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21 Sep, 2020 by Anonymous
The lawyer that was actually given to me for my case actually works with or have worked with the opposing parties actually he's actually went to training with one of the staff members that my case is dealing against with he provides very minimum assistance very rude customer service he raises his voice when he speaks to me in a manner that is disrespectful he's expressed to me that he really doesn't care about assisting me with my case in so many ways of his actions and treatments of my case very neglectful not to stand up guy at all
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03 Jul, 2022 by Anonymous
She’s only good for drafting up court papers & telling you that you when you need to replenish funds. She doesn’t listen to her clients. When its time for her to represent you at court she’s shaking, clueless & unprepared. I wasted so much money on this attorney, when I decided to retain a more experienced & reputable lawyer I finally won my case. Alexandra Viele will intentionally drag your case out for more money & would not produce any results.
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06 Feb, 2015 by Anonymous
I have a order for arrest for missing a court date on DWI after a whole year and some change of them constantly continuing it, the first time I wasn't able to make it they order me an arrest and my attorney withdraw which I felt was unfair due to the fact she knew I was trying but i sense she didn't care cause we never really communicated, her demeanor come as if she really didn't care what happen, i left her plenty of messages and never a call back or response, which I also don't understand what's a point of an attorney if they can't represent you if you are not there. Definitely defeats the purpose of having one when you have medical emergency, no transportation and stay 45 minutes away. I wouldn't recommend this attorney to anyone definitely didn't come off as if she wanted to help. Now I'm left having to deal with this order for arrest on my own, all I can say is God don't like ugly pray for those that will do anything to bring you down.
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26 Jan, 2023 by Pamela isenhour
I have NEVER been able to get ahold of Mr. Holderness. I can't offer an opinion, however; the bio I read on this Angelic being is unlike anything I've read before. The way he helps everyday people is phenomenal!! I know I would have given 5 stars had I of gotten to talk with this gentleman. After 1 month, I'm still trying to find a way to get in touch with him about a lawsuit.
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27 Jul, 2017 by Anonymous
Spoke with KM about a restraining order against ex-boyfriend who on multiple attempts has threatened to kill me and my dog, magistrate has granted not 1 not 2 but 3 WARRANTS against him, only to hear from KM that magistrates are not attorneys and attorneys know more and basically Mag doesn't know what they are doing. Mind you KM has only been practicing law for just under a year. She has her head stuck so far up her ass with her snooty attitude that she is doing the public a great disservice by working with Legal Aide. If you are assigned to KM, ran the other way. When asked to speak with her manager or someone, anyone above her, she was reluctant to give out this information. Shame on you KM! I have a disability as well as a service animal. When told KM who my Personal Injury attorney was (he's very famous in town and extremely personable and fantastic) Katie with her higher then thou attitude responds, "never heard of him." Yes KM, I'm most certain He has never heard of you either! I'm not sure what Law school accidentally handed you your JD. I had no choice but to give one star to be able to write this review. I have a college education as well. Just happened to not be working due to a traumatic injury and qualified for Legal Aid.
I'll be speaking with another attorney who has been practicing for over 2 decades tomorrow and has agreed to take my case. Please note- I will definitely be filing a grievance with the NC state Bar once my ordeal is over. You should really consider another career. Pompous snobby woman! Anyone can pass school and get a JD, not everyone should be practicing, however.
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31 May, 2013 by Anonymous
When buying a property, they represented both myself and the seller (HUD). We agreed beforehand that I would pay a prorated amount for the HOA dues based on the closing date since we did not know when this would be. We all signed the contract, I paid the prorated amount of $131.25 (May 8th -31st) and the seller was supposed to pay $39 (May 1st-7th). The seller (HUD) did not pay their amount and now Dale Fussel Attorney wants me to pay for it. I guess it is easier to go after an individual than HUD. I will pay for it to avoid problems with the HOA.
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29 Jun, 2023 by Anonymous
Beware
Delay
Excuses
Held a check for 9 months before telling Clint that she need to sign it.
She come with the phase….
“This is the first time this has ever happen”
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20 Feb, 2024 by Anonymous
Unfortunately, I did not have a good experience with this attorney, despite my being as gracious as a person can be with another person. I would not recommend due to extremely poor follow-through and an air of entitlement, in my opinion. Was made to feel like I was constantly chasing her down. Made a stressful situation only more stressful and wasted my valuable time. I guess she thinks hers is so much more important.
