Ellen Kyriacou Renaud

I wish I could say good things about this attorney, but I really can't. She was assigned to me after I contacted the law firm of Swick and Shapiro, which I had chose because several of my colleagues had recommended it. She seemed to be knowledgable, and after she moved to the Lescht Law Firm, I dec...ided to stay with her. But after I paid her $7000, she pretty much did nothing on my case, and I often had a hard time getting her to contact me. Plus, I did almost all of the work on the documentation for my EEO case, and she really didn't do much else on any other part of the process. Afterwards, she representated me at a security clearance interview, and she treated me like an idiot the entire time, and she really did not know about security clearances, which I found odd for someone who supposedly worked with people who needed security clearances for her job. After I got my final response from my EEO investigation, she told me that I should just drop the case, and when I asked to speak with her, she just ignored me. I finally called her myself, and she was distracted when speaking with me. I wrote part of a rebuttal to some of the things said in the case report, and asked her to take a look but, she never answered my emails. After I didn't hear from her from a while, I wrote to her again, and asked if there was anything else that needed to be done. She again treated me with contempt, and I told her that I was going to another attorney. I consulted with another attorney, who agreed that I should not move forward with the case, but that attorney charged me nothing, and told me that looking at the case, she could tell that I really didn't have a good case from the beginning, and should never have taken it to a formal level. This is the first time that I have ever used an attorney, and after this experience, I am reluctant to ever do so again. Also, she is now with the Lescht Law Firm, which apparently has a reputation for charging people money, telling them that they have a good case, and then leaving them high and dry. So, I guess she will fit right in at that firm. Do not waste your time or money with this attorney. There are so many other, better people that you could hire.