Elaine M Diamantides

To begin with she makes promises that she cant keep. I got 2 moving violations a few months ago and tried talking to the prosecutor at the court house first who would not reduce the points at all, so I went to this Elaine and she made a definite promise that she was able to get me a better deal by t...alking to the prosecutor. Well that was one big lie because she got me no better deal at all and I gave her a bunch of money in order to avoid points. I asked her why she couldn't make a better deal for me as she said she would she just copped an attitude and said that the system doesn't always work out like you expect it to. My big mistake was paying her the fee before the court and I should have kept it based on her promise to get me a better deal, that's the way the real world works. I just wasted my time and money with her. You really don't even need a lawyer for traffic court in NJ anyway you can make a plea bargain with the prosecutor yourself and my deal was just the same after having wasted my money on hiring this lawyer. I really didn't like the way she made it appear that she could definitely get something done when she couldn't and I just wasted my money.

I do not want to get into specifics because I would rather her not know I wrote this but she is only attentive to your questions and needs before you pay for her services. First of all she is always late. She tells me to meet her at the. Courthouse early so we can talk about my situation but doesnt e...ven show up on time. In addition in civil court there is a long wait and I could be wrong but i think the people with lawyers go first. On the last day of court she didnt even show up and said she was busy. I was pissed because paid her 700 and she came late every time and didn't even show up the last day. So basically on the last day I waited for 4 hours but if she would have showed up it might have taken an hour or two. This is my take on lawyers you cant paid them in full because if you do they wont care anymore. Therefore I think people should pay half in the beginning and the second half after everything is finished. Im pretty sure all lawyers are not this but I was shocked by her actions. I hired her to get my case dismissed but what she did was absolutely nothing. If i could go back in time i would save my money and just represent myself. I am in no way trying to talk bad about her however i believe people should know what they pay for.