Timothy A. Jeffrey

Tim has been my lawyer for 5 years now. I was arrested multiple times for multiple offenses. Mostly possession but all related to my addiction. It wasn't about just getting me off or reducing my sentences. Tim understood that I needed help and that the criminal justice is unfortunately the only tool ...the state of Texas uses to "rehabilitate" addicts. He was the best counselor I could have asked for. He was able to communicate my needs to the judge when I couldn't. I did have to do SAFP/Prison time but that was because I could not stay clean for years despite giving it everything I had. I relapsed multiple times. I know my judge was ready to give up on me but Tim was able to convince him to give me one last try, though I had to go open plea because the judges hands would have been tied if I hadn't. Somehow I finally was able to get it right. After 17 years of trying to kick my addiction, I have finally done it. (One day at a time of course) Point is, he could have given up on me. By every measure I was a lost cause. Everyone knew I WANTED to stay clean, I just couldn't figure out how. That was 15 months ago. I'm a sophomore in college now at the age of 35 and have a 3.83 GPA. I have a girlfriend who has never used drugs I plan on marrying in March of next year before I transfer to the University of Oklahoma. I'm still on probation and will be for a while but out of all my charges (and there were many) I only have 1 felony conviction. The rest are deferred. I cannot tell you how grateful I am that I had Tim as a lawyer. I'm living proof that you can never predict when someone will be able to finally stay clean and become a productive positive contributor to society instead of being a waste of tax payer dollars, locked up behind bars unable to better myself or anything else. That's a big deal to me and it should be a big deal to everyone else too. Any paid lawyer can get your bond reduced. Any paid lawyer can get you probation instead of time. Tim didn't give up on me and he used the tools at his disposal as a lawyer to get me the help I needed.