John J. Rice

I needed some help from out of state (CA) and found John on google. After speaking with a few lawyers from Newport News, the choice was clear...John was the most knowledgable and he was reasonably priced. After John took a lot of time with me, to get the details of my case, he took care of my arraign...ment so that I didn't have to travel back to CA for that part. Between arraignment and trial he worked hard to get the arresting officer and/or states attorney to dismiss the case; the arresting officer was making him self scarce, so this was proving to be difficult. The day before the trial he managed to track down the arresting officer, and John got the officer to agree to a charge of "nolle prosequi", which is essentially a dismissal. Sure enough, the next day in court, John and the arresting officer met with the states attorney and I walked away a free man with no fines or court fees! After my brief trial, John and I sat around and chatted for about a half hour. Overall, I had great experience, both working with John and getting to know him. Newport News will lose a great defense attorney when John retires.