1 /5 Honey Honey: We hired this lawyer in 2024 to represent my husband after he was charged for an incident that occurred in November 2022. Despite already receiving disciplinary action within the prison system for the same incident, charges were not officially filed until 2024. When we consulted this lawyer, we made it very clear that we were not looking to take the case to trial but wanted to negotiate a fair plea deal. Our main concern was ensuring that any sentence ran concurrent with my husband’s existing time, given that the incident had taken place years prior. The lawyer assured us that this would be no problem and that he could help.
We paid him $7,500 in full within 90 days, expecting that he would work in my husband’s best interest. However, every time my husband went to court, the lawyer failed to advocate for what we discussed. Instead of negotiating with the state, he repeatedly told us, “They’re not going to do that,” without even making the effort to push for a better deal. Instead of working toward a fair resolution, he consistently came back with the worst possible outcome—even suggesting my husband sign for five additional years, all to run consecutively. He made it seem as though the state was unwilling to negotiate at all.
Frustrated with his lack of effort and unwillingness to fight for my husband’s best interests, we ultimately decided to fire him and seek a second opinion. Before even hiring a new attorney, a public defender stepped in and, on the very first court date, secured a significantly better deal one that ensured my husband’s time ran concurrent from when the incident actually happened in 2022.
This experience left us feeling like this lawyer makes false promises to secure clients, only to later push them toward accepting unreasonable sentences. His approach felt more like he was working for the state’s benefit rather than his client’s defense. It’s extremely disappointing to have invested so much money in someone who ultimately did not fight for us.
I do not recommend hiring this attorney if you’re looking for someone who will genuinely advocate for you. In our case, a public defender did more in one day than this paid attorney did in months.
