Law Office of Michael C. Tillotson

This firm has a video where they claim to use science, to help with your DUI case and they say they have weekly updates on the law changes. Well that video is 5 years old. They also claim to use all kinds of tactics and arguments to try to get the DUI dropped or knocked down to a lesser charge. Let me enlighten everyone that you can only argue a case if a Commonwealth Attorney is present. In my case one was not, the lawyers failed to mention this until 5 min before the hearing. Also the DUI happened in a private parking lot and the officer never saw me driving. Now I’m finding out after the case is over that they could have kept out the breathalyzer certificate. I also wore high heals over 2 half inches tall, when doing the sobriety tests. The law states that the officer is suppose to inform me that I can remove the heals before doing the tests and he did not. The firm did not even try to argue either one of these important points. Just to explain my situation better I have been driving for 20 years and this is the only ticket that I have ever received and I have no criminal record either, but they did not even bother to say this to the judge. The police report came back as me being coropperative and I blew a .13. Never one time before the hearing which was over two months of preparation, did the lawyers ever mention to me to plead guilty. Both lawyers said to me that because FL is not part of the interstate compact, if I get convicted of a DUI in VA I will be OK to drive in FL. This is an out right lie and because 5 min before seeing the judge they convinced me to plead guilty. They basically hung me out to dry. They led me to believe that my FL license would be valid. Come to find out 50 days later and driving everyday, I received a letter from FL DMV saying my license is revoked and had been since the day of the hearing. Now I cannot even get a hardship license to drive in FL because VA has a hold on it. This was something I wanted to take care of in VA after court but my lawyer talked me out of it. My husband works out of town, and I have lost my job and cannot finish my classes. The lawyers don’t even seem to care about the situation that I am in. I have no way of taking my daughter to her after school activities. I feel that I was mislead throughout this entire process. I am taking responsibility for my own actions, but I feel that these lawyers abandoned me, in a time in my life where I really needed guidance and help. I don’t even want to think what would of happened, if throughout that 50 day period where the lawyers led me to believe that I had a license. I would of got pulled over for having a revoked license and not even knowing it. I am extremely dissatisfied with this firm and their LACK of TRUST.