Thomas James Ford III

Thomas James Ford III

3.5
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 29 years

Sex crime Lawyer at Dacula, GA
Practice Areas: Sex Crime, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

2700 Braselton Hwy Ste., Ste. 10-357, Dacula, GA

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Licenses

Licensed in Georgia for 29 years

State: Georgia

Acquired: 1996

Active Member in Good Standing

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2015

Location

The Ford Law Office, LLC

2700 Braselton Hwy Ste., Ste. 10-357, Dacula, GA, 30019

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Thomas James Ford III's Reviews

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3.5 /5.0

15 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 5 of 10 reviews | Criminal Defense

Posted by anonymous | March 11, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Horrible experience

Tom Ford refused to review the discovery for my case. I'm not sure how an attorney can defend you without reviewing the evidence. He did not inform me of court dates and I almost missed one. On another occasion he called me to inform me of the court date 30 minutes before it started when I live an ho...ur away. On one occasion he called me screaming cuss words at me over and over and wouldn't even let me talk and then hung up on me. He was extremely unprofessional and just wanted to try to pressure me to accept a horrible plea deal that included prison time - WITHOUT even reviewing the evidence. Finally I fired him and when I asked for a copy of my file to give to a new attorney he said he didn't have one - that it was all in his head. The new attorney was able to actually review the evidence and negotiate probation for me. If I had stayed with Tom Ford I would be in prison right now.

Posted by Tonie | June 27, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Unrelenting in opposition

Mr Ford established his authority with unrelenting thoroughness. In the face of severe opposition, My son facing was 40 years with 3 strikes/major offenses and walked away serving 5 years, which is unprecedented in his case. Mr Ford is very confident and does not play. Walk the walk with him and he ...will see you through it till the end. From the beginning I new God led me to him. Thank you again Mr Ford

Posted by Michael | July 07, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Was all about the money.

Mr. Ford was the worst thing that could have happened to my case. My life is tarnished for bogus charges stuck to my plea deal. Where I should have been guilty of only one charge. It was a take the plea or else situation which it was impossible for me to win at trial. The parole board even released m...e years ahead of my scheduled release due to a more diligent & professional attorney that presented my case and the parole board learned the truth and did what they felt was right. Not only did he take my family’s money, he was poor at communicating. I do not know how he handles lesser charges but if your charges are serious.. PLEASE SEARCH ELSEWHERE!!

Posted by Jay | August 06, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

At the end of the day he got the job done

I paid Tom Ford 1000 to represent me in my case for possession with intent to distribute, he is not the best at communication. But once my Courtney arrive nine months later, he showed up and took care of my case and got two felony charges dropped and I only had A possession charge misdemeanor, that w...ill go away in one year completely. Tom can be rude and cocky at times but he did his job that’s all that matters

Posted by Maricka | July 19, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Don’t do it

Do not hire this lawyer my case was dragged on forever because he always had some matter that was above mine. I ended up having to settle and take the deal because I didn’t feel confident in him being my lawyer and couldn’t afford another one. He said he he could trailer my case it would be only 1000... I ended up paying him another 1500 to go trial which we never did and then when speaking about going to trial he said I would need to pay him another 1500 and when I said I already did he stated because of the court dates i would need to pay him more. Mind you he showed up for about two of these court dates . He never really even knew what was going on with my case . Didn’t file the necessary paperwork I almost got a warrant out for my arrest because he assured me he would show up for court and did not and then I had to go fix the problem which he was supposed to fix . When I brought up that I already paid him he said he would go trial for free but it wasn’t free cause I already paid him for the service I never got. Then when speaking about trail again he said we would need to sit down and go over the case and I would have to pay him for that ( isn’t he suppose to already know about the case ) so due to all of these I didn’t feel confident in going to trial with him he didn’t seem to care about my case. He is prob good for high paying customers but doesn’t seem to care About the little cases. So basically I’m out of 1500 because he felt like he did a lot which he didn’t. Chose some one else trust me. My case went on for a year because he could never make court dates.

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Experience

Rating:  6.5 (Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2015.

Review Panel Reprimand issued in GA, 2015

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Work Experience

1997 - Present

Owner, The Ford Law Office, LLC

Associations

Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

Education

1995

University of Florida

JD - Juris Doctor

1991

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (main)

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

English

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