Randee Rodriguez - Testimonial

Hello Clay,

Just to give you an update on Jordan. Jordan did finish the Advocate Program about a week after we saw you at your office. He received his letter acknowledging his service. They also told him that nothing would be cleared until March. Jordan tried to get fingerprinted twice at two different police stations but he found out they each have a designated time to get that done during the day and he was not there at that particular time. He will try again. He has been extremely busy with going to college full time at Broward College and working. His busy schedule has prevented him from getting the fingerprinting done. However, he will get it done very soon so you can take care of the expungement as per our conversation regarding that. As bad as that situation was for him, he has learned a lot from it and has made a very positive effort in changing his life. I can honestly say he is a changed person. Thank G-D he was young enough to be able to make that change and to be smart enough to see that if there wasn’t a change made his life would eventually go down a dangerous path that no one would be able to save him from.

Also, I want to thank you very much for representing him. You did an outstanding job that seemed to be effortless. I guess that’s what a true professional looks like!

I will contact you in the near future to set up a phone appointment to discuss what is needed for the expungement besides the fingerprints.

Thanks again!

Randee Rodriguez
(Jordan’s Mom)

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Trent Crowell - Testimonial

What has Attorney Clayton Kaeiser been to me; A Divine Help. The definition of an Angel varies from culture to culture, from person to person and their life experiences. At times, they are defined as shadowy and elusive figures, but in times of distress they are said to become concretized in flesh and blood. As for me I’ve never believed in spookism any way, I tend to cling to the tangible.

I first meet Clay in 1988 when he headed a case that carried extremely serious charges for me which resulted in a good outcome.

Again in 2003 he represented me in two cases that resulted in positive outcomes. One of the cases was in Alachua County.

On February 6 of this year (2009) I was arrested, while on the 5th year of 8 years probation, Mr. Kaeiser, again, came through for me. The case was won on May 12th and on June 11th my probation was terminated. With great confidence, I recommend Attorney Clayton Kaeiser to anyone in need of criminal representation. Yes, the concept of Angel varies from the minds of the beholders. For me, he has been my Angel in manifest.

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Torrance Jones - Testimonial

Mr. Kaeiser

After having hired you back in March of 2008 I have come to the conclusion that you were the right attorney now that my post-conviction motion (3.850) is completed. I must say it did not take me long to recognize that you were an effective attorney that would vigorously pursue the due process (14th Amendment) and ineffective assistance of counsel (6th Amendment) violations that were the reasons for my guilty plea

Even if the outcome would not have bee victorious this letter would have still been written because your efforts to have my conviction vacated throughout the proceedings were wholehearted from the very start. Today it is rare to find an attorney of your caliber and I truly thank Jehovah God to have allowed me to find you Mr. Kaeiser to right the wrong that had been a conviction on my record for 15 years.

In closing, it was a pleasure to hire you and to work with you. Continue being the wonderful advocate that you are and all will work out just fine for you and your family. Thanks! I wish there was something else I could do because words seem to fall short of my gratitude.

Yours truly,
Torrance Jones

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I highly recommend Clayton Kaeiser. He is a brilliant criminal attorney and has handled my brother’s tough case to a very positive outcome as he had promised. I am truly convinced that Clayton cares about the individual, unlike other attorneys I have known or consulted with who care more about getting their retainer fees. Clayton won’t sugar coat and he won’t make promises that he cannot deliver. If he will take your case, let him handle it.

Ralph

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Ashley - Testimonial

Mr. Clayton

Thank you again for taking my case and winning the trial. I had to wait almost two years to go to trial in my case, and I praise the day that Greg decided to hire you to take the case over. You prepared the case in only a few weeks and were able to show the jury that the so called “victim” could not have been telling the truth. Even though the case was in Broward County, you owned the courtroom, and I was able to walk home back to my children after the jury found me not guilty. I hope that your beautiful little daughter gets to be a lawyer as good as you when she grows up.

Ashley

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H.E.R. - Testimonial

Mr. Kaeiser

For understandable reasons, I cannot sign my full name to this testimonial and cannot get into the details of my legal situation, but I want everyone who reads it to know that the reason that I cannot do so is because you saved my name and reputation by preventing the U.S. Government from even arresting me and/or filing criminal charges against me. In my meetings with you, I could immediately tell through your wisdom and confidence that are the descendent of a long legal tradition, and I was not surprised when you told me that one of your long-ago ancestors was a barrister in my own country (England). I knew through your professionalism that you were not trying to ingratiate yourself with me but, instead, that you were going to devote yourself to protecting my interests. Thank you again and forever.

H.E.R.

