Reviews

This lawyer is an absolute nightmare, I understand that lots of Public Pretenders, er ...Defenders, deal with inmates who are belligerant and uneducated, and incapable of understanding the enormity of thier crimes having been around them while incarcerated. I am however a well educated person, who has had some issues with substance abuse and had the unfortunate experience of having this woman "represent me". Over the course of 5 agonizing months for a state jail possession of a controlled substance under a gram, this woman didnt do the smallest amount of research on my case, a possession where the drugs were mine, but not even found on my person. She let me sit in jail, would call me to court and then have me sit in a holding cell all day and then send me back to the jail without even seeing me. This occurred over a dozen times. Out of ALL the times I went to court, the times I did actually see her, she had no remote interest in listening to me at all, talking over me and trying to sell me on a plea bargain to accept 4 years TDC ON A STATE JAIL FELONY, which is out of the punishment range for a state jail felony! She LIED to me and said my case had been enhanced by DA when it had NOT been enhanced when I recieved my indictment! She talks to you like total garbage, and seems as crooked as the true criminals she "represents", and has no interest in fulfilling her duty to give her clients a fighting chance because the county cuts her paychecks. After the 4 yr offer, came 2 years state jail, and then SAFP. She literally tried to convince me to accept a program in a lockdown facility for people taking a diversion program to avoid 10 and 20 year sentences, when I had something that carried 6 months to 2 years, tried to convince me to go to prison for 6 months and then come out on probation! The fact that she hadn't had her bar card revoked is beyond me! I fired her and demanded a new attorney (a private attorney that was appointed to represent me, but not in the public defenders office. What do you know? He walked in and communicated with the same DA getting me 7 months state jail time served and listened to what I had to say. I had 7 months back time by the time the case was resolved dealing with this vile woman, for a non violent controlled substance charge of the lowest magnitude. She had an air of arrogance, and talked to me like I was mentally disabled, I guess because I was unable to retain a paid lawyer and was in jail. I might add, people were walking out of jail for the same charge and worse and being dead to rights dealing with the same assistant district attorney as my lawyer dealt with. 12.44A's dropping their felonies to misdemeanors and time served so they could go home. Fire her so you dont waste months of your life making jail worse by being woken up at 4 AM to sit all day on a cold metal bench for her to blow you off and trying to break you and sign on the dotted line. Please Audrey, if you read this please just become a law enforcement officer because you have as much interest in helping your clients get a fair plea as the district attorney does.