John Donald Bowdren

Atty John Bowdren took my case as he specialized in criminal law. I had no idea what to expect at court & had a lawyer to help guide me but I was never guided & in between court dates any question I had I would contact him to ask & was given vague responses leaving me still confused. When I looked fo...r clarification I was made to feel stupid & like I was bothering him. He would tell me to meet him at court at certain time but I would wait at least an hour for him to show up last minute to review case with me & then he would rush me. I should say in the very beginning he seemed interested in helping but It was like he never worked on my case at all. I ended up seeking counsel somewhere else about what I needed to do to wrap case up without having permanent record (first time offender), I do not know the system. Mr Bowdren made me more nervous. I would never recommend him.

My husband hired Jack O'Donell just to have John Bowdren take my case which he had no knowledge of after continuing the case for almost 5 months with no communication with me (client) and no understanding of the outcome of the case !! Then at the day of sentencing Jack O'Donell appeared to close my ...case to them tell me the total opposite of what he'd told me when he took my case!! He completely lost his professionalism and acted in a very rude and obnoxious way!!! I never hired and attorney that would turn on their client like these two did !! When i met with Jack to take my case he made it seem like I shouldn't have any worries just to end up as if I had no lawyer to begin with !!! Their very poor at communicating and actually fighting for you !! I mean that's what lawyers suppose to do is defend you but these two just do it to get paid no t to get you out the hole !! I hope someone looks into other lawyers before giving bowdren or O'Donell a chance !! Please take my advice its a waste of money and time dealing with Bowdren and O'Donell lool for a different lawyer believe me !!!!!

I turned to John while I was caged, not at a time I could do much homework on an attorney. His yellow pages ad seemed to fit my needs. I would speak to John and then sometimes Jack would show up and seemed completely uninformed about what I wanted to happen. If you want a pair of zone defense... that are highly likely to be present for each and every one of there 100s of clients, rather than a lawyer that can keep track of your unique situation and information then go with John and Jack. Also I was told by John he didn't have time to answer my email, and he seemed to be annoyed when I spoke. I got the impression I was being constantly talked down to and assumed to be guilty by John. John could not seem to comprehend that I would not accept a plea deal under any circumstance. I dismissed John, got another attorney what would answer my questions and who had a much better attitude, and got my case moving and my charges ultimately dismissed.

I would NEVER recommend his services, not even to my worst enemy!!! I contact Jack O'Connell and spoke to him about legal representation and a payment plan. He told me that he would represent me in my case and we had set up an appointment for me to come into the office to have a consultation. When I... arrived for the appointment, I was informed that Jack O'Connell would not be representing me but his partner, John Bowdren would. I was not comfortable with this abrupt changed but I was reassured that I would receive the same level of services, regardless of who was representing me within the firm. I should have listened to my gut feeling because when I began too notice that it was all a lie, it was too late. Once the case was underway, the payment plan we had agreed to, went flying out the window and Attorney John Bowdren DEMANDED full payment. I had told him that there was a reason that I had agreed to the payment plan, because I could not pay all of it upfront. Well, his response to that was, whatever agreement that was made between Jack and myself, had nothing to do with him. (Yes, at this point I should have walked away but I was in dyer need of representation, so I stuck it out) Well durning all of this, I had asked him to please postpone the court date to another day. Well Mr. Boldren failed to do so, which caused the court to issue a warrant for my arrest. I had hired the Law firm to help me resolve a legal matter with the court but instead did nothing but cause me even MORE issues! I attempted to contact him after my court date to see what day the case was postponed to and never received a call back from him. I found out about the warrant when the police showed up at my home to arrest me! I NEVER received a call from Attorney John Bowdren about this warrant. I then called him numerous times and finally he returned my call, from the last time I called him, over a week later! The impression that I got from him, durning the conversation, was that he just didn't care about what had occurred, due to his neglegence. I told him that I no longer want him to represent me and that I was in the process of obtaining new legal representation. He still had the audacity to ask me for full payment for services "NOT" rendered!!