Law Office of Pardoe & Associates

While Mr. Pardoe was friendly, he was the last to return my call out of the local attorneys I contacted. Once I had him on the line, he kept having to brusquely hang up and «call me back». The happened twice in 5 minutes, hence docking two stars. I certainly understand time is money, but it comes off as extremely unprofessional and makes a perspective client feel unimportant. Since I have not retained his services, I can only review based on initial consult and not on anything beyond that.
Time Saving Advice For Those With «Fix It Tickets» That Have Ballooned to $ 1000 Via GC Collection Services…
For those of you who have received a letter from GC Collection Services to either pay a $ 1000 collection fee or have your license suspended for not paying your $ 25 «fix it ticket» (failure to appear), there is nothing you nor your attorney can do. This is especially true if you are allocated to the Beverly Hills Court House division. Should you not pay the $ 1000 fee, your license will be suspended until the next available court date. At the time of this review, the next available date is in December — roughly 2.5 months out.
Here is the scoop — up until April 1, 2015 either the individual or the attorney could acquire a $ 10 extension that would effectively defer your court date and waive/​and or release the suspension. That is no longer — this comes straight from Mr. Pardoe and 2 others.
After April 1^st, 2015 the state of California changed their policies. Your options are to either pay the $ 1000 fee or hold out until the assigned court date and pray you don’t get pulled over. Why oh why did I stupidly put this in my drawer instead of quickly sending a $ 25 check? Well, I have made some dumb mistakes due to carelessness and now I am paying the piper. As much as it pains me to do so, I will be calling GC services after I post this to pay in full. $ 1000 is absolutely obscene, but the repercussions of getting pulled over and/​or in an accident with a suspended license seem to be far worse. This was a dumb mistake and hopefully I won’t be such an idiot in the future. To each their own. I hope this helps and best of luck!

James Pardoe is everything He said that he would do. I had 6 tickets and 2 failure to appeare’s .He cleared all I only had to pay a small court fine and had my license back in 3days. Thanks to James. He answered my prayers and I thank God for individuals such as him.

I was skeptical James was the real deal. He cleared my license of 5 year old tint fix it ticket at GC Services within 48 hours of payment.
James is highly recommended and great communication.

James Pardoe does what he says he’ll do. It’s as simple as that. He provides a valuable service and follows through on the work. He will represent your interests. This is a guy you want on your side.

All I can say is thank you so much James… My drivers license was suspended because I failed to appear for a ticket I received for not having proof of insurance and not having my vehicle registered. I called Mr. Pardoe in a week removed my account from collections I was able to renew my drivers license and James got my warrant reduced to $ 75… My warrant originally was for $ 1200. I highly recommend James he is courteous, follows through and does what he says he is going to do… Thank you again James.

James Pardoe is an attorney like NO other! He was so approachable on the phone, he took his time and gave me a free consultation with no strings attached! I had a minor traffic ticket that I forgot the court date of, and then it went into the «GC Services» system, and I thought I was doomed to pay them and not be able to go back to court to fight the ticket. Not so, after getting the insider info from James, thank goodness! I took his advise, went down to the courthouse, did exactly what he told me to do and was able to get my license reinstated the same day! Do as he tells you, he is here to help the «underdog» who doesn’t know the court system or feels intimated by the system. Knowledge is power and he taught me in 10 minutes how to embrace the court system and get it done! James took his time, made me feel empowered to take care of the situation with ease! He is a very good man, who cares! I am still in awe of how easy he made it seem to navigate the court system — and how easy it was — in fact! I will be forever grateful to him!

This a long due review. I never take the time but I had to with James. I had three long due tickets, warrents out for may arrest and i want to say over 6,000 worth of fines. The day after we spoke, all gone. He got my tickets down significantly (like thousands of dollars down) and I never even had to step foot in a law office our court room. He gave me constant updates and reminders. He stuck by until he made sure everything was taken care of. I will forever regret the stupid mistakes I made (like not paying my fines on time our skipping court dates) but I am grateful for life that people like james are here to help.

James helped me with a traffic problem last year. He treated me with respect and attention throughout the whole process and solved my problem in the fastest and best way possible. James is more than just an extremely talented and competent attorney. He treats you like a true friend. Thank you so much James.

