James Jenkins Mills

James Mills

I have been practicing law for more than ten years. I can unequivocally say that "David", who left this review, is the most difficult and least grateful client I have had during those ten years. When he and his wife first contacted me, we learned that he was set to inherit nothing more than 1/3 of his parent's house. He hired me to try to recover some of his inheritance, as he had been left with virtually nothing by his mother and father. After a year of litigating his case, we recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars for both "David" and his sister. All told, they recovered in excess of $700,000. Unfortunately, that was not enough for "David." He wanted to have the defendant arrested and thrown in jail, or ruined publicly and financially, or who knows what. "David" simply could not, or refused, to understand that those were not appropriate remedies given the facts of his case. In addition, after recovering his settlement, "David" refused to pay our firm's attorneys' fees per the contract he had entered into at the beginning of the representation, which forced our firm to have no choice but to sue him for thousands of dollars. He eventually paid our fees out of the hundreds of thousands we had recovered on his behalf, but even then he did not pay the full amount owed - we simply tried to let it go. At the end of the day, litigation is an emotional process. This is particularly true when dealing with estate and family matters. I believe that an attorney's job is to take as much of the emotion out of the discussion as much as possible, and to focus on getting the best result possible for the client. David hired me to recover as much money as possible from his parent's estates. That is exactly what we did, and we did so with excellent results. Ultimately, "David" was given the option of signing a settlement agreement. He did so, and he did so willingly, and with full understanding of what he was doing, and with his wife notarizing his signature. He did so after several hours of discussions with his attorneys, and after days of consideration. Apparently, once he received his settlement, he decided it was not enough, and he has been unable to let the emotional issues surrounding this litigation go. That is disappointing. It is also disappointing that he has chosen to now leave me such a negative review, approximately a year after he received all of that money that we fought to get him. I stand 100% behind the legal services I offered "David", and regret that he remains dissatisfied.