This was a review I've been meaning to write for a very very long time but have been unable to just…read morebecause every time I google this guys name or see his name I get PTSD from the day he represented me during my trial. I was charged with a serious crime (I'm sure everyone who is charged will tell you they did not do it so no point in starting that conversation), I was young and had no criminal history or priors, a clean driving record even. I was falsely accused of a crime and I was given a list of nearby lawyers, I had little to no knowledge of what I was doing and saw Steven in court during one of my earlier hearings and asked to meet with him and asked him to represent me. He told me not to worry and that everything was going to be ok, he would get me off of all charges easily. After meeting with the crown again and again nothing was agreed upon and he said we must goto a trial, his fees were 5000$ cash and another 2000$ for the trial, all cash. I was a student at the time as well and had to take out loans and take out cash advances to pay for this as my savings barely covered all this and the travels to the court hearings (I'm not from brockville, actually very far from it) One thing I noticed meeting with Steven every time were his eyes were red, he was always sleepy and he has no shame in asking for money from you. Long story short the day of the trial came and here we are in the middle of a trial where my life was on the line and he's yawning and his eyes are shutting and they're red once again, I continuously wrote him notes (Yes you read that right, I was giving him notes on what to say to the court..) and had to make sure he was paying attention. He didn't let me go up to represent myself and told me it would be better if I didn't take the stand at all. The judge found me guilty but was lenient on my punishment because the judge was told I had no records or previous history all while he's yawning left and right as I'm having a mental breakdown and panicking. I was charged with a felony for something I did not do and he came up to me after we left the court room and said exactly "yeah.. sorry about that, I tried what I could" To this day I think about that trial date and have nightmares about this guy and all the others he's misrepresented with his actions, I don't want to make accusations about another person because he may have some sort of illness but my guess is he has some sort of addiction and is not fit to represent people in court. If I was given this man as a free lawyer I would not take him, I also urge anyone considering him to look at his reviews closely as most of them are fake (his wife is literally one of the reviewers and most are fake or family/friends). If anyone wants to contact me feel free to by email and I can help you as best I can but please please pay for a better lawyer, if I could go back in time I would have. My email is clashofq3@gmail.com if you want proof of this dollar store lawyer. Please hire a proper lawyer and don't make the same mistake I did.