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12 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
Stay Away from this lawyer if you need help
if you want a mute lawyer who will be totally unprepared to handle your case, some one who has no ability to defend you at all, for one he doesnt know how to speak in a court room( i think he was afraid of the judge), He has no idea what to tell you to say or not say. This is the most incompetent lawyer i have ever seen.I thought i was going to get help, I am sorry i hired him, i ended up getting $100 a month in disability. how this person is allowed to be a disability lawyer is beyond me, he is not only a mute ( doesnt know how to or can't speak because he doesnt know what to say in the court room), but he arrived after almost 2 years absolutely 100% unprepared to handle my case & is a total incompetent. STAY AWAY if you desperately need help, do not use this lawyer, You will end up with nothing like i did , i will suffer for the rest of my life because i hired this incompetent instead of an experienced law firm, but how do you know? I know because now i have to live on $100 a month for the rest of ,my life because i hired him. he is NOT a disability lawyer .The stress i will live under for the rest of my life is due to his total incompetence, who can live with $100 a month ? no body , get a different lawyer if you want to be able to survive or if you need help badly , do not go here.
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04 Feb, 2014 by Anonymous
I called and left 3 messages at the office when I needed an attorney and he never called back despite his office manager said he would call. I think he has a lot of " qualilfications" but only on paper. When a person needs a lawyer , they want at least a call back even if you wont accept the case. His treatment of potential clients was so unprofesional .
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09 Feb, 2022 by Gary
Federal NCED 7:2020cv00163 (Et Al)
53 y/o Disabiled US Veteran (Plaintiff). Mr Turner with Mrs Pappas with Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe and Garofalo LLP conspired with Littler Mendelson PC Charlotte Lawyer Jerry Walter to defend Unlicensed NC Plumbing Contractor Carolina Fresh Water Employment Practices. This Conspiracy defrauded the Veterans Administration Homeless Grant and Medical care of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff has been 'Gaslighted' by the parties involved. Typical 'Narcissistic Abuse' of Lawyers and Law Firms.
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17 Aug, 2016 by Anonymous
DO NOT HIRE! Mr. Davies is a tempormental, unorganized, and ineffective in the courtroom. Hired him for a domestic matter. Not only was he was rude and disrespectful, but I also had to take a voluntary dismissal after a year and a half because he had not done any work to help advance my case.
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09 May, 2017 by Elva
I feel like I have to post a review for the attorneys that are employed by the Council for Children's rights. I hired Patti Tutone and the team including an advocate to protect the rights of my grandson who was thriving living with me for almost 10 years. I am very disappointed they actually saw fit to put my grandson in a trailer that can only be described as trailer trash to live in. I wish I could have them have to deal with what he is dealing with now. He constantly is asking when we are going back to court and calling me from his moms asking me to pick him up. He has been late for school so many times in the last 4 months that she has had him I lost count. Her boyfriend has hit my grandson and now he is afraid of him. I have to tell my grandson there is nothing I can do right now because the advocates and the courts (without the blessing of his therapist that had been dealing with my grandson for years) and made that horrible decision for my grandson to go back with his mom saying they needed a mother son bond and to avoid arguments that my daughter and I were having. We were having arguments because my daughter made bad decisions in her life and now gets to make them with her son. Again my grandson was thriving in my home, he played sports, not late for school, got good grades and felt safe. My daughter did not do any of the requirements that were asked by the court and judge. She continued to be late, did not show up for a therapist appointment and did not take an active part in the sports he is interested in. Please do not hire this attorney or use the council for children's rights if you want to protect your child. If you want council for the neglectful parent than this is the place you will find it. They do not protect children in my eyes and should definitely have a therapist in the mix of people who work on these cases. It is sad and has upset my whole family. Not sure why the court system gave my daughter requirements in the previous court hearing because they were completely ignored by her. She continues to do the same parenting she has done for years. I know she loves him but is not looking out for his best interest. We expected the court and the advocates to this.
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14 May, 2024 by Anonymous
I had to pay this guy 300.00 to be in court for my driving wreckless (excessive speeding) charge. I still had to pay the 100.00 fine and take the 8 hr. red class. I could have just saved the money I gave to him and it would have been the same outcome.
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16 Feb, 2017 by Anonymous
Linda was an advocate for a child. She did a horrible job when she was supposed to be looking out for his best welfare. Now the child has to be pulled away from a home that he knew for 9 years to a old trailer in a home with lots of issues.
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05 Oct, 2011 by Anonymous
She never followed up with any issues regarding my case. There are plenty of attorneys out there are more knowledgeable of the law and will charge you less! The same attorneys with 10 years of more experience the fees will be the same thing and you will see resolves.
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26 Jan, 2023 by Pamela isenhour
I have NEVER been able to get ahold of Mr. Holderness. I can't offer an opinion, however; the bio I read on this Angelic being is unlike anything I've read before. The way he helps everyday people is phenomenal!! I know I would have given 5 stars had I of gotten to talk with this gentleman. After 1 month, I'm still trying to find a way to get in touch with him about a lawsuit.
