David Evan Brookstone

Stay away from this guy. He will spend your money on drugs and not show up to court. You will lose your home or have to pay money you don't owe when you are in the right. I gathered all documentation and handed him the case(s) on a silver platter because he couldn't follow through- always seemed high.... He and his secretary Irma don't care if you end up on the streets. I won a case, but he wouldnt enforce the judges 4 page court order. He allowed the opposition to vacate my win actually telling how to do it and then did not notify me of the vacate and then failed to show to court. I came home to a boarded up apartment with all my possessions stolen because of him. I called immediately for him to explain amd help. He seemed high and said "oh that happened? I will call you back and fix it". He did nothing. I called his office, called his cell, emailed him and his secretary every day over and over again to get help...no response. I finally sent my sister to his office to pick up my money so that I could get another attorney. He yelled and screamed that he is "entitled to the money as a retainer but we are free to leave for an attorney for wont give a f@^#"... we asked for the money anyway and he refused and yelled and screamed at her and then lounged across the desk and tried to choke and physically assault her. His pregnant secretary had to try to restrain him. My sister said he was high out of his mind. She was really shaken and scared. One time he sent a fellow attorney to throw the trial of my case. I had to run up and down 9 floors looking for David and his fellow attorney. I find the attorney in the attorney room joking and laughing about how they are going to default purposefully...and they did. Please stay away from this guy. He has a real addiction problem and is a bad guy. I had to do an order to show case to remove him as my attorney and get the default removed. When the court attorney asked me what happened, he said he sees this all the time with David's clients. He said David ruins all his clients cases and walks with the money. He said he heard really really bad thing. The guy felt so bad for me and tried to help, but here we are...DAVID IS NO GOOD.

How they ever gave this idiot a law degree is beyond me. It was a simple case that I probably could have handled myself but don't want to make any mistakes. I gave him 1000 and he says case will be done in a week. One week goes by, two weeks go by and I dont hear from the guy. Then I try to reach him... and get update but he has disappeared. When I finally reached him 6 weeks later, he sounded drunk or high and made no sense. When I asked for my money back he kept telling me to "relax and be cool it's all happening." Well the only thing that's going to happen is me suing him and filing a complaint with the court. STAY AWAY FROM THIS CLOWN!!

Some facts: was in a mold-contaminated apartment with major health threats and urgent action needed. Promised quick action. Following a $1,000 retainer fee basically dropped off the radar: no returned calls, e-mails, or texts. Once in a blue moon I would hear apologies from him. After several weeks o...f this nonsense, fired him. He refused to refund the retainer despite having done no work. Sued him in small claims and won. He deposited his business funds into his joint account with his wife, Abigail. Caused additional problems to collect, still ongoing. Avoid like the plague. Wherever his head is at it is not in law.

Could not have been a worse lawyer. You pay someone and expect them to do their best in the job only to get the exact opposite. ALWAYS came later than us, the clients you're taking hard earned money from, to hearings. Called in "sick" to the final and most important hearing with a mediocre and unprof...essional friend of his as a replacement. Literally guaranteed he would get my tenant evicted when I first came to him only to rip me off and probably countless others that had the misfortune of coming to him for help. NOT worth your time and money. Do yourselves a favor and go to someone else. Seriously regretted hiring this buffoon and wished someone had told me beforehand.