Paul A Ramos

I had been in AZ for approximately 2 years, before being charged with an aggravated DUI (wrong way driving) which is a felony. I had never been in trouble prior to this incident and was scared out of my mind. Mr. Ramos was hired, after I terminated my first attorney, for almost jeopardizing my profes...sional license. As many have stated in their reviews, when I initially contacted Mr. Ramos, he seemed caring, showed empathy, and seemed eager to assist. He even alluded to possibly getting my charges dropped, due to me correcting my mistake and not actually getting pulled over going the wrong way. Quick sidebar: When the police pulled me over, they stated that my vehicle fit the description of a call that they received about a car going the wrong way. No one was injured and there was no accident as, I had corrected my mistake and was going the right way when I got pulled over. Anyway, moving forward (throughout a 2 year span), he attended some of my court hearings and on the last hearing, where I would be convicted, he stated, “We got a deviated offer and I think you should take it.” Mind you, I never knew what the initial offer was, until that day. So, the initial offer was 4 months in prison and the deviated offer was 2 months in county jail. I didn’t want to do either but, I signed the agreement for the two months as there was no time for discussion, we were at the final hearing. The only good thing about this is, when it happened, Arizona had just put an expungement law in place, and my conviction qualifies to get expunged. There is so much more that I can write but, I tried to keep it as short as possible. Please, if you’re considering him… reconsider! As some have mentioned, you’ll probably get a more favorable outcome, with a court appointed attorney!

I fully paid him $10,000. He is only interested in asking me to sign a stipulated agreement without explaining to me why there was a charge of money laundering case against me. He never discussed any possible defense I have. I then transferred the case to another attorney Bradley Rideout who then app...lied to the court and have the case dismissed without the necessity of a trial. When I asked for the bill and for refund of the money which I have paid him, he refused by lying to say that I never asked for termination of the agreement and he also lied to say that I never asked for the refund of any money owed to me. I with the help of a friend has reported him to the State Bar in Arizona. The State Bar is now conducting investigation into the matter.

Do not waste your time with this guy. The only time you will hear from him is when you owe money. He blames everything on his paralegals and they do not know their left from their right from what I experienced "I don't know what your talking about" is not something you want to hear from your attor...ney. I think he takes on DUI cases because they are cut and dry for him, personally I think he is on the police's side. These people who are indorsing him have obviously never used him.

I was convicted of a pretty bad dui. Granted, I didn’t hurt anyone or myself, but my BAC was very high. I wasn’t expecting a lot from a lawyer, just some guidance. Paul was all ears and extremely helpful when we first reached out to him. As soon as I paid the full fee he was like a ghost. My case wen...t on for 2 full years! He only attended 2 or 3 of my hearings. His assistants came to all of them. He didn’t even attend a virtual hearing for my sentencing. I told the judge what vacation time I had at my job and she made the suggestion to the prosecutors to lower my sentence! Before that, Paul was telling me to accept 4 months in PRISON. Because if the judge it was lowered to 2. Whenever I had questions it would take days to a week to get back to me. After I did my time I had many questions and Paul was unreachable. I knew I would be in trouble for this dui. I hired Paul for his help and guidance. I barely got any guidance for 2 years. I don’t suggest hiring someone who isn’t going to be there for you when times are tough. I saw a few reviews who mentioned the same exact thing.

When I retained Paul, he had many ideas and theories as to how my charges will be dropped. By the end of it, he was trying to convince me to take a plea for BOTH felonies I was charged with, and told me if I didn’t i would most likely do 2.5 years in prison, which I regrettably did to avoid time miss...ed with my children, as I’ve never had prior felonies, or ever have done time in prison,OR JAIL. He showed up to only a couple of my hearings, and had assistants of his show up to my other hearings, fashionably late I might add. He took over 6 grand from me, just for me to take a plea that I would have received without him. Do yourself a favor and go with a public defender, or make sure whoever you retain is more than confident in your case.