Jocquese Lamount Blackwell

I hired Mr. Blackwell back in 2016 after being charged with a class 2 and class 3 felony...I was facing 12.5 years of prison time but with the representation of Mr Blackwell, I only recieved 5 yrs of probation. This man literally gave me a second chance at life and has lifted a huge weight off of mys...elf and family. I truly recommend Mr. Blackwell as a lawyer!! Peace And Blessings Always Mr. Blackwell!!

Mr. Jocquese Blackwell, is an outstanding attorney, who believes in the law and its intent. He is a pugilist, who is not judgmental, will listen to his clients and advise them wisely. Also, to show that regardless of how messed up your case is, even if previous counsel was not effective, if you are i...nnocent, Mr. Blackwell can take a complex mess and turn it around. Mr. Blackwell has a “down to earth” approach and will be honest with his clients to work for their best interests. My advice to prospective client is to be 100% honest with Mr. Blackwell, because he can not defend you, if he is blindsided by any facts you knew but did not tell him about. Once he is your advocate, you can expect Mr. Blackwell to be dedicated, hardworking, organized, up to date on the law, technology and how to conduct himself in a courtroom. He was professional with all the parties involved and was respectful but unwavering when speaking with judges and prosecutors, in his effort to defend me. Mr. Blackwell genuinely cared about me and my case. He got an investigator to work with us and although it was not necessary, our investigator (a retired law enforcement officer) was ready and eager to testify on my behalf. Despite all the antics on the part of the police officers and prosecutors involved, Mr. Blackwell displayed a measured temperament with a perceptive, sharp mind to catch all the little lies that were told to the jury by my accusers and he pointed out the absurdity of those lies, which obviously influenced the jury in our favor. As a Veteran of the U.S. Army, he swore an oath to defend the United States Constitution, and he seems to adopt the ideology that his oath never expired, and as a criminal defense attorney, he is doing just as much to defend our Constitution and our laws, now as he did in the military. He makes an unparalleled amount of sacrifice, working on weekends / holidays with his clients, if the need arises. Mr. Jocquese Blackwell is a true client’s attorney, not one of the many who refuse to fight for you against an apathetic system, because Mr. Blackwell will not “go along, to get along” just to appease his opposition. Mr. Blackwell operates in a principled manner, with a passion that only a dedicated family man could do, defending our nations laws, because he knows our future generations will inherit what we leave behind. Mr. Blackwell carries himself in a courtroom with humble confidence and a decorum, rarely seen today. If my memory serves me correctly, it was Benjamin Franklin, one of our founding fathers, who said “For it is better for ten guilty men to go free, than for one innocent man to suffer.” Something obviously lost in the quagmire of our courts, law enforcement, and prosecutors currently in Maricopa County, but a principle that Mr. Blackwell obviously incorporates into his legal practice for his clients. I hope to never need his services again, this was the first time I have ever needed a criminal defense attorney, but should the need arise, I have and will keep, Mr. Jocquese Blackwell on speed-dial, on my cell phone and so should you.

I was harassed and threatened by bullies, so I defended myself with pepper spray. The police charged me with assault and threat since there weren't independent witnesses to the incident. So I hired lawyer Mr. Jocquese L. Blackwell to defend me at the Phoenix Municipal Court. He stated that I had a so...lid case with a high chance of winning. He made many promises to me including conducting a full investigation on the bullies, the arresting officers, and the police reports, but almost none of his promises were kept. As a matter of fact, he didn't even bother with information I tried to give him which demonstrated that I was the real victim in this case. After taking his fees first, he went to trial with very little preparation, asking trivial questions, and not making any convincing arguments to prove my side. The result was a full conviction on all false charges made by the police and the prosecutor. And if that wasn't bad enough, Mr. Blackwell still made another lie after the trial that he can overturn my conviction, and all I had to do was to remind him to file after six months. But after six months of waiting, and a few more chasing after him to fulfill his latest promise, I discovered on my own that Arizona had no such procedure. Instead, it had another procedure called 'setting aside a conviction' for closed cases, which doesn't overturn a conviction, but merely allows ignoring a conviction from employment check. But I found out that my case didn't even qualify for that since I had a three years probation and that made my case open. Mr. Blackwell, an experienced lawyer, knows such basic laws and procedures, yet he lied to me anyways.