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"Joe is quick, smart, and fast. The way he speaks just blows you away.  He made all the right decisions and got 2 very incriminating statements I made thrown out at a pretrial motion. That enabled us to get a not guilty verdict despite the cop's testimony that I failed all the field sobriety tests. Good thing, too, my wife was 4 months pregnant and I kept my job.  I highly recommend him." 

"I don’t know how Joe did it but at a motion to suppress evidence, he got my.22 breath test thrown out of court. That gave us a fighting chance at trial. During his cross exam, he made the cop admit to a long laundry list of everything I had done right, instead of what I did wrong."

My case looked like a sure loser but Joe studied the booking video and said we should try to get the breath test excluded. At his motion to suppress, he showed a half dozen ways it was done incorrectly and the judge threw it out. That gave us a fighting chance. At trial, a police lieutenant testified to my car going the wrong way completely over the center line and the arresting officer swore I failed all the field sobriety tests. Joe was ready to cross-examine them all. He  is one of the most intelligent people I have ever met. I owe him my license, my job, and my life.

Client failed the one leg stand and walk and turn test badly, was arrested and failed the breath test at the station and lost his license. I argued he pulled over properly, was able to produce his license and registration, exit the car and walk to testing area with no issues in perfectly normal manner. Also that the breath test was done one hour and six minutes after the stop and showed his alcohol level was still rising and thus arguably below the legal limit at the time of driving as required by law to be guilty.  

Judge agreed and acquitted him.

Client waved to a passing cop with his keys in his hand and told him he was having trouble starting his car. They stopped, noticed slurred speech, and he failed all the field tests. At the station, the breath test registered .19, almost two and one half times over limit!  At trial, although 2 cops testified, I argued neither could attest that he had placed the keys in the ignition or when he had done so. Plus, I was able to prove the battery was dead and thus he had the additional defense of "factual impossibility." Not guilty 2nd offense.

"He's quick, smart, and fast. The way he speaks just blows you away.; He made all the right decisions: got 2 incriminating statements thrown out at a Motions Hearing.; I'm driving again and kept my job after the not guilty verdict despite the cop's testimony that I failed all the field sobriety tests on my 2nd offense. Good thing, too, my wife was 4 months pregnant. I highly recommend him."   

It was my 2nd offense. I failed both the field sobriety tests and had 21 cans of beer in the truck, plus one open container of beer in the console!  Joe did a painstaking cross examination of the cop, bringing it along slowly and stressing everything I had done right. We got a Not Guilty and the judge ordered my 3 year refusal suspension overturned the same day. 

Cop testified he saw me drive up onto a curb and cross marked lanes, was unsteady on my feet, swayed while walking, had a strong odor of alcohol, slurred speech and failed the one leg stand field sobriety test. At my Arraignment, Joe had a Motion allowed to preserve the videos of me at roadside and at booking which ended up refuting what the cop said. Then after getting a Not Guilty, he went the extra mile and  interceded on my behalf with the RMV when they refused to reinstate my license despite the Court Order he had obtained immediately after Trial to force them to do so.

1. Started work on my 2nd offense immediately after the first phone call
2. wrote long reports explaining everything
3. visited the arrest scene with me on a Sunday morning
4. made a video of the route I drove and got stopped on
5. prepared me at great length to testify
6. provided immediate answers to all my questions

Westborough District Court

When the cop didn't show on the Motions date, I argued to the Judge that the Officer had an obligation to the Court itself and didn't fulfill it. The Judge agreed and dismissed the charges.

After that, I handed the Judge an Order to sign restoring my client's license despite the 3 year loss from the RMV for refusing the Breath test. He signed that too and my client's license was restored the same day.

My client tried to take the breath test some 6-8 times. He completed the first test but couldn't produce enough air to complete the second one as is required. The police nonetheless charged him with a refusal and he suffered a 3 year license loss. I reviewed the police paperwork and found it inadequate. We went to a Hearing at the Boston RMV but lost. We then appealed to a Judge. He agreed with me and reversed the RMV's decision.

On the 9 Step Walk & Turn test, Client took 20 steps out and 22 steps back (instead of 9 each way). Plus, he admitted first to 2 then later to 6 beers. At my Motion to suppress evidence, the Judge threw out his admission to 6 beers as in violation of his Miranda Rights. Then at trial, I showed the booking video and stressed everything my client had done right instead of wrong.

Cop testified my client smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech, failed the backwards counting, the 9 step walk and turn and the one leg stand field sobriety tests. At the station, my client was over limit and failed the breath tests as well. I stressed to the Court all the things my client had done right [no problems driving, producing license and registration, followed cop's instructions, etc.] and that the breath test was done over one hour after he was arrested and thus should be discounted.

The cop followed my client and testified he committed "several lanes violations" and noted a "moderate" odor of alcohol on his breath. Then the client admitted to 5 beers in a short period of time, got out of the car and made several errors on the field sobriety tests.

Thank you for representing me in court this week. Your professionalism and preparedness was something I was extremely impressed with. All the documents you prepared for me not only eased my concerns along the way but gave me an organized approach heading into court. If I ever have friends or family in a similar situation, I would definitely recommend you as their defense attorney. Thanks again.

I was clocked speeding 100 mph in a 40 mph zone and searched the Internet for lawyers. In addition to his fine website, Joe called me right back and gave me more valuable information – much more of it – than all the other attorneys I spoke with combined. Hiring him was a no-brainer.

I was charged with my 2nd offense and failed both the field tests and registered over limit on the breath tests. I called Joe and he had a very comforting manner and was calm and courteous on the phone so I hired him immediately. Somehow, he got me a not guilty after Trial. Keep his card in your wallet!

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