I needed an attorney for a simple, non contested case. No debt, no kids, no property, nothing. Rod…read morepierce was who I unfortunately ended up meeting. Apart from being just really kind of " out of it", his office is a mess. It looks like the guys moving out, but whatever right?
His housekeeping doesn't affect his law practice, fine. So we sit down, I'm quoted a price of $615, with $300 going to clerk of courts. Fine. Well he takes down my sensitive info, social, birthdate, etc, then tells me I'll have to come back 8 HOURS later, because his cpu is broken.
Ok. So the time comes and I'm headed back, I call rod to see how to pay him, he ask for $715, up a hundred up from the original deal, and then tells me to pay in CASH, I asked if he could hand write me a receipt, he started laughing and said sure.
So I'm feeling weird about this and decide I'll just get a money order after I talk to him, I get there, knock on the door at the agreed time, annnnnd nothing. He's not answering the door. I know he knows I'm coming because we spoke 30 minutes before hand. So I hang out for 15 minutes and I'm pretty sure he's just hiding in there.
So I leave, get another attorney. I'm worried about my sensitive data and identity theft, so I try calling Rod that evening, and about 10 times the next day. He won't answer my calls.
So I call him from my work number, a number he doesn't have, he misses the call and calls me back immediately leaving a message about being an attorney etc. I then call him on my personal number and he ignores it again, I left a voicemail explaining what I've explained here, and letting him know I'm reporting him because it certainly seems like he's doing something unethical and if he isn't, great but it certainly doesn't sound legit.
He then proceeded to call me 4 times, leaving voicemails, apologizing for inconveniencing me or anything like that. So strange that I couldn't get ahold of him at all, he screens my calls, until realizing he's busted on it and then wants to make amends.
Be careful with this guy, I told him to contact me when he's destroyed my information and that call obviously has not happened. Stay far away from this guy. At the very least this man has 0! Respect for your time, I missed at least half a day of work and spent two hours driving to and from his place twice.