The DUI Man

A quick update; After Michael saw this review and that I rated him what he deserves, 1 star, and called him out on how rude and incompetent he and his staff are, he called my boyfriend and harassed him and spoke to him like garbage when I was the one left the review; then proceeded to dig himself into a deeper hole as he offered to give him a refund if he could prove the things I listed in my review! We obviously agreed!!! He went to go ‘check on everything’ that we pointed out to him at that moment and said he would call us back in les… Never called us back. Guess he didn’t really have anything to call us back with except that refund which we won’t be getting now because he realizes we are right.

HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE LAW FIRM. From the receptionist, to the girl Amanda who’s a «controller», all the way to Michael Bialys. Do not hire them For your DUI cases or any cases. I wish i would have seen his Unilocal page before hand.
You hear horror stories of Law firms taking advantage of the public well this law firm is one of them. Michael is so rude, and tries to make you feel like you’re nobody.
I originally approached his law firm to deal with my Old dui case that I had a warrant for and he said it would be 1,500 total. So, I gave him 1,000 down and 500 the next month once the warrant was recalled and i was re-​instated for probation. I was told i would not have to show in front of the judge but yet i still had to? so i showed up, i had to either go to jail or pay a fine and i decided to pay a fine. Mind you, while i was in court my attorney Amy Schroder did not fight for me or try to do anything except pretty much translate All the Big Legal terms that the judge was speaking.
So, I was not happy with the way it was handled. I then, in that moment decided i did not want to continue with this law firm. I Had to pay a fine and asked if i could delay the 500 dollar payment by a week and in the receipt the law firm states there is a late charge unless the client and law firm come to a mutual understanding.
So here i thought maybe they will wave the 50 dollar late fee if i just explain that i have to pay 1,273.00 within the matter of two weeks. but of course I believe the girls name was Diana whom i spoke to over the phone when i asked if it was possible to pay a week late because of the large court fee and with no remorse or thought she said no, there will be a 50 dollar late charge for every week you’re late and stood completely silent. that’s when i understood that this firm is all about the money and doesn’t care or try to empathize with their clients and how stressful it is to be dealing with legal issues in the first place, and they are held at higher standards? Right. so i managed to pay the 1,273.00 and the 500 to the law firm.
Then they scheduled me to show up! to recall the following warrant and i explained to the other attorney that i was not going to be able to show up because i had to go back to the long beach court house to pay the fine and show proof of enrollment and then he said «well call me back when you can show up» and i never heard from them again until it came for my next payment and thats when i emailed a response and told them they were fired as my attorneys.
and i thought it all ended there. but it didn’t. 15 days later there is a charge to my account and i called the office and asked them why? thats when they told me that they had recalled the warrant for my next case but they never told me they did because i was delinquent with the june payment. (1 month). I explained that i was not happy with the handling and outcome of the first case, and don’t understand how you can still charge me for work you haven’t done. and his response was «we have a contract and regardless of how unhappy you were you still have to pay me for the remainder of the balance»
and went on to say that he knows the law and that i am better off paying the rest of the balance or else he would file a claim and we can dispute this in front of a judge and that i will end up owing him more money then i already owe him.
I told him, I don’t need his representation and i fired him and told him he was not getting any of my money and now i am filing a complaint against him on the state bar of california.
I think it is so crazy that these Attorneys think they can charge for work they haven’t began to do or aren’t going to do. If this is something he’s done to you, i urge you to file a complaint against him so that this doesn’t happen to anyone else.

He is a very bad attorney he would tell you what you want to hear and take your money do not hire this man he lost my Dui

The dui man was the worst choise i made as getting a dui attorney i dealt with david shapiro and also met with mr Michael Bailey or however you spell his last name, anyways they seem legit and good people at first then david a went from 2500.00 to a lower rate i thought i could trust him and felt comfortable at the time so i made the mistake of giving them my debit card info and they just started to take different amounts that were different from what we agreed on and even money that was not authorized im in a dispute with my bank and them now luckily i got out on time and they only took 200.00 not worth the bad reputation i would not trust them and for shure not refer them no starts from me unless 5 meaning the worst.

Michael bialys is his name… and i love him… The first time i saw him, i was sitting in VN court facing what i would come to realize was the biggest CU$T judge i would ever have the displeasure to meet,…, judge omens or owens, rebecca… so, as shit hit the fan, and a few weeks go by, i realize i didnt do something iw as supposed to do for court and court is next day… mind you this is 7.00pm night before court… i call michael as i remember i had his card, and i remember his repoir was quite good w ms. ho bag judge… he agreed to go to court tomorrow morn for me and told me to meet him at 10.00am… for a one time apprearance he said it would be 350.00 i said fine… anyway, he has been to numerous appearances w me, and has been such a help… he is terrific… and while i was there, he actually had other clients in the same room as me… he is very good and will always keep him in mind… if shit were to ever hit the fan again.