Gregory Jay Watford

Attorney Gregory Watford is truly the best Attorney in town. If I could give 10 stars I would. He is Professional, caring, good listener, passionate about his work, always available etc. I hired him a few years ago to litigate; wrongful charges against me by my employer (The City of New York). ... He won my case and I am so grateful. The amount stress and humiliation was very hard but Attorney Watford is an excellent Attorney in litigation. I am truly grateful!

I'm a United States Air Force veteran with my roots being attached to the Bronx. To make a long story short I just got out of the service when I came to N.Y. for a cousins party from Virginia. After the party I was with a female friend in my vehicle when NYPD approach my car while I was in my vehicle... in City Island. I was asked if I had an I.D. and weapons in the car. Not knowing N.Y. was a state I could not have a firearm in let alone the 5 I had in the car locked in cases in my trunk from when my suicidal ex wife was threatening to kill herself in front of my son. I had to keep the firearms with me at all times. I did proceed to tell them I had firearms in the car and gave them my military reservist I.D. They then proceeded in removing me from the vehicle and arrested me for criminal possession of a weapon with 12 felony counts. They took my 2004 Acura TL and was going to assume a case to take my car from me all for doing the right thing. My bail was set at $100,000 and that's when Mr. Gregory Jay Watford worked his magic. Due to his great relationship with a specific family member I was advised that he would be the man to help me through this riveting time. He went on to advise that it was best to fight the case from the outside and we did. He then went about interviewing military personnel, friends, and family that I knew. He then had Chris put together a biography of my life that would be the true story of who I was with my firearms being purchased legally which he made a strong case of with receipts to back it up from when I was stationed in Montana at Malmstrom Air Force Base. This included members that was stationed around the world they interviewed along with all my volunteer time I had done up to this time in my life. The D.A. wanted to give me 23 years and would not budge off this number but with Mr. Watfords persistence he was able to find a motion called, "A Clayton Motion". This motion would take the automatic felony charge and mandatory time I had to face out of the District Attorney's hand and into the Judges hands to make a decision upon based upon if I was a threat to society or not. God blessed me with Mr. Watford and Judge Barrett. Mr. Watford with his biography of my life and who I was and his noble knowledge to find the motion that would give me a chance to be a Father to my 5 yr. old son and my 1 month old daughter the judge seen it fit that giving me time would take away from society having a productive member and the judge seen it unfit for me to be a felon based upon what Mr. Watford proved to them. I ended up getting 1 charge and that was possession of a weapon which was down graded to a misdemeanor and 1 yr conditional release which would come off my record after a year. This incident happened in February 2008 and the case did not finish until October 2010. He not also got me off from those felonies he then got my car back in the civil suit from the City of New York Car Repossession Impound. Ironically my son is now 12 yrs old and he wants that car now which I still have. When this case begin I had an Associates Degree in Mechanical Electrical Technology. From this mans hardwork I have been able to accomplish getting my Bachelors of Scince in Mechanical Engineering. Then I proceeded to get my Graduate certificate from Old Dominion University and I'm about to graduate with my Masters in Engineering Management. I'm a federal employee with the United States Coast Guard and recently bought a $300,000 and I thank Gregory Watford every moment I can for the life he has help to get me too. Please trust and believe me when I tell you I'm not giving just a review I'm giving a testimonial on my friend and family because he is not just my attorney any more. I love you Jay and I will always be here for you. Much Respect.