Ronald Edwin Cooley

Mr. Cooley has been my attorney for the last couple of years. He is very, very good at what he does. He is very up to date with laws in North Carolina and in family and personal law as a whole. He will always be my attorney and I have never had a reason not to refer him to friends for their legal is...sues without a doubt. He is very compassionate and caring when it comes to his clients and their legal affairs.

Mr. Cooley represented me in a very difficult fight with my ex over custody of our children. He kept his focus on what was good for our children no matter how much my ex and my ex’s lawyer tried to twist the case into personal battles between us. I really appreciate how he worked to diffuse the emoti...ons and keep us on track! I met with other attorneys before hiring Mr. Cooley. I hired him because I liked his “no bull” attitude, how he would fight when necessary — but ONLY when necessary, and because of how his retainer spelled out exactly what would be done and how it would be charged. All the other retainers I looked at were legalese gobily-gook that didn’t explain what I wanted explained. I recommend him completely if you have a case that may need a fighter!

I met with Mr. Cooley a few months ago and paid $250. I didnt hire him and for good reason. He was very rude and demeaning and made me very uncomfortable. He wouldnt let me talk about my case at all. Every time I tried he interrupted me and only wanted to talk about himself and the other cases he's w...on. The whole reason I was there was to talk about my case not listen to him brag about himself. Also he was rude to his assistant. He kept making rude comments about her and to her about her not doing her job when she was the only one who was listening to me. Whenever I did say something about my case, she typed it and she's the one who got all of my information. And he didnt tell us he had been sanctioned twice. I looked him up online and found that out after the meeting. He did tell us that he had been charged with assault on female twice! I honestly feel like I paid him $250 to tell me his life story and listen to him complain about his assistant. I mentioned his name to a couple of other people who are involved in the court system one way or another and they all told me that I really dodged a bullet by not hiring him! Hopefully my review here will help somebody else dodge the bullet too!