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Roland Patrick Brown
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Pros
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Highly skilled and effective in the courtroom, able to achieve successful outcomes for clients
“Roland Brown is knowledgeable confidence and accessible. If you visit my son return all my calls and kept us in the loop about everything . From the beginning he said he won't cop a plea he will go to trial and he would win . As a result my son is found not guilty on two counts and another charge was dismissed.”
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Tenacious and works hard to get charges dismissed or reduced for clients
“Mr. Brown consistently met with the prosecutor from the States Attorney Office as well as the U.S. Attorney General Office. He was very tenacious and able to get the more serious charges dismissed and I did not have to spend a single day in jail.”
Cons
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Can be difficult to get in touch with and communicate with clients
“He is busy. Hard to get in touch with. But no worries. He does his work in the courtroom.”
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Can sometimes be unprepared or neglect important aspects of a case
“He threw together his argument 15 mins before the court time. Ineffective communication, you have to chase him down to get a response and he half way explains what's going on.”
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Inconsistent performance, with some clients receiving better service than others
“If you are NOT one of his special clients, prepare to go to jail.”
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14 Oct, 2023 by Anonymous
Our experience with Roland Brown was similar to a few other reviews of some bad experiences had by hiring Roland Brown. They were all beyond accurate in their statements. Mr. Brown talks a great game about what he can do for you, but does not deliver on his promises or his word. Roland Brown was paid in full (5 figures), which was definitely a waste of money, might as well have flushed the money down the toilet. And trying to make contact with him or have him to make contact with the family or his client, was totally USELESS! The couple of times that he did visit our family member, I believe he was there to see someone else and decided to grace our family member with his presence, which was only to tell him that he did not have his laptop and would come back to discuss his case, of course he never returned. The only time that our family member saw Roland Brown was in court and there were several postponements due to Roland Brown not being available, like going to Las Vegas with no prior notice that he would not be present in court, so of course, there was another postponement. Roland Brown was given evidence for the trial which actually sat in his briefcase for days before he had to be reminded that he had it. What good attorney forgets that he was given evidence! He then tried to look at the evidence which turned out to be garbage and could not be reviewed by his office. The evidence had to be requested again and that took months, another postponement! More time wasted! And trying to make contact with Roland Brown was so frustrating, we would leave messages and send emails and the response from his office would be that "the information would be forwarded to Roland Brown" and the family and his client, our family member would hear nothing from him. Roland Brown would also set up appointments to discuss the case with the family and would be a no show, with a call while we are at his office waiting for him, that something came up and he could not make it! This happened on several occasions! Roland Brown has not only missed multiple appointments with the family, he has missed multiple appointments with his client, our family member. Additionally, Roland Brown was made aware of another suspect in my family members case and he just sat on the information and never brought it up in court. This information could have helped our family member with his case! Roland Brown has clients that he works much much harder for. I say this to say that if you want an attorney that will work hard for your family member and honor the oath that he took, DO NOT HIRE THIS MAN!! If you are NOT one of his special clients, prepare to go to jail.
13 Aug, 2021 by Nikita
Was inexperienced with my case, took my money and didn’t hear from him again until the day of court, only to find out he was requesting a postponement due to his license being suspended. When he did come to court the next scheduled time, he threw together his argument 15 mins before the court time. Ineffective communication, you have to chase him down to get a response and he half way explains what’s going on. Please, don’t make the mistake I made. Hire someone else
09 Aug, 2021 by Sylvia
I was reading these reviews it has really encouraged me, that my sin is goibg to be alright. It is desire that when the dust settles, i will like you, with a different ppst. At least i will sleep better tonight. If anyone else can share please do!!
02 Mar, 2021 by Anonymous
Roland was hired for a criminal case and to date has not responded to calls for updates/inquiries , spoken to his client ONCE, knowingly misled the family in regards to measures related to updates, filed documents with the court. This is a true miscarriage of justice even before a trial. The entire situation is disgusting! We will be looking to seek a refund and file a complaint with the bar.
25 Jul, 2018 by Keyairra
I hired ROLAND to defend my boyfriend, whom had been facing some serious charges, that could have placed him in jail for the rest of his life. Needless to say Roland is the epitome of lawyers. He was excellent throughout the entire ordeal. He gave me his word and I trusted what he said, and everything worked in our favor. I could never THANK him enough.
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