W. Arthur Hays Jr.

Arthur Hays is definitely not worth the money he charges. He does not know much about the law except how to create billable hours. He will overcharge for below average services. DO NOT USE THIS FIRM. I can not recommend him at all. He charges for hours at an astronomical rate. He also used the ...time to chit chat and will bill you for the BS time. He gives all attorneys a bad reputation. A simple legal proceeding turned into a complete mess and he had to resubmit papers to the court when he failed to do proper research and he then charged for his mistake. I actually gave him the paperwork, but he insisted on traveling to another county just to get copies of the same information and create billable hours.

Mr. Hayes has a way of keeping you in his office with superfluous conversation to run up his billing. Two hours for my initial consultation, and a large portion of that was his trying to convince me to use his realtor wife to sell the house. That, along with his "strolls" to the courthouse to get co...pies of documentation (that I had already provided), and reviewing a couple of very brief emails ran my bill up to $700. Then he charged me another .6 of an hour ($111.00) when I came by just to pick up my paperwork and terminate his services. Got that bill two years later when I thought I had settled up with him and just needed the last of the paperwork. Yes, I'm a very disgruntled client. He's obviously a "good ol boy" taking advantage of out of town clients. All I gained from him was when I could begin paying the debts of the deceased family member. The majority of his services could have been provided by a paralegal or legal assistant.