He offered so much advise and legal support to give me the best possible outcome. He got my felony DWI charge down to a misdemeanor, and even with the circumstances and my sobriety and hard work, that's rare and hard to do. But he fought for me. His team is worth every penny. My ONLY complaint is that the front desk assistant is cold and impersonable. For the quality of attorney, I was surprised at her poor customer service!

Through every step of the process, Joe and his team were there to help answer questions and keep me informed about what was going on with my DWI case. They ended up getting me a SIS which provides me the ability to rectify my screw up while still maintaining my future goals. I would recommend Joe to ...anyone.

If you should ever find yourself in a situation where you should need a criminal defense attorney in southern Missouri there is no better than Joe Passanise. He was fair, honest and worth every penny. His paralegal Sarah was on top of everything and always reachable. When I had no fight left in me th...ey got me through. Couldn't be more grateful for all there hardwork.