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Posted by bill | May 15, 2008

Jon Michael Zimmerman - Successful Representation

Jon carried my legal problem to a swift and unexpected 'dismissed with prejudice' conclusion with just a few phone calls and consultations with his legal contacts. No court appearance was necessary for my 'not guilty' plea. Jon demonstrated his knowledge of the legal system and acted swiftly and prov...ided me with a clear understanding of what he accomplished. I would request a consultation with Jon for any future legal matters without any hesitance.

Posted by anonymous | May 13, 2008

Expired Out-of-State Tabs and Insurance Violations

If it hadn't been for Jon Zimmerman, I could possibly be back in Florida right now, living with my parents, trying to save up enough to pay off my citations. I let my Florida tags expire shortly after I moved here, due to some problems with transferring the title from Florida (I was on the title with... someone else) and the expense of getting your tabs here (the monorail tax alone ran almost $200). I was having a lot of financial trouble to boot. at some point I allowed my insurance lapse as well. Then a few months later, I got pulled over and fined for both (an over $700 ticket.) I quickly procured insurance and got tabs and steeled myself to beg for mercy in court, when only days later, I got pulled over and cited for the same offense, since my temporary tag had slipped out of the rear windshield, and my insurance paperwork was left on the printer at home. Facing over $1500 in fines, I was terrified I'd have to move back to be able to lick my wounds and afford to pay off the violations. I wound up talking to Jon about it, since I knew him through the Jewish Community, and discovered to my surprise that he did traffic law, and wanted to start specializing in it. He suggested a couple of approaches that would help, and discussed the situation with me extremely knowledgeably. The choice to seek representation through him seemed obvious. After representing me in court on both tickets, he managed to reduce both fines by a large percentage, and get a portion of one waived almost entirely, due to a combination of the timing of the citations, my income, my history, my actions following the first citation, and points on which the city had been somewhat negligent that I was completely unaware of. His aggressively cavalier, yet still professionally fun and laid-back demeanor in his approach to the scenario went a long way to securing my victory. My over $1500 in fines quickly turned into 6 months of about $30/month in fines, which with careful planning, would not break me, even working a crappy job at minimum wage because I just graduated from college and relocated from across the country. I found his services to be absolutely invaluable. He seems to take each case extremely seriously, and besides giving me excellent results, consistently embued me with confidence during each conversation and meeting that the court date would go well if I followed the approach we agreed upon, and provided him with all the documents he needed... and his confidence was not unfounded. I don't think my trust could have possibly been more rewarded than having been rescued from having to skip town.

Posted by adam | May 13, 2008

Jon Zimmerman is like a ninja, only smarter, faster, and more accessible

Jon handled my legal matter flawlessly... A true professional, he wasted no time gathering the pertinent information and setting to work behind the scenes. Jon got back to me immediately the few times questions arose. He also has a mastery of the law, using some sort of legal jujitsu on the prosecuti...on- stunning them into submission. I recommend him to friends without reservation.

Posted by anonymous | May 12, 2008

Master of his domain !!!

Jon Zimmerman is unquestionably a true master in fighting speeding and traffic tickets. I know this to be a fact from personal experience, as I recently hired Mr. Zimmerman to fight 2 speeding tickets on my behalf (one in Bellevue, WA, and the other in Seattle, WA), and in both instances, Mr. Zimmer...man was able to get the ticket dismissed by the court (i.e: I was off the hook entirely; I did not have to pay a single dime (to the court, or anyone else). My driving record is now still clean as a whistle, thanks entirely to Mr. Zimmerman, & my insurance premiums did not go up at all. In both cases, I did not even have to show up at the courthouse. All I did was send in the ticket to the court, along with a copy to Mr. Zimmerman with a check for his quite reasonable flat fee (which covered the entire case/until had been settled/finalized, irrespective of how much time was involved, or how many times Mr. Zimmerman had to appear in court, which is quite significant, as in at least one of these two instances I am 100% certain that defending my cause consisted of Mr. Zimmerman going to court twice, and he had great news for me when he told me both tickets were dismissed. On the citation I received in Bellevue, WA, Mr. Zimmerman was not only faced with the typical challenges of attempting to obtain a dismissal for a moving violation. But was also handed a plethora of additional/abnormal obstacles, which to name a few were: 1) He had virtually no time to prepare (having never even met Mr. Zimmerman, I pulled his name from the web and called him at 5:15pm on a Wednesday afternoon, and Mr. Zimmerman was in the courtroom, on my behalf, at 7:45 am Thursday morning (that's correct, only 14 hours later) 2) He was provided absolutely no paperwork/documentation whatsoever (not even a copy of the citation), until after he was in the courtroom, in front of the presiding judge 3) He/I was scheduled to be in the courtroom/on the docket of whom I discovered after the fact was/is unquestionably the most hard assed (pardon my language) judge in the entire state of Washington 4) The extremely well prepared, well seasoned/experienced citing officer (whom had already submitted paperwork to the court, which confirmed/verified his radar detection equipment had been recently calibrated and serviced) had been subpoenaed, and was present/in attendance in the courtroom. 5) The option/chance of obtaining an extension of the court date/time, (to possibly attempt to correct my very likely foolish choice of subpoenaing the citing officer, have the opportunity to familiarize himself with my case and/or the police report, research explore all available options, etc., etc., etc.), which would normally be at the disposal of an attorney in this situation, had already been denied (and to be clear; this was due to a combination of my own idiocy/error and/or the hard-ass judge, but certainly not because any error on the part of Mr.. Zimmerman). ...and still, Mr. Zimmerman managed to get the speeding violation dismissed !!! If this is not true mastery, then I certainly do not know what you would consider it.

Posted by Chris Givens | May 09, 2008

Speeding Ticket Cases

Jon is a very talented lawyer when it comes to handling speeding tickets! He resolved two of what I would have thought to be very tough cases!

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