Pfeifer & Pfeifer, Attorneys at Law

I called Mr. Jeremy Pfeifer a year back regarding potentially hiring his services and he was so helpful, HE HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND since my initial contact with him. During my initial consultation he went out of hs way to find me specific directions to get something taken care of and emialed me the directions. He never hounded me after that! A year or more later when I was ready to take care of the case, I spent hours searching my email for his contact information because he went above and beyond free of charge during our initial contact. He didn’t charge a dime for his time and advice. His politeness and patience immediately put me at ease and I developed a feeling of trust in him and his work.
I recently contacted him to begin the process and he has made the process convenient. He has continnued to go above and beyond even if it costs a small fee.
Just as helpful as he was a year or so agoduring our initial consultation. The service is still ongoing so I wil complete the review after all is done.
None of my business but honesty is my business:
The one star he has below is from a woman who from reading what she wrote, felt someone owed her something for her wrong doings/​accidents, whatever the case maybe. You are payin for services that you need, not hiring a slave. You pay for food before you eat it, law is not the healthcare system, where you are rendered services before payment. Wheather or not an attorney gets a ruiling in your favor or looses the cases the cost of the service still remains the same. Law is not a reasturant you can’t return unfavorable cases. Therefore, it makes absolute sense for an attorney to charge before services. Paying in advance or ontime also means that he doesn’t take another case at the same date and time as yours because they were able to get a payment to him sooner. Like any other profession the goal is profit maximization, therefore if someone needing his services for a court appearance for the same date and time, showed up ready to pay it would be in his best intterest to pick up the case because he has a company, ppersonal life and possibly a family to provide for. As he stated, I am also glad your case worked out! This is none of my business but I felt I would help you rationalize Lauren E.

Jeremy Pfeifer is a very good listener which immediately puts you at ease — at a time when your head is swirling a bit. Jeremy is a serious lawyer, but personable. He explains the applicable law and its nuances very well. If there is something for which he is unsure, he tells you and researches the details and re-​confirms. He is realistic, and reassuringly optimistic. He focuses in on the the strengths and weaknesses of the case. He asks important questions. Listens to my meandering replies, distills the information, and shares his thoughts. Allows you to repeat your concerns, and puts the details into perspective. These were the traits exhibited to me at our first meeting and the main reasons why I chose Mr. Pfiefer to represent me.
Later as I got to know Jeremy Pfeifer, he exhibited another idiosyncrasy. He really cares — He gets behind you all the way. When I was down in the dumps he kept me going reminding me that the law was on our side. Even when I could not attend hearings Jeremy was there getting back fees that were already paid. He takes it personally and though this is included in his fee, it is priceless.
I have on other occasions called him for advice on other things and he is always available and has referred me to other lawyers. I have his card at my office and at my home, if I need help in the future Jeremy will be the first person I call.

I would like to make it clear that this review is ONLY a review of my experience with the younger Pfeifer, Jeremy T. I have never met the elder Pfeifer and have had no interactions with him.
I was pulled over on a little pedal-​start motor scooter without a valid license and at my first court hearing the judge instructed me to come back at a later date with a lawyer present. I happened to meet Jeremy T. Pfeifer at the Bar Association office at the court house and came back to chat with him about the case. He gave me some advice and gave me his card and told me to call him if I needed representation.
I took care of some outstanding tickets as I was advised to do and gave him a call back about two weeks before my court date. He said that he felt a fair fee for his services would be $ 2,500 considering my license had been revoked by the state. I told him I was going to take a few days to discuss it with my family and I’d be back in touch. I called a couple of friends who had been charged criminal traffic court offenses about the amount of money they’d paid. When all was said and done, the prices they’d paid seemed comparable (although, they were dissimilar in that they were DUI offenses and I have never had a DUI) so I decided to hire Jeremy.
He said that he’d prefer a check prior to our court date which I thought was a little strange, but I also agreed to this. I assume criminal defense means dealing with unreliable people. I had check sent to him and he called me a few days after saying he’d not received it yet. I asked him to be patient, it was in the mail. But he said maybe instead I should bring a new check to his office and then he’d be happy to return my mailed check once it arrived.
This offended me on a number of levels.
a) It is fairly uncouth for an educated professional to hound a client for payment for services that HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN RENDERED (we were six days from the court date) as if they were destitute or desperate.
b) Mr. Pfeifer knew from our conversations that I live about ten miles from his office, do not drive and have mobility issues relating to Multiple Sclerosis. His suggestion that I skip work (forfeiting about $ 450 in income) to find my way up to his office to bring him a check that was ALREADY IN THE MAIL suggests that he did not really understand who was working for whom, completely lacks empathy and demonstrates that he did not feel that my time was at all valuable.
I at this point told him that he could wait for the check to arrive in the mail or I could instead stop payment on the check and hire a new lawyer. He told me thought it would be best if I hired a new lawyer. Not wanting to spend yet another $ 35 or whatever it was going to be to stop payment on the check to this guy, I asked him to, as a courtesy, write ‘VOID’ on the check and mail it back. He did agree to do this (earning the 1 star on this review that Unilocal won’t let me not give him). Guess what? The check came the very next day. My trip to Evanston, my calling into work would have been a complete waste of time had I agreed to this insane request.
But wait! The most incredible part has yet to come, I called a friend who is a Yale Law grad and told him I was in a pinch. I just needed anyone to appear even if it was just to be granted a continuance so I had some time to hire a new lawyer. He gave me a phone number of a friend he said was good. I called Art, he agreed to help me and said his fee would be $ 350. Yes, that’s right ROUGHLY AN EIGTH OF THE COST quoted to me by Jeremy T. Pfeifer. AND, I had the most favorable judgement I was ever going to get considering my driving record. Court was over in about 35 minutes.
This guy is a bloodsucker. If you hire this guy, I’m sorry, but you’re a plain, old sucker. I almost got taken for $ 2,150. I realize we’re talking about lawyers so a degree of dishonestly and parasitic behavior is inherent to the profession, but I am livid about this man’s behavior and will be reaching out to regulatory bodies to see if I can file a formal complaint.