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Best regards
I want to apologize for not writing this review sooner.
Richard at The Ansara Law Firm has to be one of, if not, the best in the game. Him and Melonnie never made me feel as if I were bothering them. Melonnie was quick to answer emails and was even there to allow me to rant a few times about my current situation.
During my consultations, Richard laid out what he thinks will be the outcome of my case (which he was right about) will be, versus what could happen, up to a year jail time. It took sometime, not because of Richard but because of the other parties involved. At the end of it all my case was dropped and I thank Richard for that, so Thank you Richard and Melonnie. I definitely will vouch for this amazing team. I highly recommend them to anyone who is looking for a criminal defense attorney. I am also told they practice other law too, but I am not sure which ones.
Just reach out to them. Tell them your story and what you would like to happen, I am sure you wont be disappointed.
Thanks again Richard. One of the coolest attorneys I have ever met!
-E. R. Neal
Listens, understands while keeping your best interests as a first priority and keeps you informed during the whole process.
Highly Recommend This Attorney!
Thanks again for everything Robert.
And I can’t forget about Melanie she was very helpful with helping and guiding me with my payments and all my questions.
When Richard started my case the state had offered 3 years probation with an adjudication of guilt, basically I'd lose my rights. It was very important to me that I NOT be adjudicated guilty, and even more importantly I wanted the judge to order the probation department to verify my employment through pay stubs, because it took me years to find a job that I love, that treats me well and pays me well.
Richard ended up negotiating with the state attorney on my case and got me 18 months probation, with adjudication withheld, employment to be verified using pay stubs AND the probation will automatically terminate when the only condition of my probation, a small amount of restitution is paid in full.... so basically I was on probation for 5-days.
I will recommend Richard to anyone who needs an attorney in the future and if I have need of an attorney for ANY reason in the future I'll contact him.
Thanks :)
Personally, I never give 5 stars on a review because I think that represents perfection(which is impossible)....But the assistance given here by Richard Ansara and Assistant Melonnie Gebler were the absolute best I could ask for.
We were even forced to change legal strategy on the morning of our court hearing because of my adult stepson's erratic and disrespectful attitude. Richard handled the extreme curveball and pursued another tact. Richard utilized his relationship with the prosecutor and negotiated the dropping of all charges.
I like the way that Richard is direct with his answers and looks for a way to "make it work!" He looks at issues practically and advises accordingly.
Beyond the desirable results of the case, Legal Assistant Melonnie Gebler handled calls, answered questions, relayed information, soothed feelings and supported my wife and I every step of the way. She made sure the I's were dotted and the T's were crossed.
I hope I have no further criminal defense needs in Broward County, but if I do.....Richard Ansara and his staff will be my first call.
Thank you for all your help
Even the assistants are the best. Made me feel happy always when I visited them and gave me so much hope to look forward to. Highly recommend this law firm to the good people. Thank you Ansara for the love and support!!!
I hope to not find myself in trouble or in need of his assistance again but if I do I will never hesitate to call ansara law firm will recommend to everyone and have few people already!
If you want to win your case contact a lawyer who just wants your money, if you want justice with just care call Richard Ansara, a good man.
He looks up the case and says "who's going to be paying for this?" ...to which I respond "myself" after his second attempt to pull up the case (while driving and doing 2 other things, he's sure to let me know) Mr. Ansara proceeds to patronizingly "explain" to me that whenever he has "baby's mamas and things like that calling" he wants to be sure they "want to pay" (I'm a NUCLEAR family member BTW).
His baffling choices of words continue when he again asks me "do you really want to pay for your [family member's] legal services."
I am stunned at this point... I simply reply "Do you know private defense attorneys who work for free?" Mr. Ansara, who presents as a bro over the phone which conjures images of him, in my mind, wearing flip-flops on his way to complete his Gym-Tanning-Laundry regimen (he uses "bro" and "dude" frequently, which I found oddly informal and jarring when used in a professional capacity and are what I mean by "clearly a bro"), pauses and says "I like your answer by the way..." Before ripping into some screed about how he "doesn't do numbers on the phone" and again reminds me that he's driving.
More perplexing than his non-standard usage of "by the way" or his generally unprofessional and bro-y demeanor was that I had not asked him to provide me these numbers, in fact I specifically asked him to look the case over and get back to me at some point with a general idea of what services he could provide and what a retainer would look like...
Finally after assuring me that his services will cost "thousands... Not hundreds" I'd had enough but still I calmly said... "Ok that's fine, but for some reason you don't seem sufficiently motivated to consider this case--"
He cut me off and said "you just don't understand... This probably isn't a good fit--"
Alas! He'd finally said something that made sense... At least in the context of this wacky, bizzaro exchange... So I hung up.
My advice to my past-self would be leave this guy alone if you're looking for anyone with a modicum of professionalism or any desire to appear slightly interested in your case or his profession and my advice for him would be to be to uhh... Not go out and have an "80's party " in the middle of the day... If you know what I mean (I in no way mean anything untoward by this and I don't know what's best for you, I use "advice" as a figure of speech)..
Perhaps our African names telegraphed to him that it was time to pull out his best material about "baby's mama's" and assume an inability to pay more than "hundreds" for any legal defense but I suppose I'll never know and can not necessarily assume that this is the reason.
I feel in my heart that I dodged a bullet. When your prospective lawyer stars **humming** while discussing the details of your case... I decided to reconsider things... And if he's this guy... I make no recommendations on what you should do, however I decided to just cut and run as I felt his demeanor, (which I personally found condescending and arrogant) and verbage (which I found inappropriate) were unbecoming of my expectations of ideal, effective legal counsel and I felt that these things portend outcomes I would rather avoid. My opinions are not the absolute truth and perhaps others would perceive his actions differently. He did absolutely say the things I spoke of and you can all reach your own conclusions.
*** This review is a description of my experiences and yours may vary. I do not know what would happen in your case, nor do I claim to know or advise you in your decision making process. This review was written with no malice.
This review is accurate to the best of my recollection at the time it was originally written (very close in time to the experience) and has been edited to include this section as well as minor stylistic changes and to fix a missing quotation mark but remains otherwise unchanged***
He helped me get the best possible outcome with my case, was not only a lawyer to me, but id like to think of him now as of a brother of mine as well.
In the end, he didnt care about he's personal gain, but helped me when the case had a nasty turn to it and never asked for extra payment.
I am forever grateful,
Would recommend him to all of my friends in need.
I value his dedication to help and resolve his clients problems, they are a great team and i highly recommend the Ansara Law Firm to anyone in need of an Attorney.
After 18 -20 months representing me in court. The hardwork and effort put into my case has paid off. The results were even better than expected. Nobody ever plans to need an attorney. But if you do. Make it these guys.