Patrick Woolley sounded nice at the first conversation. Then after discussing the case he sounded even better. This is not the same person that appeared at court or in any instance for the nearly 1 year it took to file and address something as simple as a License Reinstatement service.
After months since hiring(June), not only did he "forget" to ask me for an extra payment to start the proceedings for an entire month after our last communication(September)(3 months after me paying him in full). He didn't even respond to my phone calls or emails for the same time period, when I asked what was happening. Once he received the additional payment(October) he didn't even file it for nearly 30 days after the fact.
After this, he ignored my emails and phone calls again and took an additional 2 or so months to follow up telling me that court was to blame. When I thought something wasn't right I asked for proof of filing the motion by way of receipt request. To this date (06/08/23) I have yet to receive that receipt. As per the states website it appears he waited until the end of October to submit the first filing(this process began in June/July).
We finally got a court date, but when that date came he was late by atleast 30 min. Imagine being the only party in a court room by yourself waiting for your lawyer to arrive and the judge taking a recess because YOU had the time to show up, but your lawyer didn't. Then everything he promised he would ask for, meaning immediate restricted or full restoration, he didn't, at every single court hearing.
After another court appearance he came unprepared and blamed me, for not sending him something the ASAP program should have, and he said "I hope the judge got the ASAP evaluation since I didn't or we will have to come back in one month". As if he couldn't realize he was missing important information about the case prior to the court date.
After that court date, Patrick stated he would file the paperwork the same day but was ignorant to the fact that he needed to do anything else. It took nearly another 40 something days to file the next part because, and I quote "I thought you already got your restricted license and have been driving around, but it appears that I need to file another handwritten request."
Following the final court appearance he neglected to mention he didn't know that he had to file more paperwork with the courts to complete the application and he ignored my emails and phone calls asking for updates.
26 days later, I said I was considering filing a complaint with the VA state bar. The same day he responded, apologizing and stating he didn't file the paperwork that was needed, and apologized that he didn't know he needed to. After the complaint notification he sent me an email stating he concluded my case as he "completed the contract" even though upon further review by myself and the Firm Operations Director for Price Benowitz, the contract states his services are until the completion of this first filing.
I posted other reviews and was offered a settlement to remove my reviews, but after understanding that this is repetitive of this lawyer Patrick Woolley, and his company to silence the negative reviews with mediocre offers, I would rather not accept this and let the world know that Patrick Woolley and Price Benowitz are not the way to go. Stay away from Patrick Woolley at bare minimum, but the representation at the higher levels within the firm do not reflect their mission statement of "Let us put our full support behind you.".
Not surprisingly you can find virtually the same experience, for the same situation if you read the reviews at Birdeye.com and Justia.com, see links:
https://reviews.birdeye.com/patrick-woolley-attorney-at-law-155664556372607
https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/patrick-woolley-1498640
(I am linking to these reviews with the understanding they are accurate and true based on lack of Defamation Claims and Lible causing their removal.)
Save yourself the trouble and stay away from this guy and this law firm. read more