1 /5 John Shoosmith: This attorney was out of town and unavailable 17 out of 24 full weeks, and did not make known to me many of the weeks when she was away. I was left alone, in court TWICE , in front of the judge, because she said, in court, that she had to run to other hearings. Was it really that she was unprepared? The pay scheme was a flat rate including trial fees, but guess what - trial is the last thing she intends to do! The flat fee with trial costs included is not only something youre not supposed to do as an attorney, its a scam. She got key people completely mixed up and never reviewed anything with me in detail. I had to fire her and got a different attorney out of town to get any forward traction at all. Had I not, Im sure I would have just been run through with initial charges. I must honestly say, she did more harm than good.