Jessica Newhart Attorney at Law - Johnson City, TN

I had Ms. Newhart as a public defender in 2014. My original charge was felony false reporting. The only reason that I used a public defender was that the case against me was almost nothing. The prosecution had no evidence, only a single "eyewit ess" who I had never seen in my life, but claimed he knew me. I consulted with another attorney, and he said that any public defender should be able to get the case dismissed at the preliminary hearing before it got bound over to the grand jury. The court appointed Ms. Newhart as my public defender at my arraignment. When I met with her after my arraignment, she was rude and cut me off in the middle of speaking to her. I only met with her one time before my preliminary hearing for less than a half hour. She said that she had everything she needed for my case. At the preliminary hearing, the only witness that the prosecution had was put on the stand. She asked him a few questions and didn't argue with anything that he said, just accepted it as truth and said she was finished. The witness said he saw me running at full speed from the scene of the crime, even though I was recovering from a serious car accident at the time. My back was broken in five places and my hips were broken in four places just a few months prior to the supposed incident. She never mentioned this in my preliminary hearing. Needless to say, my case was bound over to the grand jury. I paid Matt King $5,000 to take my case from there. My charges were dismissed within 3 months of hiring him due to lack of evidence. The district attorney had offered me a plea bargain before my preliminary hearing which would've dropped my charge from a class c felony to the lowest class of misdemeanor. I would've only had six months of unsupervised probation and a $10 fine. They knew they had no case against me, as did Mr. King, who was the attorney that I consulted with first. Her rudeness and lack of concern has me seriously worried about anyone else that she represents in the future who is facing serious charges.

Jessica was an amazing attorney for me during my divorce. She protected my daughter and that?s exactly what I hired her for when I went to her. Yes for a divorce, but more than anything to protect my child from her abuser and she did just that. If you need someone who will fight for you and your child/children look no further. You are in safe and trusting hands with Jessica! I would recommend her to anyone that was in my situation and needed help or just anyone needing counsel, she will work with you and for you every step of the way! 10/10 without a doubt!

I hired her to take care of a speeding ticket matter. She was responsive while I was working with her and informed me of the things needed however she did not return my money and certificates to the court in time resulting in me being fined for not being in compliance with the court order. I would not reccommend hriing them or trusting them to do the work by themselves since she was not able to send my certificates in to the court on time.

Overall professional and will recommend her to anyone. Her work and experience has been a wonderful job.

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Ms. Newhart helped my husband and I create a will and related documents. While it is not something we ever really want to think about, we have three children and it was necessary to have this completed. We wanted to make sure that there was little they would have to deal with if something were to happen. Ms. Newhart helped us address each area of our lives and make certain that the documents were in order. We were very pleased with her desire to understand our situation, address our needs, and her attention to detail.