Douglas Lee Dolfman

I retained Mr. Dolfman to represent me in a criminal matter, and after discussing the issue with him, he told me that he would speak with the prosecutor and have the investigation dropped. He said that he would do that for $1500. I requested from him a written retainer agreement but for reasons that ...resides in his own heart, he never sent one. Despite not sending the written retainer agreement, I sent him $1500 but as it turned out he never spoke with the prosecutor about the investigation and instead came back the next day saying that he would take it to trial if I paid him an ADDITIONAL $1500. However, after I discovered that he had not spoken with the prosecutor after I had already paid him the first $1500, that he did not have liability insurance at the time I paid him (and still does not have liability insurance as of this review), and would not send a written retainer agreement, I requested that he refund my money but he refused to do so. I was then forced to file both a civil lawsuit against him as well as a formal complaint with the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. In response, Mr. Dolfman told the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board that he had placed my money in his attorney's business operating account with BB&T. However, after I sued him to recover my $1500 from him, I served his bank with a Subpoena and BB&T provided me with documents that showed that Mr. Dolfman had in fact deposited my $1500 into his own personal bank account and not his attorney's business operating account as he misrepresented to the Disciplinary Board. In addition, in responding to the lawsuit, he told the court, under oath, that he and I had no written contract or agreement to indicate the terms of any relationship. In other words, without the signed written retainer agreement, Mr. Dolfman was hoping to avoid having to return the money. After all of these facts were brought to the attention of the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board, Mr. Dolfman returned the money but only after the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board sent him a letter of reprimand for his conduct in this matter. The bottom line is: I had to sue this man and file a formal complaint with the Disciplinary Board to get my money back. For your sake, don't be the next VICTIM. Because at the end of the day, nothing will ever change the fact that I had to sue Mr. Dolfman and file a formal complaint with the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board that resulted in his reprimand to get my money back from him that he never was entitled in the first place, because after all he told the court under oath that he had no written contract or agreement with me to indicate the terms of any relationship.

Charged me a fortune telling me my license would be reinstated immediately upon appeal. That information is totally incorrect in Pennsylvania. So he either lied to me or doesn't know Pennsylvania law. Told me just what I wanted to hear so I would hire him and collect my money. So he charged me full... price and only did half of the job. I'm only asking for half of my money back which is being more than fair. There's right and wrong and he knows he's wrong but still being ignorant about it. Now I have to contact the Pennsylvania bar association.

Hired him for my brothers case. He didnt bring up key points in the trial. My brother has been in prison for over 20 years now. He stuttered in court during deliberation and failed to even object. My brother is still getting railroaded by the legal system. Hes up for parole and all of a sudden his 20... to 40 turned into 25 to 50. The cop lied about his own dispatch and Dolfmans cross examination was less than adequate. He promised to visit my brother to discuss the case and never did. His whole approach is we can get them on the retrial where you have to pay again. Hes not to be trusted.

I hired this attorney for a DUI. He never wanted to answer his phone and all it did was go to voicemail. He was so hard to track. When it came to court he showed up late and was very unprofessional. I ended up firing him and hiring someone else. He also quoted me very high for my DUI and didn't do an...ything on time. Waste of time. His office is a disaster too

I met with Doug to discuss a case I had several months ago. He insisted that my case was a strong one and we had to act fast! I did exactly what he said and hired him for $2500 cash. I never received a receipt and when I asked for one he said the email exchange between us was "good enough." I tried m...eeting with him several times to discuss any advances in the case to which he never showed up nor picked up my calls. After months of the run around I haven't received any information. I listened to everything he said and acted fast and at no point did I ever feel I was even a priority to him. Make sure you do more research before making the same mistake I did.