I hired Greg Wayland and his office, ARG, (he later moved to this new firm during the representation, I think he was fired and had me sign a new agreement) as he appeared sincere and trustworthy, for a real estate arbitration case that I was the claimant in. Instead, I ended up with mal-practice, inflated bills, and a lawyer who withdrew at the worst possible time to top off the intention to harm my case and interest.
From the start, Greg gave me contradictory advice. The arbitrator specifically suggested we use Requests for Admission (RFAs) as the burden of proof. I approved this in writing back in February, but Greg never served them. Instead, he pushed me into unnecessary depositions and "strategy pivots" that ran up thousands of dollars in fees, with no results.
The opposing side was not responding to any communication from anybody and instead of pushing for prove-up hearing and default judgement, he asked for 6-days of hearing! As if he wanted to talk to himself for that long. During that meeting when the arbitrator asked him a simple, central question about an encroachment, after months of billing me to "analyze" the issue, his answer was: "I'm not sure." That moment told me everything about how prepared he really was.
The billing was another red flag. I was getting weekly invoices, sometimes just for vague email replies that didn't actually answer my questions causing me to re-ask and getting billed again for it sometimes several times before he would actually answer a 'yes' or 'no' question.
His paralegal even billed more than he did -- yet still managed to botch basic things like serving documents to the wrong address. I remember a 2-hour charge from her for saving the documents I had attached to my email going to their folder. Charges for her asking the attorney a question and billing as "discussing, analyzing and strategizing". How many times do you need to "analyzing and strategizing" a very common case?
Then came the withdrawal. Greg had been on my case since September 2024, invoicing every week. But as soon as things got critical to the hearing time, he filed to withdraw -- right before major hearings and deadlines. It felt calculated, based on the comment from the opposing counsel, like he'd planned it months in advance to get paid without having to see the case through.
I've had a brief encounter with his partner corsaut when he was a pro- temp judge in a small claims case related to this case. He appeared as very jealous, prejudice and unresponsive.
I walked away not just disappointed, but genuinely shocked at how careless and self-serving the "representation" was. If you're considering this firm, my advice is simple: don't. read more