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Cecil - Testimonial

Mr. Kaeiser

I would like to thank you again for successfully defending me in my drug trafficking case and getting the jury to find me Not Guilty. I will never forget how you convinced me to reject a guilty plea in the case after we had picked our jury. You confidently looked at me and told me that we would win the case and I would be able to see my baby born at the hospital. You were right of course. Thank you again for your fine work in the case and, most of all, thank you for believing in me.

Cecil Smith

Dr. K - Testimonial

Dear Clayton,

Four years have passed since you took over my case, and I thank my fortune that you were able to represent me and show the State Attorney that the charges against me were invalid. Thanks to you I was able to keep my medical license after the charges were dropped. You saved everything for me.

"Dr. K."

Michelle - Testimonial

Clay:

I know that my misdemeanor case was not the biggest case you have ever had, but it was big for me and you treated me like I am sure you treated your biggest client. I was amazed that you were able to not only get my guilty plea set aside but also get the case dismissed afterwards. You saved my cosmetology license, and I have now opened my own styling salon thanks to you. I wish all lawyers were as skilled and professional as you.

"M. W."

Jamie Moorby - Testimonial

"Dear Mr. Kaeiser:

After the illegal mass arrests and police brutality during the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) protests in November, 2003, I was feeling at a loss. Having been doing nothing illegal, I was followed for blocks by the police, arrested, mistreated, and held illegally for more than thirty hours. If the arrest itself was not hard enough, the following six month court battles would have been impossible without your hard work, generosity, and dedication to my case. Your contributions have helped bring justice to myself and many others illegally targeted by the Miami Police.

Thanks to you and your staff for your continued dedication to social justice."

Case: State v. Jamie Moorby, M03-057936

Richard Mirayes - Testimonial

"Mr. Kaeiser,

Congratulations!!!

I felt privileged to be part of Florida history with you.

Before you accepted my case, I felt overwhelmed by the powerful machine that I encountered in Judge Swartz's courtroom, when I saw three prosecuting lawyers, two arresting officers, and a city councilwoman, all against me.

When we met, I immediately noticed your confidence and complete control over the situation at hand, without being intimidated by the prosecuting attorneys.

Your relaxed demeanor was like my buoy in the middle of the ocean before I went down for the third time.

Now, because of you, and your fine staff, many of us musicians and artists can exercise our Constitutional rights to free speech; and now all of us who entertain and educate the fine people of Florida in a public forum can do so with complete confidence and safety.

You changed the color and beauty of the streets from bland and lifeless to a rainbow of art and music.

Thank you, thank you - from all of us who entertain on the street. You are forever in our prayers.

Thank you!"

Case: State v. Richard Mirayes, B04-12687

NEWS FLASH! - State v. Mirayes

On August 30, 2004, the prosecution dismissed the panhandling case against Richard Mirayes (State v. Mirayes, B04-12687), after conceding that the motion to dismiss on constitutional grounds filed by the law offices of Clayton R. Kaeiser, P.A. was dispositive of the case.

Richard Mirayes is a street musician, who had been arrested in the Lincoln Road area of Miami Beach under the authority of the Miami Beach panhandling ordinance. Mirayes had been engaged in the non-aggressive solicitation of donations from passers-by who paused to listen to and enjoy his music.

Clayton R. Kaeiser, Mirayes' attorney argued that the Miami Beach ordinance was overbroad and a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, since it punished non-aggressive solicitations such as that engaged in by Mirayes.

The City of Miami Beach agreed that its ordinance was unconstitutional and agreed to dismiss the case against Mirayes and all other people arrested under the ordinance. The City indicated that it was going to abrogate the ordinance and attempt to rewrite it so that it complies with the First Amendment standards established by federal and Florida courts.

Case: State v. Richard Mirayes, B04-12687

Carlos & Maria Garcia - Testimonial

"Dear Mr. Kaeiser:

First of all we would like to thank you for your exceptional defense of our son, Carlos A. Garcia. Had we hired you as our attorney, you could not have done a better job. Your diligence and ability in his defense, as his Court appointed attorney, recovered our son's rights before the Court of the State of Florida.
Accept our gratitude and recognition in the name of our family and all the people who cooperated in this process, and we congratulate you for the selfless work you did on his behalf, which is what the practice of law is all about.
We wish you great success in your profession in the years to come and please know that we will always be in your debt.
Sincerely,
Carlos & Maria Garcia"

Case: State v. Carlos Andres Garcia, F04-19085A

Alfonso De La Cosa - Testimonial

Dear Clayton:
"Thank you for giving me my life back. Through God's generous grace and guidance, you gave me back my life. You are a credit to your profession in a most extraordinary way. You are also a true friend. I can never thank you enough. May God bless you always."

Case: State v. De La Cosa, 733 So. 2d 592 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)