John Drake McLauchlan

My wife and I have fortunately never had to engage an attorney until our teenage son did something to change that. Not knowing where to go, we consulted various sites to obtain names of attorneys that have expertise in defending juveniles charged with criminal/delinquent conduct. That process l...ed us to call John and we met him shortly thereafter. He immediately put us at ease with his calm demeanor. He walked us through the various steps in the legal process describing what we should expect to happen over the next several months. In addition, his fee was reasonable for the work he anticipated doing. In that initial meeting he also met privately with our son and was very clear as to what our son needed to do to make sure his future suffered as little damage as possible from this event. His advice made sense and he quickly gained the respect of our son who does not always take advice readily. From that meeting through the disposition of his case last week John kept us updated on progress as well as answered any of the (many) questions we had about the process. The results were as good as we could expect given the circumstances and John had a great deal to do with that. This whole situation has been difficult for our family but one positive outcome is that we hired the right attorney to guide us through the process. I hope to never have to hire an attorney for this type of matter again, but if I did I would not hesitate to re-engage John or recommend him to anyone who needs an attorney in the area of juvenile law.