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17 Aug, 2022 by Will germany
Great firm always represents me accordingly very much appreciated
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02 Dec, 2019 by Ally smith
08 Jun, 2011 by A prisoners wife !
My husband was appointed Mr. Schick for his defense in 1992. He has been wrongfully imprisoned for murder in New York state since November of 1992. But before unraveling the issues and facts, I ask you : Do you feel secure in your liberty and justice knowing that the following circumstances exist to deprive people of their freedom and lives ?
There was a trial, but the Legal Aid defense attorney who handles the case made no meaningful defensive investigation. Angry at my husbands refusal to accept a plea deal for a crime he did not do, Legal Aid worked to prevent an effective defense.
Identification procedures were found by the court to have been " certainly suggestive" but allowed. Indications of misidentification at key points are indicated, but ignored. Over a dozen police reports, and accounts from at least four additional witnesses are being withheld by the prosecution. Also, crucial evidence such as the deceased's leather jacket, pants. underwear, boots and socks, as well as hospital x-rays, autopsy photos, weapons, and blood samples are absent or not being disclosed by the prosecution. These and other indications of evidence manipulation went unchallenged and ignored by Legal Aid.
The jury itself was unfair and biased. Prejudicial evidence suppressed by the court nevertheless reached the jury without the courts knowledge. On record, Legal Aid refused to inquire into objections to the unfair jury. On other occasions some jurors maintained their biased intent to view all evidence in favor of guilt.
Some declared their social connections to those prosecuting the case yet were never removed from acting as a jury member . Legal Aid refused to act upon any of this. It is even demonstrated that the Legal Aid attorney, and an intern, both perjured themselves on the stand to prevent my relief in a post-trail issue. But the court chose to protect the attorney's careers and ignore this falseness rather than rule in my favor.
Taken together with other specifics of the case, the unreliable and unjust nature of this New York conviction should be apparent
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30 Jun, 2014 by Anonymous
I tried to contact this lawyer. At first he seemed rude to me. When he contacted me back he seemed better. Still not friendly to me. I requested some idea of how much the service would cost total. He was unwilling to answer. He said something to the effect of there was no ball park amount. I tried asking in a couple of different ways. He said something like we keep going round. He told me at that time he was 300 dollars an hour. I decided to not hire him. I was hoping for some kind of base price.
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12 Jun, 2015 by Anonymous
I became a client of Mr Kelson in 2012 when my wife and I were filing for divorce.. The process should have been fairly simple due to the fact that their were no children involved. I put down a 2500 dollar retainer which I was ok with because he came fairly highly recommended. About a week after putting down my retainer I called to see what progress was being made and my phone call was not returned. I continued to call until I finally got a hold of him about two weeks after the first try and he assured me that he filed the papers with the court. Again after finding it extremely hard to contact him I called the court and there was nothing on file about my divorce. Mr. Kelson flat out lied to me and was certainly avoiding the situation.. Nobody wants a divorce to carry on longer than it needs to so if you are looking for trust, integrity, and due diligence; which all attorney's should possess, stay away from the law office of Zachary D. Kelson
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09 Jun, 2014 by Linda
Did not keep facility informed that person we were collecting money from had already hired a bankruptcy attorney. This will now result in us losing our money due to fines imposed.
Office staff is not knowledgeable. Called and was told, "I don't know" with every question that I asked.
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