Alfred J. Albano Jr

I hired Al Albano of Bacon Wilson for an equity complaint. I am completely unhappy with his representation. He told me that he doesn't have to listen to his client, but must do what he believes is best, even if that means reading discovery that is a rabbit hole of useless information. He said he di...d a cursory glance at the discovery, but I received a bill of $4800 for his “cursory glance” on Nov 2022 When I asked him after to file a motion to dismiss, when there was no evidence of any allegations, his response was, if you give me another $5K retainer, I will. He filed a request for interrogatories without asking me and when there was no proof of any allegations, he still would not file a motion to dismiss. He did not tell me why it would not get dismissed if he filed that motion. When I read the client file, he finally sent me, there are no notes for the discovery he "read", and when asked he told me that was his, so that means he kept part of my client file. He manipulated me to his benefit on several occasions as well, by telling me opposite information that other attorneys told me, such as “we don’t know what an attorney’s reputation is or what they might say,” but we know a lawyer is not going to say he did not do his due diligence. Do not hire this attorney. He even said, if he cowered at all of the people who threatened to file complaints, he wouldn't be working, and that taught me that he has several other disgruntled clients. I then fired him and asked for half of my retainer back. He refused, so I spoke to their executive director, who gave me the impression, she would be objective, but in the end, it was left up to him to refund me, and of course, he will not admit to any wrongdoing. When you hire an attorney, you are stuck, and I was stuck like buying a lemon of a car.