Paul David Woosley

I was drawn into a Landlord-Tenant (L/T) lawsuit by the estranged wife of my deceased tenant. What ensued was insanity & extortion. I looked to David Woosley (DW) for help since I worked with him in the past. He began helping, but what I came to understand eventually, was that he & his team had no re...al knowledge of this type of law, and it is extensive. When you know nothing as a layperson, you're completely dependent on your atty being honest about their abilities in that particular field. They could simply tell you that you clearly need someone who specializes in that field, rather than dive in, take your money & make a bigger mess. One of my main issues is that ALL of our legal defense through DW was entirely made up of my ideas, which were based in common sense, logic & fairness, which we all know is not how the legal system actually works. DW was looking to me for answers all along– I was crafting the communications with the opposing side – a small amount of legal jargon was then added & they were sent off to the opposition as if this was a sound defense, but in reality there was no basis in L/T law. Months later, when things seemed to be going obviously wrong, I contacted multiple other lawyers & a retired judge – all who specialize in L/T law. Each one had various reasons why DW had mishandled my situation. I had to end my relationship with DW & hire someone else – only after having spent about $7500. Some suggested malpractice, but I didn't want to spend more money on this frivolous suit. When I went to DW with this information, he obviously defended his position. I asked for a refund of at least a portion of my invoice – with a laundry list of reasons (both my own & those of experts in this field). In particular, I was requesting reimbursement for the cost of his 'Answer to Complaint', which was described by the experts as 'flowery', 'excessive' & holding no legal standing or protocol – almost entirely filled with my writings & musings – as if I was the legal expert in L/T law – no legal basis whatsoever. But how would I have known this at the time?! Dave wrote that he & his asst “thought” it's what I wanted. So I paid for something that took many hours/days to create, and it was only a reiteration of my own thoughts – not an actual lawyer's, with knowledge & experience in this field. Eventually, DW said he would think about this & promised to get back to me (in writing). I reached out multiple times & each time he stated it would take some time, but that he would reply. He never did. My last communication was Nov 2024. He never replied to this one, and thus I'm realizing I was duped & decided to make my experience with him public. If you want a lawyer who allows you to do all the work, uses your opinions as a legal defense, and then charges you a ridiculous amount for minimal work, David Woosley is your guy.