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Posted by Brad | June 15, 2012

Very happy with my legal services

When I first met James Egan and his team of attorneys, I found out I missed the Department of Licensing 20 day deadline and that my license was going to be suspended for 90 days. On top of that, I was going to need SR-22 insurance for the next three years. The Law Offices of James Egan were able to... get DOL to grant me a late hearing request. They then won that hearing and saved my license. On my criminal case, despite blowing over the .08 legal limit, James Egan’s attorneys were able to convince the prosecutor to give me an infraction instead of a misdemeanor. I avoided jail, I avoided a license suspension, and even avoided a criminal conviction. I’m very happy with my legal services.

Posted by Eric | June 04, 2012

Amazing outcome when everything was at stake

I had blown over twice the legal limit and my commercial driver’s license was at stake. A DUI conviction or a DOL loss would have ended my career as a truck driver. James Egan’s team was able to win my DOL hearing and get the prosecutor to reduce my DUI charge to a Reckless Driving, saving my commerc...ial driver’s license and my job. Absolutely amazing work.

Posted by Marcus | May 31, 2012

Saved my job

I blew more than twice the legal limit and knew I was in big trouble. I am required to travel to Canada as part of my job and I knew a DUI conviction would likely keep me out of Canada for life. The Law Offices of James Egan got my case reduced and saved my job, and advised me to stay calm, positive ...and optimistic through this stressful wait time, which was invaluable, helpful and sound advice. The prosecutor was trying to put me in jail for five days but instead I walked away with just some community service. James Egan and the other amazing attorneys in this fine firm exceeded all my expectations and I couldn’t be more pleased, and I am forever grateful, humbled and indebted to the entire team at the Law Offices of James Egan.

Posted by anonymous | March 19, 2012

Jail on 1st Offense

I hired James for my first criminal offense, a DUI no blow. My case had no particularly unique facts, but I ended up losing my license for a year and spent a total of 36 hrs, including 24 straight hours in jail. James told me "There's a 99% chance you won't go to jail.". I have no idea if he was... full of it or if I just got unlucky. What I do know is that I paid $4500 to go to jail and lose my license for a year, which was really terrible. REALLY terrible. It seems James' attorneys' strategy failed: he never was able to get a hold of the Prosecutor to bargain. I had several continuances and it was pretty clear my attorney, Carl, Linda, whoever there was there that day, was just finally talking to the Prosecutor about my case right on the spot. In other words, on the criminal side, it's not clear to me James' attorneys did ANY work other than to show up (when other clients of there's were there too), and try to get a 5 second word with the prosecutor. I ended up pleading to reckless and got JAIL. My understanding is this is a strange result. So I got unlucky, or, again, James failed.

James Egan

Replied last March 29, 2012

James told me "There's a 99% chance you won't go to jail." That is simply UNTRUE. No lawyer of any experience would make that kind of promise for a person charged with DUI Refusal where a conviction as charged results in a mandatory 2 day jail penalty. While I can opine about statistical chances of reductions based on over 1,000 past DUI defenses (and there was a substantial reduction here), I certainly don't guess about jail, because there are multiple variables (prosecutor, judge, client's compliance with court conditions). So the reviewer is either being untruthful or does not recall what I ever said. I stand behind the two-step reduction from a DUI refusal to a non-DUI as being reasonable depending on circumstances.

Posted by anonymous | October 18, 2011

Very happy I chose James Egan

When I met James Egan and his team, they gave me a lot of confidence that they could help me out of a tough situation. I didn’t think I had done anything worth getting pulled over for, but after I blew above the limit I was worried that a DUI would end up on my record forever. After finding probl...ems in the police report, Mr. Egan and his partners got the prosecutor to amend my charge to negligent driving with a suspended sentence. I’m very happy I chose the Law Offices of James Egan. If any of my friends get in trouble I know who I’ll recommend.

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