Charles Edward Rawlings

Dr. Rawlings is a greedy, unprofessional, and untrustworthy attorney who should be avoided at all costs. He strung our family along for well over a year as we paid thousands of dollars in an attempt to hold a surgeon accountable for harm done to our young daughter. During this saga, Dr. Rawlings was ...rarely available to talk to us unless we owed him money. We paid thousands for a "demand letter" which was poorly written and littered with typos. We then paid thousands more to an expert witness Dr. Rawlings found who essentially took our money and ran. We then paid thousands more to find another expert witness willing to help us, but then Dr. Rawlings expected our family to pay 100% of the costs of litigation on top of a multi thousand dollar retainer fee AND a 40% contingency fee. When respectfully pressed on this arrangement, Dr. Rawlings promptly terminated his firm's relationship with our family. Dr. Rawlings looks out for one person and one person only - himself. If you or a family member have been injured and are in need of a compassionate and professional attorney to help, you would be wise to look elsewhere.

I, like others, contacted The Rawlings Law Firm as directed by the Bar Association. My initial phone consultation was $50. He said to write NCBH a "Demand Letter" and that term is a joke as it turns out, was normally $2000, but would do my letter for $1000. I knew this was what he probably always sai...d to potential clients but proceeded anyway after being encouraged that I had a good case. Same amount for reviewing medical records which I had to retrieve myself. I ignored my gut feeling about him because he was so encouraging. In his "demand" letter, he stated that if we did not hear back in 10 days, we would proceed with court filings and if no agreement was came to we would also proceed with a court case. I waited literally almost 5 weeks to hear back, not the 10 days. Before I hired Mr Rawlings, his firm constantly called to see if I wanted to proceed with the case. After I paid, I only heard once from them. When WFBH responded and did not consider my case one that merited monitary value, Mr Rawlings was done with me, he did not go to bat for me, nor did he even send WFBH a reply letter...nothing, he was done. I did not get my court date as promised, in fact I called and emailed his office NUMEROUS times afterward but guess what....NO RESPONSE back to me whatsoever. Not the least bit of courtesy to return my calls or emails. Another thing I found odd, why was it always a phone consult and never an in office face to face meeting. Always listen to your gut. My advice is to run from this so called law firm and dont waste your hard earned money!! If could give 0 stars I would!

Rawlings agreed to consultation re my surgical injury after I posted on the Bar's matching service. During what was supposed to be a 30 minute consult (actually he only gave me 15), he all but said that my case was very strong. No excuse for the level of injury I had suffered during a routine surgery..., he said. I was so encouraged and thus eager to proceed. Turns out, he wanted $1000 (on top of the 52 paid for initial consult) to "read medical records." I delivered these to him (which I have since learned is not how most lawyers do this - THEY get your records and work on contingency), paid him, and after he failed to appear for our follow-up appt to discuss his findings, he finally called 3 weeks later to say, too bad, no case. Why? Because I should have known the complications of this surgery, he said, and besides, I had signed a consent form. If this is what the case hinged on, why didn't he ask me up front if I'd signed one? Why did he even need to read my records? To add insult to injury, he mailed my records back with a letter saying that after his careful consideration, "[my] mother's case" wouldn't stand! He didn't even know who was injured. $1050 for nothing.

Dr. Rawlings has exceptionally broad knowledge and extraordinary expertise. He also is down-to-earth with an upbeat demeanor. He patiently listened with sincere compassion and promptly responded to my many questions and concerns. He explained what to expect throughout the process and provided... excellent guidance, while proving skillful determination toward a successful outcome. I'm thoroughly pleased and extremely grateful to Dr. Rawlings and staff for their expert services.