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Posted by anonymous | December 20, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This man won't disappoint

I could not have asked for a better lawyer or a better outcome. He fought for me better than I could have ever asked and I'm so thankful for his professionalism.

Posted by anonymous | December 20, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

I got my life back

If you are looking for a highly experienced, very aggressive attorney who does not take bulls*** from anybody, then Mr.Platten is the best attorney you can hire. Mr. Platten fought to get me my life back on a 10-year deferred probation. Because of medical reasons I was not able to take a polygraph ... and while Mr Platten was working on my behalf, Probation decided to go ahead and revoke me and put me in jail. I was in jail less than 8 hours and being on a weekend Mr. Platten had to call Judge and the Da on a Friday night and got me released. Mr.Platten then aggressively subpoena medical records, probation office and hospitals to come up with a book of medical evidence that the prosecution accepted and I was fully released from probation and all terms. Because of the extensive work Mr. Platten and Samantha did on my behalf I have my life back. Mr. Platten was quick to reply anytime I needed help or had questions at all hours of the day. Even though my case was dealing with a sensitive issue of the polygraph, Mr.Platten stopped at nothing when probation was trying to put me in prison for 10 yrs , he got won myfreedom and life back and even after case was done is helping to get my job back from my job's legal team. Mr.Platten is hands down the best lawyer in East Texas and highly recommend you talk to him first.

Posted by Josh | December 08, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

First degree organized crime reduced to state jail money laundering anddeferred probation

Hired, Mr. Platten for an Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity charge in 2017 a 1st degree 3G accusation from the Criminal Investigation Division Texas Department of Public Safety. We refused to self incriminate or falsely corroborate with Mr. Burkett. 2 years on a GPS anklet and pretrial prob...ation the prosecution offered 3 years deffered probation and reduced the accusation to a State Jail money laundering charge. With out Eric I wouldn't have negotiated for a 2 year deffered probation agreement. I was jailed for missing a probation meeting and he came visit me during booking and got me out in 3 weeks. He comes recommended.

Posted by Fred | July 17, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Facing a felony up to 10 years in prison to no prison time served

He represented me through a case where I was facing a felony. I was looking at up to 10 years in prison. He successfully argued that I was illegally arrested and I served no prison time. Because he did a great job on my other case, I contacted him about an incident where a negligent driver hit me ...as I was pulling into my driveway. I just happened to text his personal number since he gave it to me through my last case. He was able to consult me on what to do next and will be representing me through this as well. He has a great talent for building relationships with clients and will treat you so well where you’ll always use him in any legal representation you need in the future. He is always just a call or text away and is very open to you contacting him directly through his personal number. You feel very taken care of working with him.

Posted by Jon | June 17, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

The smartest decision I’ve made.

Great experience!! Left In the dark by court appointed attorney. I didn’t know what was going on and I was honestly scared by the possibility of what could happen and not knowing anything. I hired Mr Platten (which was the best decision I could have made) about 10 days before I was set to go to ju...ry trial. He explained everything to me. He also found out about a couple of cases that were gonna be sprung on me that would have put me away for quite a while. I was looking at a total of 3 State Jail Felonies and a 3rd Degree Felony. I was more than pleased to sign for 4 years probation with no jail time. The judge also wanted to send me to SAFP, but thanks to Mr Platten’s decision to put me on the stand and question me I am able to sit at home and write this instead of sitting in county waiting to catch chain to SAFP. Thank you so much for caring and fighting so hard. I highly recommend Mr Platten to anyone requiring expert legal services.

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