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21 Jan, 2024 by Daniel
My review about Attorney David Louis Brown Jr, is proven by supporting documentary evidence that I have in my possession, and my account of what happened is in chronological order as the events occured.
(#1) On November 1st 2018 my Mother and I each signed a retainer agreement for 5,000 dollars for a certain probate attorney to represent us both on a upcoming December 6 the court proceeding
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This is when I read in a report that opposing counsel stated that there was a potential conflict my mother and I being represented by the same attorney, and opposing counsel stated that my mother would benefit from a court appointed attorney to represent her on the upcoming December 6th court proceeding.
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This was when I decided to retain the Law Firm where Attorney David Louis Brown was a associate for 9,000 dollars cash to work with the first attorney to remove the conflict that was brought up by opposing counsel and to give my mother the benefit if a private attorney.
(#3) This is what occured next
On November 2nd 2018, First Attorney notified me that he received the report from opposing counsel that requested that my mother be represented by a court appointed attorney.
(#4) On November 2nd 2018 The evidence shows the first attorney sent a message to the head attorney where Attorney David Louis Brown, was a associate and stated that it seems on December 6th you will he representing my blank on the December 6th court proceeding and you or your partner Attorney David Louis Brown, will be representing blank on the December 6th court proceeding then he states likely a substitution of attorney would be appropriate as I filed opposition on behalf of blank.
(#5) Now on November 28th 2018 Attorney David Louis Brown was instructed by the head attorney he was a associate at to obtain my signature on a substitution if attorney stated that they received a message from blank needing the substitution of attorney because he wanted to represent my mother on the upcoming December 6th court proceeding, so I signed the substitution of attorney.
(#6) Now this is when there whole scheme started Attorney David Louis Browns Paralegal filed the Substitution of attorney without the signature of the first attorney who requested it, and wrote where he was suppose to sign signature was on next page which it wasn't, so she filed the Substitution of attorney without the signature of the first attorney.
(#7) Now on December 4th 2018, the first attorney prepared a second substitution of attorney forged my signature on the substitution of attorney and used it to release himself from representing my mother on the upcoming December 6th court proceeding.
(#8) Now on December 6th the first attorney failed to show up to court which allowed the court to appoint a court appointed attorney to represent my mother.
(#9) Now when this occured I tried multiple times to get in touch with the first attorney but he kept avoiding my calls and visits to this office,
(#10) Now on January 13th 2019. I got a message from first attorney telling me that I never retained him to represent my mother or myself and then he stated that Attorney David Brown asked the court if he could represent my mother and as expected the court denied hus request. and he kept the 10,000 dollar retainer.
This is what I found out when I reviewed the substitution of attorney. The Substitution of attorney states that I released the first attorney and my mother's new attorney was Attorney David Louis Brown, but was really disturbing on the December 6th court proceeding Attorney David Louis Brown showed up to court representing me not my mother and he allowed the appointment of a court appointed attorney to represent my mother, abandoning my mother when he knew he was here new attorney.
Every thing I just wrote is supported by documents , this is exactly what happened
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23 Feb, 2014 by Jeffrey
I am a retired FBI Agent who is a licensed bonded private investigator in California. Joseph Salazar was retained for me by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (SMFD) where I was named in a lawsuit against them as a separate individual. SMFD voted in a Fire District Board meeting to offer me representation in the matter. Salazar represented both SMFD, and me. SMFD was empowered to withdraw their representation of me if I was found to be at fault or to have acted unethically. They never made that finding, nor withdrew their offer. Salazar, without any notice to me, or SMFD decided on his own that he would seek to have the entire matter forced onto my professional liability insurance. He provided a letter to me announcing his representation, and interviewed me as his client. Upon discovery of documents three years later, I discovered that Salazar, without anyone's knowledge, met with me, after he had announced his intention to "dump" the entire case onto my insurance carrier to seek my confidential information. After receiving the information he acted to turn the case over to my carrier. He failed. Instead my carrier picked up my representation only, and eventually Salazar represented the SMFD as they settled the case for a large amount of money. I did not settle and the plaintiff eventually abandoned their case. I learned with my discovery of documents that Salazar did not include in my file that was transferred to my new attorney his actions where he announced his intent to not represent me, before meeting with me. I sued Salazar and he prevailed based on the courts finding that I waited too long to take action. At issue was that Salazar had hidden his acts but whether I should have known of the harm when it occurred. According to the courts the victim is responsible to know when someone has acted against them, even before they can prove it.
