John Vingelli

I hired John as representation in a DUI case at the recommendation of a family-member who is an attorney. John was very knowledgeable of the process and kept me well informed and set expectations appropriately. I felt that I could trust John's recommendation and assessment of the offer I received. Jo...hn made sure the court had all the applicable information regarding in my favor and we received a sentence that was even better than expected.

I am a busy mom of 5. I rarely have the time to review anything. However, John is worth that small window of time I have and deserves to be recognized. I have had experience before with many other wonderful attorneys. However, the one thing I will tell you is that most are pretty much impossible ...to reach on a spur of the moment type thing. It usually takes between 1 hour and 1 day to get a response. I can tell you that i have called Johns office 6 times between July 2019- Feb 2020. The first time I called he was out of town, however, his assistant Kathy offered to patch me thru to him if I needed to talk with him. She had taken care of my question and already had filed the motion I was calling about. I called at 8:30am. She had just received my inquiry that morning. She already had filed my motion and had an answer from judge before noon. The other 5 times I was patched thru to John directly. I held a very short time each call. He never had to return my call they always found him. Now I did call in the afternoon since I know he’s in court in the mornings, but for a lawyer of his caliber this is unheard of. John asks you what you want and fights for you. I gave John 3 things I wanted I got all 3, he would not give in until they agreed to them. He’s worked for the prosecutors office and knows their policies. It really helps to have someone that knows the job and knows both sides. His presence gives you a sense of ease that words can’t describe. If you walk in feeling afraid at all I guarantee you walk out feeling confident and it doesn’t keep you up between court dates. He answers his emails fast. He literally walked me out of the courtroom to wherever I needed to be when we left and would stop on his way to his next meeting to make sure I knew where to go. He knows the law, he’s very good at his job. I spent a few thousand dollars at my attorney before him. I was told I was going to go to jail for 7 years, I had anxiety like you can’t believe. I was sentenced to probation. One of my charges were completely dropped. My fines are only $20 a month. I have $0 community service. I met with my supervised probation officer and I am going to check in by mail after today since I am deemed low risk. He fought for me. He would not give up, because he knew the law and what was fair. Not everyone can get probation obviously. However, John will be honest with you up front. He will tell you the range. If you do have more serious charges he will get you the best possible deal he can. I appreciate him so much words can’t even say. I had a tire blow on one of my court dates that was just requesting a new date. He waived my appearance for me. I texted him from the side of the road. He had it all fixed and filed within 30 minutes and gave me my new date. Thank you John. 5 stars isn’t enough.

John Vingelli and his paralegal, Carol Jensen, performed very poorly for me in a personal injury case: 1. Multiple times I requested to be copied on all correspondence to others regarding my case. I was not. 2. I asked to review the Complaint before it was filed in court to make sure there were... no errors. My request was not honored and the Complaint was filed with errors of fact which could have hurt my case if it had gone to trial and may have hurt it during the settlement, although there is no way of knowing if the defense attorney picked up on the errors because the arbitrator kept the defense and prosecution parties in separate rooms. 3. JV put very heavy pressure on me to settle my case, even threatening to withdraw as my attorney if I did not accept $55K (he initially set damages at $160K). From my observations, it appeared he never had any intention of taking my case to court. 4. Though I felt forced to agree to my share of the settlement on February 12, 2019, I did not receive my share until July 2. And for nearly three months past the due date of April 5, JV did not repay Medicare's claim for reimbursement for medical bills it had paid, causing me to receive notice that Medicare was about to withhold all future medical benefits and that my Social Security benefits would be diverted to pay this debt to Medicare. It wasn't until I reported this to the Bar Association and a bar staff attorney investigated that Medicare and my secondary insurance company were finally reimbursed and I finally received my share of the settlement. 5. Dozens of my emails to JV and/or CJ went ignored, including several reminders that reimbursement payments to the insurance companies were overdue.

John always did what he said he was going to do. I was facing 7 years, and John got me 3.25 at sentencing. I got all of my back time. He kept my family informed. He and his staff answered all of my phone calls and questions. His appearance and demeanor in court are top notch. I would recommend him to... anyone.

I would definitely recommend John Vingelli to anyone going through a criminal matter. He is very knowledgeable attorney regarding the criminal laws and court procedures. If he couldn’t answer my question(s) right away, he was very good about researching the subject to get me a correct response, if... possible. He is a very kind and personable attorney who was very upfront during the whole criminal process. This especially helped calmed my nerves, since it was all a very new experience for myself.