Law Offices of Randall B. Isenberg Randall Blair Isenberg Paid Him $10,000. He NEVER Told Me of My Court Dates, Which Lead to a WARRANT! Then He Told Me I'd Do 1 Week in Jail Which Turned Out to be A MONTH! Dallas Texas

Jennifer Morris hired my firm in 2010 after her third arrest for DWI. She had been released from probation for DWI less than six months prior to the 2010 arrest. At that time she was also on felony probation out of Dallas County, which my firm also handled. This client was eager to move to California and did not want to be tied to Texas by probation. She was looking at two years in state jail, which would have to be served day for day, there is no “good time” or early release from state jail. The ultimate result on the felony case was that the motion to revoke, that alleged the commission of a new offense, was withdrawn and our client was continued on deferred adjudication probation. That means that she does not have a felony conviction on her record.

The misdemeanor DWI 2^nd case out of Denton County is the case that she served time in the county jail instead of taking a probation offer. We negotiated a jail time recommendation from the state because she did not want to have to do what was required on probation. The maximum on this kind of case is one year in the county jail. Denton County is a different animal than Dallas County. A jail term of 30 days on a DWI 2^nd is a very good outcome, if the client does not want to do probation. In Texas, a DWI conviction automatically leads to a driver’s license suspension, unless a state authorized course is completed within the first 180 days of probation. Everyone who does jail time as a punishment for DWI in Texas has a driver’s license suspension. Every DWI 2^nd results in a driver’s license suspension, regardless of what classes a defendant takes. Depending on how old the prior conviction is, the defendant may or may not be immediately eligible for an occupational driver’s license.

Finally, this client did not pay me or my firm anywhere near $10,000. That was what was quoted if we had a jury trial on the new DWI case. To represent this client on both her felony probation violation and the DWI 2^nd case, she paid around $6,000. Practicing criminal defense law, you are never going to be able to make everyone happy. Nobody ever wants to spend time in jail. Nobody ever wants a conviction. But, sometimes the best case scenario is to get the best possible offer and enter a plea deal. After discussing the wishes of this client, negotiating with the prosecutors in both Denton and Dallas, and relying on my years of experience, I brought the best offer to my client. Ultimately, it was her decision whether or not to accept the plea bargain. My office consists of a receptionist, two legal assistants and three lawyers, we are open Monday through Saturday and our phones are answered 24 hours a day. If anyone, ever, has a question, all they have to do is call the office and we will get back with them, usually within the same day. To say that the communication in my office is lacking, is ridiculous.

I am sorry that this client is unhappy with the amazing results that my firm produced in her difficult cases, but you can’t please everyone. If the cases that I represented this client on were her first, or last, interactions with the criminal justice system I might be better able to understand her anger. However, this was not her first criminal case, nor was it her last. Notwithstanding anything she has said about me, or my firm, I would encourage this individual to seek expunctions of her two aggravated assault cases, and nondisclosures of her obstruction of a highway and her multiple criminal mischief cases. 

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 I did inform this attorney about this report and he called me today.  I am going to let him know about this report so that he may have the knowledge and ability to file a rebuttal. Funny - I sent him an email last nite and he CALLED me today.

YOU got a DUI - you could have killed, maimed a person(s) in your idiotic driving.  BOO h*o!! You chose to drink (drug) and drive, got caught and what did you expect?? A slap on the wrist?? A room at the Anatole?? IF I choose to drink I stay HOME. 

10 pound lighter in a month??? Looking for empathy?? Lawyers are not social workers - You were trying to beat a DUI and it cost you.  Learn the lesson and move on.  Stop driving under the influence before you kill someone.