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He was a former prosecutor for the city and he will not go up against his buddies. Plus I wasted $2500 for his advice which was nothing.you also have to ask yourself why he moved so many times and yet he returned to Sarasota.","reviewerName":"Byron Williams","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"Ci9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2xwaFpXb3plVzFKUTB0UlQwVlBaRVZoV2t4VFdYYxAB","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2xwaFpXb3plVzFKUTB0UlQwVlBaRVZoV2t4VFdYYxAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CAIQACodChtycF9oOlphZWozeW1JQ0tRT0VPZEVhWkxTWXc%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/117392103515562901206/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"As a member of the bar, we are limited on what we can say, but this review is false and contains numerous factual inaccuracies. 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We live in CA and even from the distance he got us the outcome we hoped for, communicated clearly and helpfully.\nWould totally work with him again!","reviewerName":"Angie Florkowski","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"Ci9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2tRME5saEJVVzk0WTNablZVOUZTRE4yZGxjMk9XYxAB","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2tRME5saEJVVzk0WTNablZVOUZTRE4yZGxjMk9XYxAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CAIQACodChtycF9oOkQ0NlhBUW94Y3ZnVU9FSDN2dlc2OWc%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/100030855316175098313/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"Thank you, Angie! I’m so glad to hear you were happy with the outcome and that we were able to communicate clearly and effectively, even from a distance. It was a pleasure working with you, and I’d be happy to assist again if needed!<br>","ownerTimestamp":"2025-10-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2025-08-07T00:58:56.000Z","timeAgo":"7 months ago","isLocalGuide":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"109df7cd-058a-4e0b-84ec-e14f5fcbdd4b","rating":5,"title":null,"content":"Michael gave me great legal advice in my consult all for free. Highly recommend giving him a call.","reviewerName":"Jennifer Tully","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VMMm1tYzJPb09DdjBRRRAB","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VMMm1tYzJPb09DdjBRRRAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEL2mmc2OoOCv0QE%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/102605688738480610957/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"Hey Jennifer, We are grateful and appreciate the time you took to leave your review. We are happy to read that Michael has been able to provide exceptional service for you!","ownerTimestamp":"2025-07-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2025-06-06T19:33:57.000Z","timeAgo":"9 months ago","isLocalGuide":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"9f5d5c3d-936e-4202-baab-27d025e91121","rating":5,"title":null,"content":"Michael Faryard was absolutely Amazing as my counsel!!! I can't speak enough on the high regard I hold him. He got the outcome that I was hoping but had a medical issue and fought through it and still represented me!! I don't know what you ask more from a person. He took me on as a client and saw it through to the end. If anyone were to ask me about hiring Michael Fayard as your lawyer the answer would be YES without hesitation!!","reviewerName":"Blake Pavey","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnTURRb196N0lREAE","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnTURRb196N0lREAE!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEICAgMDQo_z7IQ%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/108049473885827300335/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"Hey Blake, Thank you for the awesome feedback. We are glad that we were able to make it across the finish line for you with the results you wanted. We're here for you anytime!","ownerTimestamp":"2025-06-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2025-03-13T17:51:27.000Z","timeAgo":"a year ago","isLocalGuide":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"e1a79964-abe9-4dab-8655-65e4606797a8","rating":5,"title":null,"content":"A big \"Shout out\" to Michael Fayard my grandson's attorney.  My grandson was facing 20 years in prison for an accident he was partially responsible  for down to one year.  Michael is a man of few word but he sure got what appeared to be the impossible accomplished.","reviewerName":"Shirley Schwartz","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNUdEtXUWFREAE","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNUdEtXUWFREAE!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEICAgICTtKWQaQ%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/106614922954951049619/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"Hello Shirley, Thanks so much for taking the time to share your positive experience! We are happy that we could get your grandson out from under the heavy burden of facing 20 years in prison. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future.","ownerTimestamp":"2025-06-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2024-05-11T15:09:25.000Z","timeAgo":"a year ago","isLocalGuide":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"b5332b52-687f-4a0e-ac48-c053bc8c0ace","rating":1,"title":null,"content":"This attorney gave me bad advice cost me $13,000 as of right now due to his bad advice on top of it. He did absolutely nothing but get me deeper in debt. This man is as dishonest as the day is long. Do not hire this attorney at any cost elsewhere. He never returned text messages. I would Go for extended periods of time never hearing from him and when you did try to give him information, he complain worst Attorney I’ve ever used and I have to have to file a complaint with the Florida bar because of him he’s done nothing but caused me financial difficulty. He’s destroyed my credit DO NOT HIRE HIM ! I now have to hire another attorney to do what he could not do! I now have to file a complaint with the Florida bar because of the situation that this attorney got me into and he is completely responsible for this situation. I’m bad advice from him and here he is billing me for the problem he caused it’s insanity.","reviewerName":"John Smith","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNEbGNEbERREAE","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNEbGNEbERREAE!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEICAgICDlcDlDQ%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/112223879151396068836/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"As a member of the bar I am limited in what responses I can make. I, however, can say that the information contained in this review is false. ","ownerTimestamp":"2025-03-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2024-04-09T13:05:27.000Z","timeAgo":"Edited a year ago","isLocalGuide":true,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"31c125de-6ee2-4a6c-bd85-552546ae5724","rating":1,"title":null,"content":"Terrible with communication. You’ll never here from him, he sells you one fee once hired he then changes it.","reviewerName":"Rokhi Williams","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUN4bHByVUN3EAE","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUN4bHByVUN3EAE!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEICAgICxlprUCw%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/116538627767015863811/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"I have no record of this person being a client.   ","ownerTimestamp":"2024-03-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2023-05-16T21:12:30.000Z","timeAgo":"2 years ago","isLocalGuide":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"5cbd826c-d4be-4ede-91dc-593301cceb64","rating":5,"title":null,"content":"Good service was there when I needed it","reviewerName":"casimir jones","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUN1clk2a3F3RRAB","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUN1clk2a3F3RRAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEICAgICurY6kqwE%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/102490707422373087354/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"Thank you, Casimir! I’m glad I could be there when you needed legal help. If you ever need anything else, feel free to reach out!<br>","ownerTimestamp":"2025-10-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2022-08-03T15:39:14.000Z","timeAgo":"3 years ago","isLocalGuide":true,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"c58f8ed0-626a-4064-a1e8-795ff109d842","rating":1,"title":null,"content":"Michael Fayard is Terrible. I should’ve known right off the bat that he was not legitimate being that he has no paralegal he has no secretary and he shares a tiny office upstairs with another person.\nSure he will give you me a free consultation on the phone and he actually sold me a good pitch he was hired and once he got my money in a Retainer then he didn’t return any of my calls, emails and txm.\nYou look carefully there’s a reason why he has to practice in three states and Hawaii because he can’t get enough clients here in Florida or in any of the other states so he has to travel the world to lure people as he did me please do not make the same mistake I did. I only go to find out that he went to Hawaii on a case supposedly I think it was on a vacation with the money I gave him returns three weeks later I’ll need to tell me he can’t handle my case and he had me sign a Stip Which is a legal document saying that we can’t get along then he has your dad said he to charge me $700 after he told me he couldn’t handle my case and then he lied about the time he said he spent which in reality was only a 30 minute conversation after I gave him a $3500 retainer fee I ended up walking away with $1200 and I had to hire another attorney to start all over again pushing me back am I divorce back a month please don’t make the same mistake I did. STAY ANYWAY FROM MICHAEL FAYARD  and save your money. I should’ve known right off the start will you call him and he answers on his cell phone he doesn’t have a paralegal and he doesn’t have a secretary he should lose his license to practice law.","reviewerName":"Larry Gioconda","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUN1a1B2OUJ3EAE","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUN1a1B2OUJ3EAE!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEICAgICukPv9Bw%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/108934048670806397316/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"As a member of the bar, I am limited on what response I can make and what information I am able to disclose. Notwithstanding that limitation, I can say the information presented here is false.","ownerTimestamp":"2023-03-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2022-07-19T03:43:01.000Z","timeAgo":"3 years ago","isLocalGuide":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null},{"id":"ff0e6788-98e7-402f-a811-d8f09a9d6696","rating":5,"title":null,"content":"Michael responded to my inquiry very quickly and honored his free consultation advertisement. His advice was thorough, honest and legally sound. Hopefully I’ll never be in need of this sort of representation again but if so I’ll definitely choose Michael.","reviewerName":"Nic","isVerified":false,"caseType":null,"caseYear":null,"caseOutcome":null,"status":"APPROVED","isPublished":true,"helpfulCount":0,"unhelpfulCount":0,"source":"GOOGLE","externalId":"ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNtd0x1VmZBEAE","reviewUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNtd0x1VmZBEAE!2m1!1s0x0:0x2b16af87ab1c8f29!3m1!1s2@1:CIHM0ogKEICAgICmwLuVfA%7C%7C?hl=en-US","profileUrl":"https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/106255921631031906287/reviews?hl=en-US","ownerAnswer":"Thank you, Nic! I’m glad I could provide you with quick, thorough, and honest legal advice. I appreciate your trust, and I’m here if you ever need assistance in the future. Wishing you all the best!<br>","ownerTimestamp":"2025-10-16T08:51:41.000Z","reviewTimestamp":"2021-12-15T02:46:56.000Z","timeAgo":"4 years ago","isLocalGuide":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-08T22:50:21.472Z","lawyerId":"c30a12ef-3ed4-4dad-9d18-30ee42069f7f","response":null}],"intelligence":null}}