I was referred to Mr. Compitello for an administrative DMV case through a friend, who advised me of his relitively small retainter, which i provided in cash, without speking in any detail to what servicesw would be provided.
Mr. Compitello then met me in Trenton at the DMV at which point he expained to me that a lesser suspemsion would be offered that I could either accept or take the matter up for a formal hearing, which would then cost more for him to appear. There was nothing other than an appearnce where he sat silent next to me while the DMV personell stated their offer.
Had I known this would be the procedure beforehand, which could have been established with a very brief consultation I would have elected not to obtain counsel for this matter at this time at such a cost to me. When I elected to take the matter for a formal hearing, pro-se, I was not notified of a hearing date and myself and Mr. Compitello's office were named on a failure to appear notice.
At this time i reached out to office to detirmine if they had been notified of said date, Mr. Compitello informed me that they were not notified also, which would make the ensuing suspension null and void. Mr. Compitello then drafted a letter outlining that, as a courtesy to me which he would later assert. However when the Office responded to Mr. compitello's letter he neglected to inform me of their response or of a proper course of action to mitigate the ensuing consequences.
He essentially took a sum of money to provide an unecessary unwarrented appearence, and when it came time that a dispute arised, did the bare minimum because as he stated, he did not owe me any thing at the time because his retainer had run out with a single appearence where nothing was to be gained from having counsel.
Law Offices of Jef Henninger, Esq. Reviews
I was referred to Mr. Compitello for an administrative DMV case through a friend, who advised me of his relitively small retainter, which i provided in cash, without speking in any detail to what servicesw would be provided.
Mr. Compitello then met me in Trenton at the DMV at which point he expained to me that a lesser suspemsion would be offered that I could either accept or take the matter up for a formal hearing, which would then cost more for him to appear. There was nothing other than an appearnce where he sat silent next to me while the DMV personell stated their offer.
Had I known this would be the procedure beforehand, which could have been established with a very brief consultation I would have elected not to obtain counsel for this matter at this time at such a cost to me. When I elected to take the matter for a formal hearing, pro-se, I was not notified of a hearing date and myself and Mr. Compitello's office were named on a failure to appear notice.
At this time i reached out to office to detirmine if they had been notified of said date, Mr. Compitello informed me that they were not notified also, which would make the ensuing suspension null and void. Mr. Compitello then drafted a letter outlining that, as a courtesy to me which he would later assert. However when the Office responded to Mr. compitello's letter he neglected to inform me of their response or of a proper course of action to mitigate the ensuing consequences.
He essentially took a sum of money to provide an unecessary unwarrented appearence, and when it came time that a dispute arised, did the bare minimum because as he stated, he did not owe me any thing at the time because his retainer had run out with a single appearence where nothing was to be gained from having counsel.