Monique Vazquez-Davis

Monique in my mind,Is a great lawyer who seems to always have a big smile on her face,Which we all know can be somewhat helpful at the times in life were we hit a rock,And made a mistake or two,But I believe we all have made a mistake or two,Well i first met her roughly 2 years ago when she came to s...ee me during my incarceration at "RJC"In kent WA. After speaking with her about my case and learning alot more on why i was being charged with such crime,And what my next steps were,I said my goodby's And the following week there we were in court,And let me tell you when i was waiting for my name to be called from the holding cell i was pretty nervous. Well there it was the sound of my last name HOUDE,I was shaking,After all my freedom was on the line. So after they asked me if i understood the nature of my charge and what the maximum penalty holds,The judge asked the prosecuter if she was arguing bail,Her reply "YES"Then the judge turned over to look at my lawyer MRS Monique V,And said anything you would like to say as far as setting bail or release?Thats when all of her talent,And her gifts she has came into play,She says,Your honor i would like my client realeased today givin the fact my client has not had any felony convictions in over 10 years,He holds a steady job,Has a wife and kids he attends to,And supports,bla,bla,bla,I can go on forever!!! Then one last time over to the other side,And this time instead of asking for bail,She seemed dumb founded and replied "Your honor at this time the state will refer on bail"Another words they decided after hearing Mrs Monique V. Testimony with arguement of release,On how well she spoke,It was as if my lawyer had new me for decades,I mean she was Great!!! (The only reason i rated 4 stars was due to the fact my last case,And my current one whenever i have showed up for court out of custody 90% of the time one of her colleagues end up taking over for her due to her absence,Which i have no problem with that except for two things,First the layer taking over for her that peticular time has no idea about me,Or my case,And whats going on with my case,Secondly, Im just going to give an example,So im getting ready to depart into inpatient treatment very soon so at the time this was 1 week before my hearing,Which is called an ombdibus hearing,At this peticular hearing if your out of custody as long as the client has spoken to there lawyer previous to the hearing,The client does not have to be present. Well 1 week before the hearing i decided to drop by the court house to speak with Mrs Monique V. to inform her about my weife and i going to treatment,And how i need a continuance until i gradguate inpatient,Well she was not there however one of her colleagues/Good friends happen to be there,I explained everything to her,She said not a problem she went over to the prosecuter,Got some signatures,And bamb about 6 minutes later she came back with my new court date,Which is sometime in the end of february,Ok so everything sounds great right,NOT!! Well i just recieved a notice from the court house a couple days ago stating i failed to appear for my hearing which was jan 8th 2025!!!So after finishing up with this review my next step is trying to get in touch with her,Because to be honest im shaking upset,But despite that i still rate her 4 stars because when she is sitting next to her client in the court room she works her magic,And ROCKS!!!