I just got off of the phone with James and had to write a review… which I rarely do. He gave me his time without question, and advised me on the least expensive way to handle my ticket regardless of how it would benefit him. If I ever get in trouble, he’ll be my first call.

Not that I have used service but called to get a consultation on a red light traffic infraction. Asked him a couple of questions and he quickly brushed me off and said he didn’t do these type of services anymore. Why advertise on your site that you do then? He sounded like a typical lawyer so I’m glad I found out now instead of later.

I can’t say ENOUGH GREAT THINGS about James Pardoe. He is the Bruce Wayne of the Lawyer world… He truly is a Super Hero in a suit. He was able to get me out of a 5 year old ticket I neglected that led to another ticket., bench warrant, fines that totaled almost 2 grand,. etc etc… and got me cleared for a couple hundred dollars in court costs. He also advanced a court date of mine by over a month so I could be clear of all charges,… I also have a friend who was in a much more sever case (major criminal charges) and James was able to clear him from doing jail time. If you’re in any legal trouble, call James Pardoe FIRST… If it’s something that’s not his expertise, he will point you in the right direction. If James Pardoe ever needed a kidney… I’d be first in line to give him mine! Love this guy!

James is AMAZING! I had two very old traffic tickets and due to personal reasons 3 failure to appears between them both. That basically means I didn’t show to court when I was supposed to, thus my license was suspended and I had a warrant out for my arrest. Now instead of taking care of it when life settled I ignored it because I was scared, didn’t know what would happen if I did. Finally, I looked up traffic lawyers and came to James’s site
. After looking over the site and reading a ton of great Unilocal reviews I decided to call. I left a message on a Friday night at 5:30pm, an hour later James called me back! He was super personable, understanding and totally reassuring he could help asap. I gave him my info and first thing Monday morning he had all the info he needed to take care of things. And when I say take care of things I mean takes care of everything! I’m a mom to a lil one with a serious medical condition and the fact he went to court for me so I wouldn’t have to just took a huge worry of my shoulders. To boot it took him a day, 1 DAY to get my license reinstated! And his rates, his rates are beyond reasonable! He charges a flat fee per ticket so there’s no nickle & diming for a phone call here, an appearance there. It’s super apparent he’s there to help you not take you for all your money. I can’t thank James enough for all he’s done, he is hands down THE BEST TRAFFIC LAWYER IN LA and the only one you should call!

James must be a super hero of some sort. He did everything he said he would and MORE. I had my license back the day after calling James, He followed up and even called me the week before my court date to remind me. I cant describe how impressed I am with his service. He is my traffic lawyer for LIFE.
Thanks James!

This is the go to guy for all tickets DMV things, super nice to deal with and not uptight attorney like at all. Cheers

James Pardoe completely lives up to everything said in his website.
My boyfriend just started a temp position with a new company which required a license to get a permanent position. We had exactly a month to try and get his license and realized that he owed $ 3000 to GC services and could not get his license until this was paid. I did some research and found this site. Gave James a call and within the hour he looked up the information and we set a date to meet. Two days later he calls and says the hold is taken off and my BF is free to get his license. Not a cent was paid to GC Services. The payment to James Pardoe was well worth it! I will definitely be recommending him to friends.

Working with James was one of the smartest decisions I ve ever made! I got a 25 dollar talking on my cell phone ticket in California and didn t have my proof of insurance or registration in the car. I moved to North Carolina shortly afterwards and forgot about my 45 dollars in fix it tickets. When I came back to California I had a failure to appear on 3 tickets, a suspended license, and a $ 2,100 fine! I explained to the court what happened and that I moved home because of difficulties paying my college tuition and rent. They didn t care and wouldn t let me drive until the fine was paid off. I contacted James and he cleared up my license in 1 DAY!!! He took my ticket away from the harassing GC Services collections agency, and made it so that I could drive again while waiting for my trial date. This morning was the actual trial and James got all charges dropped! There is no point on my license, no failure to appear, and no $ 2,100 dollar fine for those blood suckers in the court system to feed on! I Highly recommend you contact James Pardoe if you are in need of assistance like I was. James cares about his clients and fights for them until he has achieved the best possible outcome!