Wyatt Jackson Taylor

I was hopeful when I hired Wyatt Taylor to be my lawyer for my divorce. He represented himself as a lawyer that fights for women after he saw the treatment his mom received while going through her own divorce. Based on that story, I felt that he would be the best lawyer for me. Wyatt Taylor did ...not end up being the lawyer that he presented himself as. Wyatt Taylor did not keep me informed of my case. I was constantly calling his office to get updates on my case, and when I would call, I would find out that nothing had been done. He neglected and mishandled my case and drug it out over years, all the while charging me for every delay he caused. I was afraid to call, because every time I did, I was charged for asking what was going on with my situation. He charged me and overcharged me for phone calls, emails, me dropping off papers to his office, and anything else he could find to charge me for. He charged me for talking with him about the work he was going to do. He would charge me for doing the work. He would then charge me again for us to review the work he did, then charge me again to fix the mistakes that he made because he did not listen to me during the initial conversation and do it correctly based on our conversations. He sent my personal legal papers to a wrong address after he was given a correct change of address. He sent me legal papers with other clients’ names in it. After a 25-year marriage, I did not think I would ever need a divorce lawyer, and was very naïve in what to look for, and I was not in the best state of mind when trying to go through this process. But, over the last few years, I have found my voice and I am able to see when things are not right and speak up against them. The way that Wyatt Taylor handled my case, was not the way a lawyer should treat his clients. According to the Virginia State Bar and the American Bar Association, a lawyer should not procrastinate and draw out a client’s case. A lawyer should communicate with their client and keep them informed of their case. A lawyer should protect their client’s personal information. And, a lawyer should not collect an unreasonable fee or an unreasonable amount for expenses. Wyatt Taylor acted unethically in all of these statutes. Going through a divorce is hard enough, but to add the anxiety of a lawyer that you do not have confidence in and feel that they are working for your best interests, takes it to another level. If you decide to do work with Wyatt Taylor, keep close tabs of your invoices and actual emails, length of phone conversations, and every interaction that you have with him.