Todd Donald Shapiro

Unfortunately, I had need for the services of a really good criminal attorney a few years ago. With no prior criminal record, I had fallen prey to alcoholism and racked up THREE DUI charges in 10 months. I thought I was done for - professionally, legally and personally. I felt tremendous despair a...nd lack of hope. Fortunately, I had heard about the Shapiro law firm. I engaged (and reengaged) Todd's services. In the process, Todd did TWO amazing things for me, neither of which I can adequately express enough thanks for. When we were facing the third charge, he strongly encouraged me to seek medical help because, legal consequences aside, he knew from experience that something was really wrong. And he was, of course, right. So I went to in-patient treatment. A cynic might suggest that this was simply to build a better legal case. No doubt that was part of it, but that still does not lessen it's value. Yet, in knowing people well, I could also sense a level of personal compassion in the suggestion that went beyond the final outcome of the case. My life was dramatically changed as a result of that and I am walking free from addiction today. Secondly, Todd worked every imaginable avenue to pull a proverbial rabbit out of the legal hat. I had plead guilty to the first two charges because they were so overwhelmingly clear. I did not WANT to fight them - I wanted an extremely good plea bargain instead - which Todd got! So now we were looking at a potential felony conviction on this third. It settled as a first time class-B misdemeanor!! I am still a bit stunned when I consider it, though that happened nearly two years ago. A lot of things went in to that final outcome, certainly including my rehabilitation stay. Yet, in my greatest optimism, I did not envision that kind of final outcome! To this day it strikes me as near miraculous. So I am also walking free today in a literal sense. Free from addiction and free from jail! I cannot IMAGINE another lawyer who could have done all this for me. Todd's deep experience, his unrivaled network and his just plain brilliant "street smarts" make him an attorney unequaled in my estimation. God forbid, but if I were EVER in criminal trouble again, Todd is the first and only attorney I would want to go to. He is simply that good!