John Michael Helms Jr.

I was sued both personally and through my businesses by a former employer (a publicly traded multibillion dollar company) on breach of employment contract and assignment of intellectual property grounds after starting my own company. I was scared out of my mind and incredibly stressed out. I foun...d John Helms after calling around to a bunch of bigger firms who could not represent me because of conflict of interest issues as they had previously represented my former employer in other matters. John was phenomenal and I really feel like he cared about me and took the time to calm my nerves when my anxieties were high. Not only that, but he went toe to toe with the big corporate lawyers and hit back just as hard or harder, and got the other side to settle within 8 months, which is incredible with big corporate lawsuits. After the settlement agreement was signed, the mediator pulled me aside to tell me what a stellar job John did for me during mediation. I was lucky to have John representing me.

Federal Defence Attorney, John M. Helms was an outstanding leader in this case of many defendants needing Attorney services. My related defendant chose Mr. Helms simply for the fact that he was well versed in the process of Prosecution side of the system and law as well as the Defense side. He kept... us apprised of what was happening at all times, whether it was from the Prosecution evidence or hearsay. He gave us total Defensive guidance for the best outcome. My relative took his guidance to heart and followed through. He faught very hard for the truth and justice. Her sentence was lowered due to his expertise. I/We will highly recommend him to anyone. Thank you for your consistency with this year-long case and for what I would call a victory given the circumstances. Kathy

I completed a work contract for a cable company and they wrongly accused me of stealing, which resulted in my being brought under investigation by the office of the district attorney for stealing $2,500.00 + worth of very expensive equipment. I hired John Helms, an experienced and well establishe...d Dallas criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor with the assistant United States Attorney's AUSA office to handle my grand jury appearance before being indicted or officially charged. Something I never new about the criminal justice system is that almost everyone who is accused of a crime must go through this phase before someone can be officially charged or indicted of a crime. Like they say, "if the Grand jury wants to indict a ham sandwich it can if it wants to," it's primarily a rubber stamp for prosecutors. Thanks to John’s legal knowledge he successfully convinced the Grand Jury that I should not be indicted on felony charges, "Grand Jury rules no-bill.” I could not be an happier with the result. Thomas W.