John M. Gioffredi

In 1981 at the ripe old age of 16, I got my first traffic ticket. Dad said call this guy, it was John Gioffredi. Man I'm glad John was good. Kids under 25 do not need a ticket on their record insurance sky rockets. Gio, if I never said thanks, thanks. So about every other year for some reason I've ...had to use his services. What I like about John, he cares, he ask me the right questions, listens, gives me options, finds out what I want to do, then he does his best to do what I want. He helps me get what I want. I love it. What more do you want form an atty. If you are considering trusting John to defend you. Trust him, he knows what he is doing, He has the expreince you need, the expreince you want.

John Gioffredi himself has represented me twice to date in a trial setting where the outcome was a not guilty verdict. The first was initially charged as assault on a public servant (cop) and resisting arrest back in 2003. The basic premise of this case was two cops, one from Dallas and another f...rom Garland, who were both in the same car, what they referred to as a "ride along", tried to accuse me of attempting to break into my own car (wth?) When I started becoming a bit of a smart ass with the officers I ended up spending the night in a Garland jail with a fractured nose that was spewing blood and snot all over the place. Mind you, I was up against two cops with no video evidence of my innocence. They ended up dropping the assault on a public servant charge but proceeded to prosecute me with the resisting arrest charge. I called Gioffredi's office to see if he'd mind sitting down with me for a quick consultation. He agreed to meet me after he was through with court for the day. So I stopped by his office and we discussed the details of the case. He stated that resisting arrest is often little more than a bullshit charge, and that's exactly what it was. Fast forward 1.5 years. In the trial Gioffredi meticulously picked the testimony of both officers to pieces. You really have to see this guy work, it's pretty cool to follow his logic. The jury was convinced by his smooth and easy to digest explanation of the law and how it applied to the case. End result, Not Guilty! When the trial was over and I had my not guilty verdict in hand, Mr. Gioffredi even referred me to another attorney to handle the civil suit over the excessive force that the police officers used. Throughout the years I've used Gioffredi's office numerous times for speeding violations and the like and have had great success. Once I even was given deferred adjudication probation for speeding in Rowlett, violated it by speeding in Rowlett again and was simply given more deferred adjudication probation. I'm telling you, this guy is insanely good at what he does. Skip ahead to February 2009. I got pulled over for what the officers stated was a speeding violation. They said they smelled alcohol on my breath and asked me to get out of the vehicle. As naive as I could be I complied and began to take the field sobriety tests. If you've used Gioffredi for anything before, you'll know this is stupid because I blatantly disregarded the verbiage on the back of his card. Anyway, judging by the video I saw in court, I botched the walk the line test up pretty badly... in fact, instead of turning around I walked the line backward losing balance and using my arms to stabilize myself. From that test alone you'd have sworn I was hammered. I was arrested and transported to Lew Sterret where the officers attempted to get me to submit to more tests... at this point I started referring to the back of Gioffredi's card which I've had to use on numerous occasions for traffic violations. It basically says don't submit to the tests... no tests... no evidence, no evidence means not guilty. They just kept asking me to take more tests and more tests and reading from this checklist type sheet of paper as if they didn't hear or didn't care about me declining to take the tests. I became a bit of a smart ass again and spent the night in jail. I called Gioffredi's office up and arranged to go to trial. My license was suspended for 180 days for refusing to take the breath test or give blood but Gioffredi's office handled getting me an occupational license that would allow me to drive just about anywhere in Texas but only for 12 hours per day. I did get to split the 12 hours up however I wanted, but I had to do this in advance by creating a schedule of when I needed to drive. During the trial Gioffredi pulled out books and written sworn testimony from the cops and again began to pick their testimony to pieces. At one point in the trial, he actually had the Dallas cop of 20 years admit to performing the HGN (follow the pen with your eye) test improperly for

John is a smart and funny guy.His knowledge of the law helped me stay calm and collective during my trials.He will push for what's best for your case.Mr. Gioffredi is a responsible and reliable lawyer who will aid you in getting the least possible punishment with a case if not getting a clean dismiss...al.It's a privelage to have John as my lawyer.

I used this law firm in 2005 for a traffic violation and when I just tried to renew my license this year (2010) I found that they had NOT taken care of the ticket even though they gave me a pink slip that said it was taken care of. Now I have to fight to get it taken care of, and they are completely... unwilling to take care of what I already paid them for! I am a legal secretary and this law firm came highly recommended to me by the attorneys at my firm. Evidently they take care of you if you are an attorney, but otherwise they could care less.