Reviews

Victor is on the next level when it comes to service and being there for people that need help. I called him late in the evening for what felt like an emergency, and not only did he answer, but he took about an hour to discuss what was going on with a loved one. Thank you for that. I am extremely appreciative of his time and knowledge. If you are in trouble and need help, look no further!

How Victor and his colleagues saved my life and my career I was lost. I was miserable. Accused of something I didn’t do. April 2016 was the start of the worst day of my life! I felt so angry and alone. I went to the Law Office of Victor Bakke where him and his colleagues counsel me about my situation and stood by my side the whole time to review my case and tactically find a way to help me get through what could have been the end of my career. November 2017, court date was set and Victor’s team stood by me and my family. All the things I’ve seen on tv couldn’t compare to what Victor and his team did! They took defense attorneys court room battle to a whole new level! They were fast on their feet and the prosecutors didn’t have a chance! Victor and his time did all the attacking vice the prosecutor and they looked lost as Victor team stepped in the courtroom. After a week of trial I finally came out with a VICTORY! Not guilty on both charges and now i’m home free. The weight that came off my shoulders was tremendous! I can’t thank Victor and his team enough. If you are in a bind remember Victor and his team is the best choice you have! I am so glad I chose them to represent me during that last year and a half. I owe Victor everything! NUMBER ONE Defense Attorney! Thank you for every Mr Victor Bakke.

We worked with Carol for an adoption and I can't say enough good things about her. She went above and beyond to help us understand the legal actions and she made everything work out smoothly.

Very personable and dynamic. He was able to keep my husband from getting a criminal record by getting the misdemeanor dropped to a violation.He was also about to get his case handled in a really tight timeline because we were moving off island. He immediately understood and explained our options clearly and did a great job as our advocate. This saved us a lot of trouble in the end and we definitely appreciated the work he did for us.

Victor Bakke handled my case professionally and very easily. He made the whole nightmare bearable. In the court room he was always on top of his game. Outside the courtroom he was always available to answer questions or just calm me down. I would refer anyone to use Mr. Bakke services.

I hired Bakke for three occasions: a total waste! Bakke basically collects his money (flat fee) and does nothing about your case until the day prior to the court date. A flat fees is in his advantage as the corresponding hourly rate could not be justified. I paid USD 20K on a Thursday. The following Monday he told me a judge was out to get me and enticed me to plead guilty with nothing in hands (no police report, no forensic report). He then spent no more than 10 h on my case up to sentencing. His defense strategy at sentencing was based solely on a psychological evaluation but that evaluation had not even been submitted to the Court as he did not follow up on it. Basically his flat fee corresponds to a hourly rate of 2K/hour for no defense! At the time he justified the fee saying it included probation but when I violated probation, he asked me for an additional fee, which he even doubled after the first court hearing! Again he did nothing about the case until the day before the hearing and my probation was revoked by the judge that was after me from the start. That judge gave as reason I had another victim while that supposedly victim was trying to tell the truth about what had happened and had been shut down from the court proceedings, not even knowing about them and never contacted by Bakke. Bakke was unable to respond to the lies told by the prosecutor as totally unprepared, unaware of the case. When you call him about issues, he spends his time convincing you not to do anything. His motto is "we have to pick our fights"; the problem is that he picks none! The worst is that the prosecutor is aware of his non-action and takes advantage of it. In my case he did not request the prosecutor for evidence I was not only asking for, but also I learned later I was entitled to. He let the prosecutor not only lie in court, but also tamper with evidence as he never even looked at them (my forensic report was "officially" completed less than 24 h before my sentencing date and not even signed; a close look showed evidence I was asking for from the beginning had been tampered with by the AG office as not matching the police report). On top of that, he then let the prosecutor destroy these evidences while the sentencing judge had ordered to have them returned. When I asked him to act on it, he first asked me for another fee to do so and when I convinced him it was part of my probation fee, he told me he called the prosecutor and was old nothing was destroyed: what a surprise! At my parole board hearing, again, he acted the day before the hearing so that, again, the parole board had not received his report the day of the hearing; again, he let the prosecutor lie at many occasions and justify these lies with "supposed" documents that were not even on the record; when I asked Bakke to ask for these documents I know either did not exist or would have been again fabricated by the AG office, he again refused to do anything about it (so many "again"'s!). On top of that Bakke admitted to me letting that same judge that revoked my probation wittingly give to at least one of his client more prison time that the law allowed. This is how corrupted the law in Hawaii is: the judge saying "it is illegal but if you do not complain I will do it" and the attorney giving his blessing. The law is the law and no-one should stand above it, especially a judge or an attorney who have taken an oath to fight unlawful actions, not to commit them! Victor Bakke's (mis)representation is way below what you can expect from the worst public defender: no consideration of the case prior to the day preceding each of the three major court dates, not a single fight or challenge to the irregularities and crimes from the AG office, total obedience to a criminal judge bullying the legal system, systematic late submissions of supporting documents missing at every court appearance,...