Mary Frances Prevost

I've worked with a number of lawyers over the past 30 years I've been in business. But none of them had the killer instinct I saw in Mary. The cops who took the stand in my trial had no chance. Mary Frances honed in on each and every lie and picked them apart, painfully, until they just crashed. S...he didn't even have a notepad in her hand when she stood up for cross examination. She just got up and went at them. She eviscerated one cop slowly, letting him hang himself on his own lies. The second cop got hit like a cannonball with questions so fast that he didn't have time enough to formulate his lies before Mary Frances was all over him. I felt like I was in a movie. At the end of the day....case dismissed.

Mary came referred to me from a friend who had needed her services about 4 years ago, and who was satisfied with the result. Having no knowledge whatsoever of the criminal justice system, I decided it was best to go with a known quantity. First, she is quick and to the points. She does not suffer... long winded emotional diatribes. I know, she let me know immediately that it was her job to save me from myself, not babysit me or counsel me. Fine, no problem. Second, she seems to know everyone in the courthouse. She seemed to have a good relationship with court staff, bailiffs, even the judge. That made me feel good. Third, she did a superior job of negotiating my case. We had to continue the felony readiness because the prosecutor's discovery came late, and was quite lengthy. No problem. But before we went back to court, she went to the "special DA' assigned to my case, pointed out to him issues where his case was deficient, and also pleaded my personal case to him. All in all, the result we obtained in the negotiated plea bargain was excellent. I am glad that my friend referred me to Mary. She is tough as nails, knows the courtrooms like the back of her hand, and is a real force. She didn't always call me back as quickly as I would have liked. But I guess when you hire a sought after attorney with a great reputation, you can't expect instant gratification. Given her ability to secure a deal for me that I didn't think I could get, I'll take a little less instant gratification. I would recommend her to anyone. She re ally is a fine lawyer.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME. I SEE ALL THOSE SHOWS ON TV, AND ALL THOSE VIRAL VIDEOS, SHOWING COPS BEATING UP PEOPLE FOR NOTHING. AND, YES, IT ALWAYS HAPPENED TO SOMEONE ELSE. BUT THEN IT HAPPENED TO ME. I GOT CHARGE WITH RESISTING AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HE CLAIMED HIS THUMB WAS BRUISE...D BY ME AFTER HE STARTED TASERING ME AFTER HE PUT ME IN HANDCUFFS. AND TO COVER HIS FALSE ARREST, HE CLAIMED HE WAS INJURED AND TOOK ME TO JAIL. MARY FRANCES PULLED OUT ALL STOPS. HER INVESTIGATOR DID A DEEP BACKGROUND ON THE COP. SHE FILED MOTIONS AND GOT HIS PERSONNEL FILE. SHE FOUND HIS EX-WIFE (BOY, WAS THAT A GOLD MINE). IN SHORT, SHE COMPLETELY BLEW THIS GUY OFF THE WITNESS STAND DURING A MOTION. I GOT A FEELING THE COURT BAILIFF WANTED TO CUFF THAT LYING COP RIGHT THERE WHEN HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE WITNESS STAND. MARY FRANCES DID EVERYTHING SHE SAID SHE WOULD, AND SHE WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY. YOU WANT SOMEONE WHO CAN PLAY CHICKEN WITH THE PROSECUTION AND WIN? IT'S MARY FRANCES.

What can I say? I was charged with DUI with injury. I spoke to a number of lawyers. Funny how some young lawyers with less experience will try to sell you and charge larger fees like the more experienced lawyers. Interesting how some of the more experienced lawyers charge more fair fees. Anyway, I ...went with Mary because of her credentials AND she didn't try to railroad me into hiring her on the spot, like everyone else did. Boy, did I make the right choice. At the end of the day, there was a light at the end of that bleak tunnel. She got me a wet reckless, when I was charged with a DUI with injury. It was hard to keep the faith during the eight months this case took to resolve. But it was worth it.

My ex GF thought I was cheating, and so she went crazy. She called the cops and made up statements that I hit her. It didn't happen. She actually attacked me. I hired Mary to defend me in criminal court. Mary had her investigator go out and interview my ex, and interview her sister and two friends,... and she got different statements from each of them about what my ex said to the cops. Nothing matched up. I told Mary I was re fusing to take an offer for an infraction because I didn't do anything wrong and I'd rather pay for a trial than plead to anything. On the day of trial, the prosecutor dismissed the charges!!!!! Mary was really strong throughout and aggressive with the prosecutors. I'm thrilled with my result. I've since been told by friends who have had problems in the court system that their attorneys practically forced deals on them. Not Mary. She was raring to go to trial. And I think that confidence shook the prosecutor up enough for her to dismiss the case.