Dear Mr. Stephano,

I am writing this letter to express my gratitude for your services. Throughout all of our court dates, I had butterflies in my stomach with every appearance until our last one. It felt so great walking into the courthouse, knowing that my attorney has been there every step of the way, in both the juvenile and adult courts and that you never gave up on me despite the series of troubles I kept getting myself into. Now, in just a few weeks, I will be off probation and you will be able to clean up my criminal record. Having that chance brings me and my parents tremendous hope for my future.

I thought I would be able to represent myself and do my own legal paperwork to have my case expunged. Because I had violated my probation multiple times, the court denied my petition to clean up my criminal record. Nine years after my criminal conviction, I was still paying the price for something I had done years ago. When I contacted other lawyers, they told me: “that’s the way the law works.” Then I found Greg, who said my case had a very winnable chance if we went to court and presented my law-abiding life after my probation ended. Most lawyers I had dealt with simply wanted to send my paperwork into the court and take a “wait and see” approach. I couldn’t wait that long. I was trying to interview for a promotion at work and needed my background cleaned up quickly. Greg said that waiting was nonsense and could take up to four months to even hear back on my decision. He scheduled a court date immediately and personally went to the court in less than a month. He explained to our judge that the law did, in fact: permit a court to consider my law-abiding life despite my struggles with probation over 7 years ago. To my surprise, the judge hearing my case actually thanked Greg for explaining a part of the law that she had never considered before. She granted my expungement on the same day. Today, I have a clean record, a great job and there is nothing standing in my way thanks to Greg’s remarkable effort.

Greg Stephano is an honest attorney who makes it a point to keep close contact with his clients regarding the status of their cases. Everyone of the clients I have referred to Greg (both family law and criminal matters) have been pleased with his work.

I have referred clients to Mr. Stephano in the past and they have always been pleased with his work. He has also shown good professional judgment by disclosing to me when a certain matter is outside the scope of his practice. If Mr. Stephano agrees to take a case, I know that he can and will do a great job.