Nevertheless, it is my opinion and belief, for which I have documentation that Salazar is deceitful, unethical and represents based on the financial position of the client. Salazar, even after not representing me, took it upon himself to negatively affect my business by causing SMFD to delay my invoices for three years. Ironically the amount of time needed to exceed the statute.
In my opinion Salazar in his legal capacity works for his own benefit which is usually the benefit of the insurance company to insure continued retention.
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24 Dec, 2018 by Anonymous
I hired Ed Correy and his protege Dan Kim with a very limited time frame (4 months) to start my case of a contest of my fathers will. After meeting with him he convinced me that I needed to hire outside litigation because he did not work on contingency. But first he wanted to issue a “demand letter” to get the ball rolling. Waiting for this letter took up all the time in my case!!! When the finished the first draft almost two months later it was sent to me for approval. After I approved they notified me that the letter included information that could cost us our case and would need to be rewritten-this was THEIR mistake and I paid for it-thousands and it ate up almost ALL of my time. By the time the final letter was sent I had days left to file city proceedings and zero time left to hear a settlement offer which the other side wanted to proceed with. And it cost me thousands to have a revised copy drafted because of their carelessness. At this point they said I had no choice but to file suit with the time I had left, and they would refer me to one of their associates. For obvious reasons I declined their offer to send me down the road to some affiliate of theirs, so I hired another attorney that I found on my own and hoped for the best. Luckily things are moving forward and I still somehow have a case no thanks to them at all. And to top it off after around 10k in attorney fees to them which were paid they are still sending me bills!!! This almost cost me my case entirely!!! Don’t go with these guys unless you have millions to flaunt or they simply won’t help you. or at least that’s how they treated me. And furthermore they dropped the ball on an out of state probate knowing there was a dispute there which is now a continuing and costly problem in my case. I strongly suggest you look for a better option if your considering hiring this company.
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20 Aug, 2012 by Ralph
Soy un hombre hispano incapacitado.
Hace tiempo comence a tramitar mi divorcio con orientaion legal para llegar a un acuerdo monetario.
La asociacion de abogados para personas de bajos recursos del condado de Santa Clara me recomendo al abogado Braxton.
El Sr. Braxton y Yo acordamos que me representaria en mi caso, -CMC / Case managenent conference family court- Por sus siglas en Ingles. (junta de directores para tribunales de familia) siempre y cuando reciviera un pago de $1,500.00 Dls. En un lapso de dos semanas (60% de mi pension de retiro) los cuales page.
Una semana antes del juicio el Sr. Braxton me hizo firmar una forma de abogado de substitucion diciendo que no podia representarme dentro de una semana.
El caso se complico y tanto su "estudiante" como el Sr. Braxton se deslindaron de mi dejandome a la deriva.
Me senti secepcionado,traicionado, utilizado, desesperado. Confundido y desorientado.
Yo como persona pobre y casi nada de ingresos tratando de sobrevivir con lo poco que me queda, Que opciones tengo?
Mi caso continuo y en el dia del juicio ni el Sr. Braxton ni su "estudiante" se presentaron, El juez se enojo conmigo.
Ha trancurrido ano y medio y el Sr. Braxton me ha amenazado con demandarme si no le pago$300.00 por honorarios mas $2,300.00 por prepresentacion en mi proximo juicio al mismo tiempo enviandome una forma de abogado de substitucion para firmarla y concluir nuestro contrato.
Hace un poco mas de 2 anos desde que comence a tramitar mi divorcio y el Sr. Braxton no ha hecho absolutamente nada.
No le han importado mis bajos ingrasos de $7,000.00 anuales, impedimentos fisicos, perdida dental y mi sufrimiento y soledad por la perdida de mi major amiga, mi esposa.
Lo unico que ha hecho es hacerme mas pobre y desdichado.
Acudan a una persona que tenga la capacidad.
Aun tengo pesadillas por que este tipo ha empeorado mi situacion a un mas de lo que estava.
English Translation:
Never in his life
I am a Hispanic man incapacitated.
processing time ago I started my divorce legal orientaion to reach a monetary agreement.
Lawyers Association for low-income Santa Clara County attorney recommended me to Braxton.
