James Ostendorf

Mr. Ostendorf I must say is just the right amount of assertive. He does not give up a good fight and he is extremely fair and reviews each case as a winner! I have been inspired by him, to refer to people who are positive, fighters, assertive, fair and with tremendous justice, as Positively Assertive. Others would say aggressive, but Mr. Ostendorf is a straight shooter, and he obviously loves his work. He fights to win. He is firm, no nonsense, relentless, and he does great deal of research, far more I found out than the other team. I came out of my case, as the definite winner and Mr. Ostendorf was simply outstanding. He is very eager to win to the greatest benefit of his/her client. He leaves no stone unturned.

I hired James Ostendorf to represent me for a possession charge in Ma. I was referred to him by the NRA. Attorney Ostendorf represented me with professionalism and a clear knowledge of the MA justice system. He was always responsive, clear and to the point. He was exactly the lawyer I needed. He also worked with me on payment and billing since I was also unemployed at the time as well. An awesome one of a kind attorney that cares for you from the heart. Even though I don't anticipate anymore issues, I am keeping him on retainer anyway.

James was clear and concise with his message and ensured my understanding of the process regarding my question. Offered contact information in case follow up is needed.

I retained Atty. Ostendorf to handle a license renewal application which stalled in a state office of license renewals. The matter was litigated on the district court level with a positive outcome.. Atty. Ostendorf worked tirelessly on my behalf with state and local officials, as well as with the court. I would recommend Atty. Ostendorf without reservation.

James was up front and honest with my housing issue. He insisted on reviewing my case prior to arranging a consultation and payment of his services to see wether or not it would be worth spending money on lawyers fee's. He explained my situation to me clearly and promptly despite not having received any compensation. The fact that he wants to actually see if he can help before charging me speaks volumes about his personal integrity. A real gem amongst many who are just interested in collecting money from you rather than actually supporting their clients. James comes across as upfront, honest and seems genuinely concerned with actually helping his clients. Many other lawyers I tried to contact regarding my case were insistent on payment(often to the sum of 500) before even reviewing my case or options - and were even asking for payment of a retainer. What would be the point in hiring somebody who wants to charge you 500-1000USD for a disputed sum of 3700USD JUST to review your case and explain the legal dos/donts. Take this guy on if you need legal help! He is absolutely worth his weight in terms of what you pay. Honest, straightforward and approachable.

Mr. Ostendorf is very knowledgeable in the field my organization needed help in. He continues to assist us and a responsive and timely manner. We struggled through many lost days to figure our course of action and Mr. Ostendorf was able to point us in the right direction and make things move quickly. What took us months to attempt to accomplish, Mr Ostendorf was able to do in a matter of days.

I trusted Mr. Ostendorf to represent me in a case in which I already had a settlement offer. I did not think the offer was appropriate, and after a face to face meeting with James he agreed, and was adamant they were only trying to get me to accept a low offer to go away. It was all downhill from there. He was very unresponsive throughout the whole process, does not answer his phone and ignored urgent emails from me. The last we spoke James was going to try and get as close to the targeted resolution that we agreed on. I have not heard from him since (4+ months) besides a letter mailed to me stating he is closing the case since he has tried to contact me several times without success. He has not reached out ONCE, and has ignored my attempts to communicate. This letter also stated I owed additional money to James as my retainer had been all used up, which was news to me. James was thoroughly disappointing in his efforts, as I looked to him to represent me, and he has come up very short. Not only did he close the case without ever speaking with me, after turning the case over to him he managed to lose my original settlement offer, and has documents of mine that I presented to him when we first met that have not been returned. Terrible experience, and poor performance by James. We had a preliminary review of everything so he had the opportunity to not take the case and he made the choice right there to litigate on my behalf. In my case he has left me hanging, and I am in a worse situation then when I hired him.