Lollar Holt & Associates

Justin Holt recently represented me to the Arlington Municipal Court for a class C misdemeanor.
Thankfully, I have only needed the services of an attorney 2 times up until this date. I initially walked into the Lollar Holt & Associates office on Cooper Street in Arlington. I was pleasantly greeted when I walked in the door by 2 Hispanic ladies. I explained the circumstances surrounding the class C misdemeanor citation. I was issued a citation because a third party had recorded my vehicle tag number alleging my presence and that I had committed this class C misdemeanor offense.
Naturally, I asked if the firm if they could help me and the total cost quote. Initially, one of the ladies quoted me $ 100. As we discussed more details about the citation I was issued, one of the ladies took the time to call their main office and verify the cost for their services I was pleasantly surprised that the full cost quote was reduced to $ 45. After I asked many many questions about how the situation would be handled, I can’t remember the name of the lady that I was speaking with, but found her patience and knowledge of the system to be very good. I paid the $ 45 in cash and waited for them to contact me. I received a phone call shortly thereafter and ended up speaking directly with Justin Holt. Justin asked me a few questions and felt reasonably sure we could get the case dismissed. The communication was very good from that date forward and I appeared at the municipal court with Justin approximately 2 months later.
The next day I was notified by one of the Lollar Holt support staff. She advised me that Justin was able to get the citation dismissed.
The full cost — $ 45.
After looking at the reviews of this law firm, the reviews are all very positive for this full year of 2014. Looks like this firm made some changes around the end of last year that have positively impacted their service.
Awesome service plus a competitive price equals value!

I had a ticket get mailed to my New York address that was 7 years old — I haven’t lived in Texas in 4 years. The City of Fort Worth told me I had to appear. Justin Holt was the attorney on my case — he got it dismissed after several visits to the city. They could have easily just paid the fine but instead they fought it and got it dismissed and sent me a check back.
Communication could be a little better — pretty much no proactive communication instead I had to call them to get updates.
Overall great service for very little money. Saved me $ 500 and a trip to north Texas.

From the services that I required, I found that Jim Lollar & Associates met my needs. The staff is very friendly and customer service oriented in making their clients comfortable. If there is one tip that I can give, it is that if you wish to avoid a 6−7% surcharge by paying fees either over the phone or in person with plastic, bring cash or a check.

If you’re walking in to have ANYTHING done traffic ticket wise, leave. Go somewhere else. This «business» is terrible. I will NEVER go to these people again. Waste of money. TOTAL waste of money.

TERRIBLE experience. You will NEVER actually talk to a real lawyer. They do not provide any advice or guidance, which is a lawyer’s actual job. The staff is incredibly rude and acts impervious to it all. They are everything you expect from a very poorly written 80’s tv show complete with hair twirling, gum chomping secretaries and the boss is nowhere to be found.

I’ve used Lollar for a few years now for traffic tickets and he keeps getting worse. If you feel comfortable going down to a courthouse and saying «No Contest, your Honor,» you just saved yourself $ 41 and a trip to Lollar’s office.
DISCLAIMER: Note that the following review is the personal opinion of this reviewer, is limited to reviewer’s personal experiences and in no way may adequately reflect the experiences or results of other cases handled by Lollar and Associates.
LOCATION: Main office 10 minutes East of Downtown Fort Worth on 114 near NRH. Easy to miss if you don’t look for it.
STAFF: Lollar must have a thing for the Latinas — that’s 99% of his staff. Pretty nice though. They call to remind you of court dates.
ATTITUDE: In 5+ years, I’ve only talked to Jim personally twice about a case. Total cumulative talk time: 10 minutes. He sticks to his routine and offers you the standard choices: plead No Contest and pay probation fee to city, trial by jury with results binding and on your record, or go into warrant.
BACKGROUND: He’s a former judge and I think that’s why he was so good back in the day. He knew the prosecutors, city attorneys, what worked, what didn’t etc. For $ 40, he could get most tickets flat out dismissed — meaning that was it. You were out $ 40 (before his $ 1 credit card processing fee) and 1 hour of your time in a courtroom max. Nowadays he doesn’t get anything dismissed and you end up paying a probation fee usually in excess of $ 100-​$ 150 per citation to the respective city/​jurisdiction.
SUMMARY: He seems very complacent nowaday and doesn’t seem to care in my opinion. If you pay a lawyer, he’s supposed to fight for you, not just agree to whatever the prosecutor comes back with. Ever see My Cousin Vinny? Jim used to be like Vinny. Now he’s like the nervous court appointed stuttering attorney who is just there for the paycheck. Do yourself a favor and be like Vinny — go to a library (Texas Weslyan or SMU) or take an intro to law class in college to understand the judicial system. It doesn’t take a $ 100,000 JD degree to learn how to say «We Plead No Contest your Honor.»