Dana Andrew LeJune

I contacted for a potential plagiarism case. I did exactly as instructed then was never responded to, not even a "this won't hold up in court". I called both offices more than once and e-mailed more than once to no response. I contacted months later to find he was representing someone involved wh...o wanted to help me with my suit: "It’s so happens that I currently represent XXX in two or three copyright cases where he got ripped off. Below is our email communication where he waives any conflict of interest and he says he’d be happy to help with any suit." (per his e-mail) He then goes on to say I should hire his services: "you should pay me to respond to XXXX, bc if you don’t," (etc. per his e-mail). I responded with, "I'm confused. If XXX is eager and willing to help, why are you not able to file a suit against XXX? How much are you wanting to respond to XXX? What do you believe will be the result of your response?" (per my e-mail). His response was, "I’m not interested in bringing a suit (which this will take), spending dozens and perhaps hundreds of hours of time to sue a company that is uncollectible. If one takes a judgment against a company or person, money doesn’t just fall from heaven like manna; one must collect the judgment. I’m sorry, I can’t help you with this case. And I really don’t have the time or inclination to do the letter at my hourly rate of $450." Now, I don't have a problem that he doesn't want to do the case. I'm not happy with his tone, but that wasn't even the real clincher. What really did it was that he doesn't even want to do what he originally wanted me to pay him to do. My friend has advised me to file a complaint with the ethics board of both NC and TX.

Hired Dana to review and jumpstart a stalled negotiation for a stock photo license to a California TV production company. The opposing counsel was inserting some obtuse clauses and taking out some copyright and court jurisdiction protections I thought should be in the contract. We got the provisions ...back in the contract under deadline and it was signed by the client.