Artur Kamalimasihi

Just gonna present the facts: [AUG 6, 2020] I got pulled over by a police in Monterey Park, California, and cited for failure to stop at a stop sign; (it was during the height of the COVID pandemic.) The ticket set my court or due date to Nov 4, 2020. [OCT 29, 2020] I requested online for an... extension of the due date at the Los Angeles County Superior Court official website. The website extended my due date to Jan 4, 2021. [DEC 10, 2020] I downloaded an app called "Off the Record" to my mobile phone. The app helps users to find lawyers to fight traffic tickets. Off the Record also has a website, which is more convenient to use on a computer screen than on the phone app and a small screen. I uploaded my ticket and case to the Off the Record website, and paid a fee to the app. [DEC 11, 2020] Mr. Artur Kamali accepted my case. I uploaded a picture of my driver license and my side of the story to Off the Record for Mr. Kamali to review. Afterward, I mostly corresponded with Mr. Kamali via Off the Record. I directly texted his mobile phone a couple times, but his replies were brief. I supposed that, at that point, there was not much else we could do except to wait for the court date. [DEC 31, 2020] Due to the COVID pandemic, the presiding judge granted automatic extensions to all court/due dates. My due date was extended to Jun 15, 2021. [JUN 17, 2021] Mr. Kamali notified me that the court date has been changed/extended, again, to Apr 26, 2022. [MAY 19, 2022] Mr. Kamali notified me that the court date has been changed, yet again, to Jun 7, 2022. [JUN 7, 2022] Mr. Kamali and Off the Record notified me that my case was successfully dismissed. So the whole process took almost two years, but it was mostly hassle free for me. My biggest worry was that, because my case had dragged on for so long, Mr. Kamali would forget about the case. In 2020 and 2021, I sent him messages from time to time to remind him of my case. However, in 2022 I had mostly forgotten about the case until I received the good news from Off the Record that my case was dismissed. (Not sure how the service worked on his end, but I assume Off the Record sent him reminders as well.)

I got a ticket in November 2020, for months he was saying he was getting closer to finishing my case (when I could actually even get ahold of him) after receiving numerous late fees, suspended license, skyrocketed insurance rates etc... when in reality he had plead guilty in February (I barely found ...out this happened in august 2021) all while telling me up until may that nothing I had received from the courts was valid and wouldn’t go on my record. Then he ghosted me and tried to run away with my money. You’re better off fighting the ticket yourself or just paying it like I’m having to do nearly a year after I hired him for my case. He never once updated me on my case without weeks of badgering for a status update. Don’t put yourself through what I went through with this mongoloid ignoramus.