Mr. Braxton and I agreed I represent in my case-CMC / Case managenent family court conference, for its acronym in English. (Board of directors for family courts) if reciviera a payment of $ 1,500.00 Dls. In a span of two weeks (60% of my retirement pension) which page.
A week before trial Mr Braxton made me sign a substitution of attorney form saying he could not represent me in a week.
The case complicated and therefore his "student" as Mr. Braxton was leaving right they renounced my drift.
secepcionado I felt betrayed, used, desperate. Confused and disoriented.
poor person I eat almost no income and trying to survive on what little I have, what options do I have?
My continuous case and in the day of judgment nor Mr. Braxton and his "student" is presented, The judge was angry with me.
has trancurrido year and a half and Mr. Braxton I threatened to sue me if I do not pay $ 300.00 fee plus $ 2300.00 per prepresentacion in my next trial while sending me a form of attorney substitution to sign and conclude our contract.
Makes a little over 2 years since I started to handle my divorce and Mr. Braxton has done absolutely nothing.
would not have minded my ingrasos low of $ 7,000.00 annually, disability, dental and lost my suffering and loneliness by loss of my best friend, my wife.
The only thing it has done is make me more poor and miserable.
Reach out to someone who has the ability.
Yet I have nightmares about this guy has worsened my situation to a more than estava.
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23 Apr, 2012 by Ralph
I am a Disabled Latino Senior. I was referred to Mr. Braxton by the Santa Clara County Bar Association's Modest Means Program for people who are living below the poverty line. I had been doing my own divorce but needed help for a financial settlement part. Mr. Braxton said he would represent me at my CMC (Case Management Conference, Family Court) four weeks hence if I were to pay him $1,500.00 in two weeks. I did and a few days later said he could not represent me after all, the (Mediation) Conference was too complicated. My case was continued. The next Court date Mr. Braxton did not show up. The judge got mad at me. A year and a half has gone by, Mr. Braxton threatening me if I do not pay him another $300.00+ for research. Now he wants another $2,300.00 to represent me at my next CMC. It has been two years since I filed for divorce. He did zero so far. He doesn't care about me earning $7,000.00/year, all my physical ills, or my mental suffering and loneliness of losing my best friend (wife). He has done nothing but make me poorer and miserable. Please go somewhere else for help where someone has five stars.
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12 Apr, 2018 by Anonymous
She is very misleading, which jeopardized my case. It made sense later that she left the practice within the year. Who knows how many cases she mishandled. She is untrustworthy and does not have the best interest in advocating for her clients.
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19 Dec, 2020 by Anonymous
Extremely horrible experience with the firm Kaiser and Chew. Took my case and agreed and signed agreement to charge me only if I was awarded settlement or won case. They dropped the case then claimed signed agreement by both parties was not found and sued me for thousands of dollars charging me for by the hour and all kinds of unapproved charges. Horrific experience
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22 Feb, 2017 by Anonymous
Ms. Haro - if only she was as good as she is in her own head. She was helping me with a case and I felt like she did not listen to my desires but instead pressured me in to making decisions I was not comfortable with. I actually stopped working with her and hired a new attorney because her condescending tone was too much for me to handle. Find an attorney who is willing to help not one who is simply looking to get the file off her desk like Summer did with me.
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17 Mar, 2021 by Anonymous
I hired Wei Zhong to represent me for a case. I felt that she was not very professional and only seemed to charge me for every little encounter. There were many times when I called the office to see if Wei Zhong was there and the receptionist said "no" but I was billed for the call. This attorney seemed to bill me for every little thing and took very little time to explain things clearly to me. Because of this, I don't feel that she is professional and doesn't have the client's interests at heart. She also doesn't seem to have much experience except in overbilling me which I feel may lead hear to lose my case.
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08 Mar, 2024 by Anonymous
Definitely not the type of attorney you’d want for your case. Pretends to care, but really doesn’t. Seems to be thorough, but is sloppy and messy. Clearly driven by what could make him the most money. Would not recommend.
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26 Sep, 2020 by Christopher
Two in depth phone conversations multiple emails and texts and this attorney never responded back to me at all. Just a little courtesy to tell me either there is a liability case or not was what I expected but nothing from this guy. Now it’s too late to do anything.
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11 Apr, 2013 by Anonymous
I found this lawyer to be very dishonest and unethical.....beware and think twice before hiring him!
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