DO NOT USE THIS LAWYER! I know I wrote alot but if your actually considering hiring this guy then please, for your OWN benefit read ALL of this, I am only trying to save you from what I had to unfortunately go through.
If you care about your freedom and actually want to get out of the legal mess your in then I would highly recommend you find yourself a different lawyer. Even an ambulance chaser or legal aide lawyer is an extreme improvement over this joke. I made the mistake of hiring this guy. This is my story about dealing with Harry Kutner.
I was about 24 when I was arrested for a very serious charge "criminal possession of a firearm in the 3rd degree" , really what happened was I got pulled over and had an AR-15 in my trunk, I was going to the gun range, I was charged under the "new york safe act" actually I was the first person In NY to be charged under this new law. Anyway I was innocent of what the charges claimed, if you don't know about the NY safe act read up on it, it's a very complicated, convoluted and unconstitutional law. While I was in custody my father retained the legal expertise of one Harry kutner-attorney at law. While I was in the holding cells at the courthouse Kutner came and spoke to me, this was the first and last time I spoke to him. I explained everything that happened, about the cops stopping me, when I purchased the rifle, dates, times, details, the TRUTH! I was in custody for a few months, going back and forth to court, every court date all Kutner did was postpone the court hearing to the following month, that month he'd do the same thing. All during this time he never spoke to me, never visited me in jail or even came to the courthouse holding cells to speak to me, we only spoke just that one time when my father first hired him. All along this ordeal me and my father kept asking about the fees and how we go about paying him, everytime Kutner would tell us that it'd be talked about at a later time. THEN one day I get to court and I'm told to stand, Kutner standing beside me announces to the judge that he no longer wants to be my lawyer, this is news to me and my father, when the judge asked Kutner why he wanted to terminate me as a client, Kutner stood and said I was refusing to pay him AND that I lied to him! That after he repeatedly questioned me I "recanted my story and told him the truth" he told the judge, the whole court, that I told him I was guilty of the crime and I did do everything the police accused me of doing in the police report. As you can imagine I was speechless, I was already an emotional wreck because of the whole ordeal but to have my own lawyer turn on me in court and tell the judge that I told him I'm guilty was unthinkable. Before I knew it I was hustled out of court and eventually given a different lawyer. Because of what Kutner said "on the record" it made a trial impossible because the D. A. Would just pull up what Kutner said during the hearings. If a jury hears your own lawyer claim that you admitted your guilt to him, that jury will vote guilty, because of Kutner I had to plead guilty to a crime I DID NOT commit, I did 2 years in prison and am now a convicted felon. I will forever be picking up the pieces from the mess that he made. OH and the kicker is not only did he do that to me but about 2 months later I got a bill from him for over $5,000! Yes that's right. I refused to pay it and Kutner sued me, I did not show and unfortunately lost and now my credit is messed up too because of him. Please, do not hire this guy, his name is Harry Kutner and he is in my opinion the worst lawyer with a law degree that's allowed to practice law. If you value your freedom or that of a loved ones then DO NOT HIRE THIS CLOWN. You will forever regret it. If you have any questions you can email me at Anthonyjordan631@yahoo.com read more
