Reviews

Had a case last summer, guy showed up late to my hearing, in baggy clothes, and completely screwed me over, guy is a classic case of a bad lawyer

Mike did an absolutely magic for me. He took care of everything in my court case and simply told me what to do and where to be. Not only did he get my case knocked all the way down to fines but, made me comfortable during the process. I didn't even believe him until the judge said fines and court costs, but he did it. The only thing I wish is that I would have used him for every case I have ever had.

Mr. Prephan treated every question I asked him about my case as an annoyance. When he had a pre-trial hearing with the prosecutor for my OVI case, he didn't even consider getting copies of the documents she discussed with him, like the results of my urine test. When the prosecutor tried to plea-bargain me into admitting I was guilty, instead of explaining how he would zealously defend me, he told me to accept it because I would lose in a trial. When I told the judge I wanted to get a new lawyer and needed the documents he had for my case, he didn't even bother giving them to me even after the judge told him to do so. In short, Mr. Prephan does not have your best interests at heart. He seems to think his job is explaining to his clients why they should accept being railroaded by a prosecutor rather than furthering their defense. Update: It's been about a year since this fiasco and I wanted to make it public that my case, which Mr. Prephan thought was unwinnable, was won quite easily by the Wood County Public Defender, who got the charges dismissed after the first pretrial hearing he had with the prosecutor.