Vindicate Criminal Law Group - Tacoma, WA

I came to Vindicate Criminal Law at the worst time in my life. I had never been in trouble before and I was being charged with something far more serious than what had actually transpired. My lawyer, Josh Bruner, made the worst thing ever, not feel as overwhelming and scary, and that is just so much. It's everything, really. In the end he was able to negotiate a diversion plan. I had to pay a small fine and continue seeing my therapist once a week for 6 months. A punishment that actually fit the crime. Thank You from the bottom of my heart!! Danielle

I want the person reading this review to know one thing up front and then I'll add a little bit more about my experience. First, don't bother trying to figure Carrie out and if you feel you must question her methods, do so with the assumption that you are most likely wrong. I wanted to feel like Carrie understood what I was going through emotionally and I wanted her to connect with me on that level. That is not what is going to help you be successful and in my experience with Carrie, she's not going to waste anyones time messing around with emotions. What matters most is that she knows what she's doing and that is going to be extremely important as you are paying her to navigate a system that is already set up against you. Second, I am not over stating my last sentence. The system is set up against the accused. I know there are broken people that do very broken, painful and down right destructive things. Unfortunately, the legal system has no way of knowing the difference. As I learned, there are methods and formulas our world has tried to build to help figure out when what you're dealing with is a lie, but as I learned in my case, they can and do get it very very wrong. I was falsely accused of some awful things by my daughter and despite my attempts to go along with the systems methods (meeting with CPS, the detectives, etc.) I found myself arrested and formally charged. Fast forward a year and a half later and Carrie navigated the trial process beautifully, leading the jury to return a just not guilty verdict! Lastly, as i'm learning now that portion is over with, it all doesn't just go away. And for that my friend, I'm very sorry. Like I said, we are working with a very broken system; but with that being said, I was found to be not guilty by 12 of my peers, and I am now free of those charges and able to continue to fight this broken system for my children.