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04 Jul, 2021 by Brad
Dalton was assigned to me by David Crouse, whose firm I had hired for my divorce. He came to the first hearing unprepared and expressed to me his embarrassment at his performance. He then quit the firm with my second hearing coming up. It was on a Wednesday and I called the firm daily to try and talk to him and was told he was simply not in each time I called, until the Monday before the hearing, when I was told he had quit and that David Crouse would be handling my hearing. David spent his time at the hearing rambling about his own career, demonstrating that Dalton failed to brief anyone at the firm on my case. David later told me that Dalton "was not cut out for family law." Maybe he is cut out for what he's doing now, but I would worry about him quitting without telling anyone.
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01 Mar, 2016 by Anonymous
In 2009 I was in a mva accident with a corporate company. ( fyi Police report stated I was 100 percent not at fault) I thought hiring Scott cifrese was a good idea because he knew the corporate law world. I was sadly mistaken only after the settlement was finalized. First off Scott was extremely hard to get ahold of and rarely returned phone calls from me in a timely manner if at all. Something deep down told me that he didn't care. (As lawyers only work as hard for you as they care to) I pressed forward hoping I made the right choice. During the settlement I did make a loan shark mistake which I thought Scott should have advised me not to. Or maybe helped me out knowing I had a solid case. He also never contacted anyone in my insurance company which pip would of covered and helped me not be put in the position to go to a settlement loan shark. But the biggest point to this review is about a year after my settlement i find some news out. First off during mediation when we settled, scott told me i have no doctors that back me and say the injuries i still suffer from today are directly related to my car accident. Basically saying i dont have much of a case. So a year after that im in descussion with my doctor who treated me during this time for my chronic injuries. I was still upset and made a comment on how he did not think my injuries were directly related to the mva. He looked at me with confusion and told me that in his legal inogouration (his statement for the case) hhe stated my chronic pain and further injuries were indeed directly related to the mva. I do feel strongly there was malpractice on Scott's part. I also feel he was either paid off or pushed me through the system to get his money with minimal effort.
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06 Nov, 2024 by Michael
I have been monitoring cases for sometime and most recently Puryear has been filling in as a substitute for Commissioners in Spokane County. You can clearly tell she does not review the case in its entirety, she personally insults whomever she targets from the bench, and so far I have been able to track that she gets about 85% of her facts wrong. Her decisions appear to be in support of child abuse and neglect as she has refused any sort of evidence showing abuse. Her decisions appear to push some sort of agenda instead of a non-bias fair look as required by the Judicial Code of Conduct. When back into corners by other attorney's she just ends it by claiming its her call. Massive amount of law and code of conduct violations. Be aware if she is substituting you may need to request her off your case to avoid being violated.
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11 Dec, 2024 by Michael
Hired Joe 12/3/23 to vacate and restore rights. For 1 year Joe promised that he was making progress and the case was nearing completion. I have many emails and texts from Joe stating this. On 12/3/24 I contacted the prosecutors office personally, to find out Joe had never even filed the paperwork, and there was absolutely nothing in the works with my name on it. I have also come to find out Joe was arrested multiple times in 2023, as well as has pending lawsuits for not paying his bills. I’ve filed in small claims but at this point it’s probably blood from a turnip. Do your research through Pend Orielle and Spokane County and do not hire this person. Absolutely a fraud.
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12 Feb, 2025 by Anonymous
This lawyer has been the worst possible choice for my best friend and especially how much he was paid. Zero communication, zero cooperation, and absolutely horrible people skills. He babbled and was barely understandable when he was talking to the magistrate. He would wait literally last minute to file any sort of paperwork. My friend and his wife had to constantly be on him for anything. I mean, come on, a lawyer is supposed to contact their client at the very least the day before court and explain what will happen and what will potentially be said. Yeah that didn’t happen. My friend had to call him to make sure of things. His court date was moved twice and neither time did Mr. Phelps contact my friend letting him know. Absolutely horrible. I would not recommend him to anyone. My friend wanted to fire him and go with a court appointed attorney because he would’ve had a better chance. $16,000 for a retainer for this clown is absolutely ridiculous. He’s not worth the lunch money I have in my pocket. DO NOT HIRE THIS JOKE!! He won’t keep in contact with you and will side with the prosecution. KEEP CLEAR!!
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05 Dec, 2022 by Anonymous
He did get my divorce done but it cost a fortune and took forever. Plus his communication is obsolete. Can never get ahold of him.
