Leo P Reilly

Three years after my DUI – in which Leo represented me extremely ably and got me an excellent offer from the prosecutors based on the facts of my case – I returned to Leo to get my case dismissed after completing my requirements. Leo worked very efficiently through the bureaucratic channels that were required to get the dismissal – and successfully petitioned the court for the dismissal of my case! All in all I’m not proud of the fact that I made mistakes requiring the use of Leo’s services – and I’m committed to never making similar mistakes again – but kudos are definitely due to Leo for guiding me successfully through this rather difficult journey.

I cannot say enough about Leo. I got a DUI almost 3 years ago. He worked his magic and helped me stay out of jail, not have to do Sherrif Work, and still 3 years later is helping me get the DUI expunged. He’s VERY detail oriented and actually cares about you. Amazing amazing attorney. HIRE HIM!

Terrible attorney. Lazy, disorganized to the MAX (like unbelievably-​comedic-​golden-​levels of disorganization) — just constantly postponed and dragged everything out by a year and then finally went to court and took the VERY first offer the DA handed. No negotiation at all — I got all the max fines/​penalties. Could have just walked in on my first court appearance, plead no-​contest and would have had the exact same consequence and saved $ 3000 (and a years worth of anguish and frustration of dealing with him and his staff) in the process. Total waste of time, money and effort. Dragged out a 6 month license suspension to a year (unnecessarily). I cannot tell if he’s plain incompetent or just openly doesn’t give a crap about his clients. Either way, it’s the same end result if you are his client.
Promises the world, gets paid and then delivers NOTHING. Will show up for your court appearances, stay the order repeatedly (dragged it out by a year for no good reason) till all your installment payments are cleared and then will go accept the first offer on the DA’s table. Won’t even return your calls promptly once the payments have gone through.
Basically, you are wasting a LOT of money on him — just go to court and plead no contest and save that money to pay your fines. DUI lawyers are a scam — do yourself a favor and don’t hire one unless you truly believe you are not guilty and have a valid case at hand (and if you do, pls do not hire this idiot). Otherwise, just go to court and plead no contest, pay your fines, live out your suspension and move on with your life. This guy will know you are down and take full advantage of that. I made the mistake of hiring him while I was in a state of emotion based decision making — pls do not repeat my mistake. I deeply deeply regret hiring this guy — I constantly have the feeling that someone I hired to help me get out of a shitty situation (caused by my own stupidity) ended up scamming me and making things a lot worse for me.
Life’s biggest mistake — DUI
2^nd biggest mistake — hiring this guy

YOU WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH LEO REILLY! HIRE HIM!
Leo is an awesome attorney.
I hired him after firing another lawyer who screwed me over on multiple fronts, and I was distrusting of attorneys in general at that point. I interviewed several of them, and Leo seemed like the best fit. Man am I glad I did. Leo took over and changed things for the better. He went the extra mile, saved me tons of money and time, relieved my stress, and got the results I was looking for. He paid for himself in money saved in fines alone, much less the other terms (he will expunge it a year before your probation ends).
What you can expect:
A personal touch, he’s that rare breed of old school good business that wants you to come in and sit down face-​to-​face.
Someone who genuinely cares about getting you the best results he can.
Honesty about your situation (don’t buy into BS of other attorneys promising you the moon!).
An extremely knowledgeable, up-​to-​date, and connected attorney.
Great explanations of your situation and what he’s doing, and patience with your ignorance.
The best results possible.
A funny story or two.
I hope I never need a defense attorney again, but if I do it will 100% be Leo.
If you need legal help in San Jose, HIRE HIM, HIRE HIM, HIRE HIM!
Edited to remove some personal details.

I did a great deal of research before selecting Leo P Reilly as my DUI attorney. I am very pleased with the results, and I would highly recommend him.
He was really great and worth every Penny.

Leo was a great lawyer to have, he was able to get me a great offer from the District Attorney after putting a lot of work and time into my case and we ended up not having to go to trial. He is thorough, extremely detail-​oriented and explains every step of the way so I was always up to date on what was happening.
I fully recommend him even though I hope I’ll never have to call him again ;)