This is my second review of Musca Law on Yelp, regarding the crimes that John Musca and Derrick Smith committed against me. I also wrote one for the Musca Law location in Jacksonville, FL, where Derrick Smith was located. John Musca has offices all over the state. The reason for his rapid growth is undoubtably due to the crimes they commit against their clients. According to former Musca Law Attorney Derek Maines, "John Musca acts like he's going to be everyone's 1st Chair, but the truth is, he hasn't tried a case in over 20 years." According to Yelp guidelines, I am allowed to write reviews about companies in two separate locations, if both of those separate locations were involved, as they were with me. John Musca acted like he was going to be my 1st Chair representation, but that was a lie. It should be noted that I refused to sign a gag order, that Musca Law attempted to have me sign, to write these reviews and warn you. He offered to give me $35,000 back to sign it. According to the Florida Bar, John Musca and Derrick Smith's contact information is as follows: John Musca: Naples, FL 1st Chair & Owner of Musca Law FL Bar #163155, Office No.: (239) 793-5297 Derrick Smith: Jacksonville, FL 2nd Chair & Former Employee of Musca Law FL Bar # 9679, Office No.: (904) 827-5699 Re-employed by St. Johns County Public Defender's Office I hired Musca Law on April 19, 2018. Because of their crimes, it took me seven years to prove my innocence. Something that should have taken less than a year. I was also illegally incarcerated from March 23, 2022 through May 12, 2023, because my own attorney, Musca Law Attorney Derrick Smith lied to the courts to have me illegally incarcerated. He told Judge Charbula that he informed me that I was supposed to be there. The lie was malicious and intentional, due to a 3-way conversation between Derrick Smith, John Musca, and myself expressing my dissatisfaction for the poor quality of representation Derrick Smith was exemplifying. He was literally laughing at me when I asked him questions about legal procedures that I was oblivious to. Once I was illegally incarcerated, John Musca abondoned me there for 427 days, and proceeded to extort money out of my elderly father without my knowledge. He got close to another $30,000 out of him in double charges. I paid for trial fee's twice. I paid for two psych eval's, but only received one, etc. etc. In fact, I never spoke to John Musca again after Derrick Smith lied to have me incarcerated, even though he was supposed to be my first chair. He just left me there, and seemed to have every intention of leaving me there forever. Their lies almost cost me life-long incarceration. My case is the reason Attorney Derek Maines and Attorney Laura Rodgers quit Musca Law. Their contact information is as follows: Attorney Derek Maines FL Bar # 107192, (904) 354-5645 He said, "they were doing this to everyone." Attorney Laura Rodgers FL Bar # 122490, (407) 218-4932 She said to me, "you're not the only one they did this to." She told Fletcher Law that John Musca would laugh about the crimes they commit against their clients. It's funny to him. The mother of my child died while I was being illegally incarcerated. My favorite dog died as well. All together this cost me $160,000, my career, my home, all of my belongings, and nearly my life. I've had two operations now and need a third, as well as a plethora of other health conditions. Because of the lies that Musca Law "does to everyone," it took me seven years to prove my innocence. I had to write a Florida Bar Complaint to prove to the courts that Derrick Smith lied to have me put there before being released. Once released, I fired Musca Law and hired a real attorney named Charles Fletcher. After telling him what happened, he got my charges completely dropped in 6 months. Not guilty. According to Attorney Derek Maines, John Musca spends a fortune with Google, so Musca Law appears at the top of Google's search results in every major city in the State of Florida. It appears as though Google is suppressing bad reviews concerning Musca Law, including the ones I wrote, due to how much Musca Law spends on advertising with them. I don't want anyone to have to go through what I went through. I will be psychologically and physically damaged because of the crimes they committed against me for the rest of my life. I was fighting the state and my own attorneys at the same time, while being illegally incarcerated for 427 days. The lies they told nearly cost me my entire life. If I did not live through this, I would not have thought it possible for anyone to operate a business, much less a lawfirm, at this level of dishonesty and criminality. For more information, please see the review I posted for Musca Law in Jacksonville, FL. I wish I could warn every city in Florida that has a Musca Law office, of the crimes that John Musca commits against his clients to enrich himself, but Yelp won't allow that. read more

DO NOT HIRE! I obtained Musca Law to handle a second DUI in more than five years. The retainer was $15,000... I was given Stanfford King, oh what a mistake!! Shortly after the first two court dates did I realize I was given the Baby attorney. So needless to say THEY SUCKS..... BEWARE read more