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19 Oct, 2021 by Elle
He took my retainer and didn't do the work. It's been a year of ignored phone calls, Bar Association complaints and frustration. Use Jane Brown for your divorce (excellent) and Pete Svennugsen for your QDRO, even if it seems simple. He doesn't know what he's doing. The work he attempted to file was wrong.
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26 Apr, 2021 by Jeff
Brian K. Dykman is a nice man and a poor Lawyer. Do not expect return phone calls or emails. He will wait to the very last minute to do anything on your case. He will work the case to his expected conclusion not yours. On top of that he is a thief. Took $500.00 from me to finish my case and never did a thing. Never heard from him again.
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16 Nov, 2014 by Lee
Joe hogan closed on a real estate deal for me and did not even do a disclosure statement.
I got sued because of it and lost A LOT of money thanks to him!
Would sue him but can't find an attorney that will sue another attorney!
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31 Mar, 2012 by Anonymous
This attorney took days to return phone calls. Would not meet in person before court to get the details of the case. Gave me bad advice that resulted in financial loss. Made promises regarding representation that he was not willing to keep. I would recommend you seek representation from any other attorney...save your money.
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07 Jun, 2020 by Anonymous
Mr. Dixon is not a skilled or competent lawyer and my experience as his client was very disappointing. It was very hard to communicate with him and he often talked down to me. He was very hard to work with and I do not recommend him.
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17 Jan, 2019 by Anonymous
Mr Dixon just doesn't seem to be helpful or on my side it's really hard for me to get a call back if I can even get one and I just hope that he is better for others ,but as for me it's not went well for my dwls
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29 Apr, 2015 by Chelsea
I was unfortunate enough to be assigned Mr. Horst as my public defender. Met the guy once and then he wouldn't return calls. On my second court date he pulled me out in to the hall and told asked me "what's your excuse for failing or etg (alcohol) testing) " when I told him he must be mistaken because I haven't had a drink since my arrest he told me the judge is going to give me 30 days in jail. It was only after I produced the receipts showing the test days he has filed for me are wrong and that I have not failed a test did he some what understood. That god for the prosecutor and the judge because this guy is a real pos.
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05 Dec, 2014 by Anonymous
This attorney is very bias. She was very unprepared and appeared to not talk to other prosecuting attorneys. Example: the state prosecuting agreed to an early tease from house arrest (2 months early) upon arrival to court it was found that a different prosecutor (ms. Olson) was present. Ms. Olson neglected any recollection of an early release agreement then recommended more time be added on. I personally find her to be very unprofessional for this reason. I'd recommend maybe bumping heads with fellow prosecutors to be better prepared. Further I fully intend to make my complaints very well known on this and other issues with the WSBA.
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25 Feb, 2021 by Jennifer
I would recommend you go to someone else if you need a QUADRO. He charged me $1500, it took 5 months for him to get my Quadro to me, and then told me that he would charge me $400 an hour to actually file the QUADRO with the court-I had to do it myself!
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11 Feb, 2022 by John
Could find no way( after taking aprox. $5,000) to defend Hollis v Garwall "We see no way to win this" . We own "Hollis" land and what it took to stop the commercial business was, filing for an injunction and a motion for Summery Judgment. Period. Do not use this person.
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05 Jul, 2022 by Tanner
Hired Mike Wolfe to help with a guarding ship after giving him a retainer of 5k we had a Settlement that It was agreed upon that everybody’s fee were to be reimbursed by the Estate well he tried the oldest trick in the book and put In the settlement that the money was going to him when truly it should of been going to me When I asked him about it he said RANDALL DANSKIN Would be cutting me a ck. Well after hearing that the estate paid my money out to the account I asked when I should expect my money. He went on to say that there was some overages and that I would be getting 3600 of my 5k. I informed him this was not acceptable he has now keep All my money in a effort to get me to settle. Now him and Shawna one of the partners offered me all but 378.00 back which again I did not agree. If his bill was more all he had to do was simply revise settlement. Bar complaint being filed. DO NOT SIGN ENGAGEMENT LETTER YOU WILL BE SORRY. I will update when complaint and claim are complete.
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23 Oct, 2022 by Chrishanthi
This guy is a thief we reported him to WA Bar association because we hired him he took 750 and did nothing and disappeared so if that is the case with you with this thief file you report with WA bar association because this kind of thieves should not allow to do any business
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15 Sep, 2017 by Anonymous
I was assigned Rene Cochran as my public defender. She did not do a good job for me. She appeared tired and frustrated with me. She shouted at me. I could not understand what she wanted me to do. Her explanations were unclear and wandering. I certainly cannot recommend her to others. There is much more I am not saying due to the constraints of this review system.
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