Ejike Obineche

This lawyer and law firm is not legit. I didn't realize until after I had hired Ejike Obineche that the reviews were fake. That most of the reviews for this law firm were African clients whom probably were not real clients. I hired Mr. Obineche and he required a $5,000 retainer for my EEO administrat...ive case. He spent my $6400 in less than a week after hiring him. He could not validate how he spent my entire retainer in less than a week of having my case. When I confronted him about it, he gave me a fake invoice for work he had previously said he didn't perform. I had to fire him and hire another lawyer to take my case as I was up against a tight deadline with the court. In addition to spending my retainer, he also advised he didn't think I had a case that was winnable. Mind you, I had spoken to him at length before he took my case and he had advised he felt we were going to win my case. He did an awful job in the week he had my case. The opposing side offered a very low settlement offer, Mr. Ejike Obineche didn't even try to negotiate a higher offer. He told me I needed to hurry up and make a decision and did noting to help my case as his client. He also became irate when I questioned his legal practices as a lawyer because I realized he wasn't a good lawyer and had taken advantage of me. He advised he had been defending cases of my nature for 20 years but how is it you only have 7 reviews? My lawyers before him rates were $700 and his were at $350. It took my former law firm a month and half to use a portion of my retainer and I had over two thousand dollars when I left them and hired Mr. Obineche. They did far more work for me in a month and half than Mr. Obinehe in the few days he had my case and somehow he justified spending $6400 in less than a week despite doing way less work. He talked to me like I was less than as a female client despite me having a legal background and him constantly tasking me to do major amounts of work for him on my own case in the few days he had my case. I reached out to the Maryland Bar to report his unscrupulous behavior and was indirectly told my complaints were not a surprise. Stay far away from this firm and lawyer if you want to win your case!