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29 Jul, 2021 by Yvette
We are being represented by him without him knowing at late notice. He is a public defender. Upon finally getting an appointment with him after 3 1/2 to four months, we sit down with him for him to tell us how to take a plea for a felony on a self-defense charge. Before we got here it was self-defense when we get here now he wants him to take a plea because it's a licensed black man with a gun. Then before we even try to finish reading the paper he gave us, he looks over at me and sits up across the desk like he was going to jump on me telling me how he did not like that I had to call a supervisor at the PD Office to get him to make an appointment with us because we've had two court dates that we did not know about because he is not returning communication. I called the public defenders office to gain communication from him because he said he would call by end of day but again no call. Then the whole meeting was me being eyeballed because he was ready to tell me how he did not like the fact I called the public defenders office. Yet we did not get into his case until 35 minutes into the sit down. How do you spend all that time going over what you did not do Like telling us court dates, calling us back, emailing us back, or even meeting with us for the first time.when you are representing someone that is too childish. Especially when you sit up to a woman like you going to jump on her and rolling your neck and eyes. I do not recommend for representation. This first meet since he became our attorney in March or April. Or whenever it was, it's been so long ago but we just now meeting and it was bad!
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13 Jul, 2015 by Anonymous
This lawyer, yes he won my case got 20% of 100,000, but sent me a bill for another $1000!!!!!!! After 7 years of working with him he gained my trust and at the end he just completely lost it. The beginning he stated that if he won my case he would just collect the 20%, if he didn't win my case i would have to pay the legal fees which would be approximately $600. Well he won, and i thought the 20% was all that i would have to pay. Then a month later i got a bill in the mail stating i owed more. I called and complained and he kept stating he didn't say that. The only lawyer i talked to i would know what was said and what was not.
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09 Aug, 2022 by Anonymous
I CALLED THE OFFICE DUE TO ONGOING UNWARRANTED LETTERS FROM THIS LAW FIRM. I EXPLAINED THAT HE'S SERVING ME THE TENANT AND NOT THE ACTUAL OWNERS. THE RECEPTIONIST ACTED TOTALLY CLUELESS AS TO WHAT I WAS SAYING REPEATING HIMSELF AS IF I WAS ILLITERATE. HE THEN PLACED ME ON HOLD IN ORDER TO CONTACT THE LAWYER. THE LAWYER MR. HEMENWAY PICKS UP THE PHONE, DID NOT GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING RUDELY SAID, "WE'RE AT LUNCH" AND DISRESPECTFULLY HUNG THE PHONE UP. I REPORTED ALL OF THIS TO SEVERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT HANDLE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. IT TAKES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BE KIND REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION. AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MY NAME AND POLITENESS SHOULD NEVER BE VIOLATED, YOU BEING A LAWYER KNOWS IT FALLS UNDER CIVIL RIGHTS.
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06 Oct, 2011 by Anonymous
This lawyer by far provided the worst experience I've ever had in my life, bar none! The long story behind my charge... "My license was suspended In July '10 for a DWI charge. I accept that. But May 13th '11 My girlfriend and I were riding around, (I wasnt driving of course) But my girlfriend has Lupus and Rheumetoid arthritis. Later that day we were still out and she had a sudden flare up. She was in severe pain, so I had to take the wheel to get home. Mind you I do/did have a limited driving privilege. So I get LITERALLY 150ft away from my driveway when the cop lights come on!! Wasnt speeding or making an infraction. Girlfriend's tags were expired, which neither of us knew at that moment. Now, My privileges were FROM 6AM TO 10:30PM. It was then 11:15pm. Out of my range. So I knew there was a chance that I may be in trouble but she needed her medication and food. So I just drove all the way to my drive way. The cop was very unforgiving even after seeing my girl's condition. Arrested me and the second officer to the scene also voiced that my girl was in bad condition and needed medical attention. The ambulance and fire squad showed up and saw that she was in super pain and they all voiced their opinion on the matter in favor of our circumstances. I was released from jail (after 12 hours). Month later I go to my arraignment to be officially charged with DWLR. I was unemployed at the time and did not have the funds to hire my own attorney so I opted for a public defender. This is where Justin Witt comes in!!! I'm never contacted by him at all!! in any way!! I call him several times understnding that he has court obligations so I call at various times and leave messages. He never calls me back. The first court date we got a continuance. He never handled anything! Next court date Sept 16th 2011, here is where it gets good!! I get to court early and sit there for an hour looking for this curly head, young looking guy to show up. Instead an assistant shows up and calls my name. Now mind you she looks just as young and unpromising as he did. She tells me that Mr. Witt is "out sick!" On my court date and I was the only one in court under his case load that day!!! She automatically tries to go for the railroad tactic and tells me to take anything I can get becaause the judge is an a-hole which proved to be very true. But I will get to that. I asked her if there was any way I could ease the pain on the circumstances I explained to witt. She looked at me completely clueless! He had not briefed her at all on my case. So Im forced to explain everything I just explained to you, 10 minutes before I go before the judge!! AAAHHH!!! The assistant gets in front of the judge and completely drops the ball. She was very daunted and nervous, not to mention she clearly had no recognition in the court house. Oh yeah, the arresting officer was a dick because he made it seem as if I took him on a high speed chase and I had 3 pounds of Colombian blow in my trunk! So the Judge gives me 30 DAYS in mecklenburg county jail!!!! No bail, no probation. 