I made the very costly, massive mistake of hiring Jason Weber for a startup business. He not only cost me a potential investor, he robbed me.
I paid him a $5,000 non-refundable retainer for 8 documents. He delivered ONE of EIGHT simple business documents, & then he missed a deadline of paperwork- that I needed for a potential investor!- because he was "working on a trial" & admitted that he "went out drinking for stress relief" after court because he was "stressed out of his mind". Yes, in those words.
It looked SO bad. It was beyond embarrassing & unprofessional. I immediately terminated his services & requested a refund right away, except for $750 to account for the ONE delivered document & 3-4 emails back and forth. It took him TWO WEEKS to even respond to me because I terminated him & he was "offended". I'm not exaggerating, I still have the emails.
To this day, several YEARS later, he has never returned ONE penny of my money- that he didn't work for & got himself fired by missing a crucial deadline & being unprofessional.
Of course I filed a bar complaint but, since it was a non-refundable retainer, they could only recommend mediation (how I didn't think to file for excessive fees at $5,000 for 1 document, I don't know but wish I had!). He blatantly, arrogantly refused mediation or anything- he knew he didn't HAVE to, so he didn't- & you can imagine what his character was like about it, too. I did not have money to pursue him further because of my startup business, so he just kept $4,250 that he didn't work for- & with no repercussions.
Oh, it only gets better! Of course, I posted a review detailing my experience with him on avvo.com, which was obviously as negative as it gets- true to my experience with him, & he offered me $1,000 of the $4,250 owed back to me to take it down. HE actually TRIED TO BRIBE ME TO TAKE MY REVIEW DOWN!!! I still have the emails for that, too!!! AND, this happened while he literally tried to bully me- and my sister who is also an attorney!- into removing my honest review!! He was screaming at me on the phone, literally threatening me that he would "go to the ends of the Earth to sue" me "for smearing" him "if my review costed him one single client"!! Wow, I HAVE PROOF, Jason!!! Truly shameful. He somehow had my review taken down on Avvo. He probably threatened them successfully. It won't work with me!
I certainly refused his bribe attempt as this was about principle- for ME, at least; NOT about being bribed to allow him to still keep over $3,000 of my money (if I'd accepted the $1,000 bribe) that he did NOTHING to earn and missed deadlines because he went out drinking!
Of note, my sister, used to refer Jason business (that's how I got to him myself) and she stopped referring cases to him after the kind of attorney he proved himself to be with me as his client, & the way he also disrespected her when she tried to work as a mediator between him and I. I can't even describe what it was like listening to his "holier than God" attitude to both her & I; I was embarrassed for him. He literally said HIS "attorney time" was "more important" than our time! He was beyond rude, disrespectful, aggressive, constantly interrupted both of us when we were talking, & had zero interest in anything but what HE wanted to say-- the only thing he cared about was trying to get me to remove my online review about my experience with him. He definitely doesn't want the truth about him and he treated me out there! So much that he offered me $1,000 to take down my detailed experience with him from public access. Talk about unethical! I wish I knew back then what I know now as far as the Florida Bar goes, it would've been a very different outcome. I strongly advise you against giving Jason Weber a single penny. read more