I was his client from January 2016 until June 3,2016.
I terminated his services because not only did he fail to do what he said he could do with 80 percent chance, he even failed to do the first simple task to get my case started. (The task that he never mentioned there is a chance to fail for.) I have spoken to other lawyers who couldn't believe what he had done. They had never seen anyone fail to do such a simple thing except this guy.According to these lawyers the reason for the failure was the poor submission and documentation which he submitted to the court. Although I was aware of his inconsistent opinions over little things, I tried to trust his main point, ability to do what he said he could do and respected him till very end. I have wasted $$$$ only for him to fail to get my case started.
I had an early indication that there was going to be a problem. His office once lost my very important documents and almost never found them. Right after I hired Daniel, I provided his paralegal with my supporting documents, which she misplaced. Both paralegal and Daniel accused me of losing them or never having them. I tried to fire him at this point , but he said "Documents don't just evaporate. Maybe you have them at home." Well, documents don't just evaporate, that's what I wanted to tell them, not to be told. He convinced me not to fire him by saying, "Even if you never had the documents, I can still request them" Like he thought I've never had the documents in the first place and he was doing me a favor?
The documents were subsequently found the next day in his office. I should have known then that there was going to be a problem. He did apologize for taking time to find them, however never apologized for accusing me of losing or never having the documents. I actually never found him genuinely compassionate but I did like when he explained that he has a by the book style strategy when dealing with legal matters (although the way he handled my case, I am not certain he has the same book as other lawyers). I tend to forgive people and try to find the best in people and I did the same for him (For him, I shouldn't have) and continued to trust him after this.
He told me many things which were not true, including that he always wins or someone with worse fact pattern as me just won their case. He lied to me about a lot of things to make me convinced to originally sign his contract and then not to cancel it, not in a pushy way but by trying to look genuine and sincere.
Despite his lies and failures, I wanted to do the right thing by notifying him in person that I was terminating his services. Rather than respect my decision, all he did was disrespecting me and acted rude which convinced me that he is certainly not a good person and that I made the right decision in terminating his contract. The way he acted made me think that it might even be possible that he knew he didn't do his best for my case. His true color is a crook, rude and corrupt person. The problem is that he knows how to be corrupt in a lawful way. My sister is a lawyer and she doesn't try to make money in a way that he does. This is how I know how corrupt he is. He has no real compassion for others.
I do have a contract showing I was his client, have a friend who witnessed his lies, and have evidence that he lost my documents.
He provided me with a small refund, even though money will not resolve the problems he created for me, and a letter explaining himself with lies and an invoice that included many incorrect charges, including $45 for reading my email "thank you so much"($450/hour), charging attorney fee of $450/hour for email that was reviewed by his paralegal, charging time to look for documents that his office lost, charging $45 attorney fee for talking to receptionist for 10 seconds (after I terminated him), charging $135 to read termination letter.
He sent me a letter with his final invoice where he indicated that he is truthful and reasonable, which is impossible to believe given how he treated me and my case and especially given the outrageous invoice he sent me. I am truly sorry I ever met him. read more