30 DAYS!! Not to mention I have a squeaky clean record with the exception of the dwi! So the little assistant appeals it and the judge (judge Moore) who probably has erectile dysfunction and is mad at the world sets my bail at $5,000!!! Again released after 12 hours and paying $500 I had to squeeze out of a rock! SIDE NOTE:My baby Crystle stayed at that jail every second from the time I got locked up around 3pm to the time I got out 3:30am!! Love you babe!!! Over this whole ordeal I have spoken with Witt ONCE!!! And he still has my driving privilege papers and I cant drive until I have them. Luckily I now have a good, PAID Lawyer that is handling it. If you can stay away from public defenders, Please please do! They are overloaded with work and have no time to work on your case exclusively. But if you have to take one because of finances, I suggest you do some research on the law yourself! Thanks for listening!
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22 Mar, 2018 by Anonymous
David Boggs is dishonest!!! He has charged me for services, in which I had not requested. It's called bill padding. Do not retain him. Please use a more reputable attorney. David Boggs is not to be trusted!! RUN....AWAY!!! Also, David Boggs had kept my funds in his escrow account for nearly two months, after I had canceled my contract, rather than proving an immediate refund. Before sending the refund,David Boggs had generated $1300 in bogus charges; nearly 90% of the funds, in escrow. Disregard the one star rating. David Boggs gets -10 rating.
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25 Jan, 2019 by Anonymous
After hiring Ms. Dowd to handle my case she got the initial paperwork started and then went missing for several weeks. Her phone went immediately to voice mail and she did not respond to messages or emails. In fact I had to reach out to my legal benefits company and it was only then that she emailed me with a short update and no apology. She then went missing again for almost a month before her voice mail turned into a brief message that the contact was unavailable.
After my legal benefits team tried reaching her she eventually emailed an apology that she had been sick and there was a death in the family but she made no effort to update her clients of this fact or provide a legal resource to back her up during this period.
This left me high and dry during a critical time. I was in the middle of an uncontested divorce that turned contested because she was not there to provide the needed answers and actions.
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07 Nov, 2008 by Anonymous
This the sorriest attorney I have ever met. He don't do what he say he is going to do. He took my son down thru there. And hung him out to dry. And now will not reply back to any of my email, will not return calls, and will not give any help with a issue that my son is going through
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08 Apr, 2014 by Anonymous
I found his fees to be exorbitant for the amount of work provided. He refused to give my mother a an accounting after she requested one. He pretty well ignored her after charging her $2,000 for basically one communication with the opposing party. I will not even go into the $8,000 he charged me for basic negotiation. Very disappointed.
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10 Mar, 2021 by Sondra
This lawyer will use mental health as a weapon and bring in abusive men that admit to being abusive to abuse mothers more in court! He is a bad person! If you’re narcissistic you might actually like him.
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10 Jan, 2022 by Anonymous
He is a very bad lawyer, totally misunderstood the legal issues and sold me out to his buddies.. I would NOT recommend him for anything…
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06 Nov, 2021 by Jeremy crocker
This Lawyer was so desperate for money, he pressured us to settle so he could get paid.
My husband was left without a leg or a Job!!
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11 Mar, 2018 by Anonymous
I was recommended to Laura from my financial planner for my Trust. Instead of charging a flat fee, she charged by the hour and I am embarrassed to let you know how much I was charged. Laura was a bad communicator, which is why I ended up doing a will first and then a Trust costing me twice as much. I had to scrapp all of her work and start over with another attorney. To add insult to injury I had to pay the other attorney to file and send letters to revoke the multiple power of attorney that she recorded.
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12 Apr, 2016 by Anonymous
My experince with Mr. Timperio was absolutely pitiful. Though he got the job done it was not well done or in a timely fashion. While over at my house he would always make moves on my wife even though he had a ring, she made it clear that she was not interested and he continued to try. He gets it done but the long time in between start and end makes it not worth it
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