Kevin J. Rodgers

I hired Mr.Rodgers for my daughter who was facing several charges. Like the other reviewer, he sounded good upon the initial contact. After retaining, he would not return phone calls or give a follow up on what was going on with her case. He initially told us a time period of 30-45 days but it dru...g on much longer. I guess I did something to offend him as he became extremely rude and absolutely hateful for reasons unknown to me. After the 45 days lapsed, I followed up and he had basically done very little; yet, he took the time to write me a very rude letter that had very little reference to my daughter's case, but more of a personal attack on me. For some reason, he disliked me right after retaining him and was unbelievably rude and sarcastic to me. My daughter and I wanted to fire him but knew with his concern over money that we would not get back what had already been paid in. Plus, he operates without a contract, which should have been my first clue. I have never encountered a so-called professional that was so mean and horrible as Mr. Rodgers. My daughter basically got the same thing I think she would have gotten with a public defender. I would not refer him to anyone EVER and will personally NEVER hire him again. We called him just recently inquiring about her discovery pack, that she never received from him, and he told her that she had to give him a good reason for wanting it, especially since her case ended in November of last year. I told him we had been calling and speaking with his assistant asking about it and he suddenly screamed at me that I owed him money. After he calm d down and hung up, I called him back and told him to please let me know what I owed (as I was told previously that it was paid) and I would pay it. He tells me "leave me alone" and hangs up on me. This is not the conduct one expects from an attorney.

I turned to Kevin Rodgers during the darkest time of my life in 2006. He sounded good at the initial interview, but once he had my money he became a completely different person. All that I wanted was reassurance that he would do the best that he could for me and that he had all of his ducks in a ro...w going forward. He refused to give me any reassurance, he refused to call me back. Then when I resorted to emailing him my questions he said that I had "threatened" him. I have no idea what he meant and he would not explain himself. My husband was finally able to get him to have another meeting with us about the case before the court date. Mr. Rodgers was very rude to us at this meeting. He was short, put out and sarcastic. He was also mean to our 3 year old daughter who came with us. I wanted to just move on and cut my loses and go with another lawyer but we didn't have another 3K. On the court date he came in reeking of booze. You know what someone smells like when they've been drinking late into the night and then rolls out of bed and comes to work without taking a shower or brushing their teeth? My mother was the first to notice it. As far as the outcome, I guess that it was an ok outcome. I have no experience before or since so I really don't know if the plea that I got was a good deal or not. I was happy for it to be over and to never have to see Kevin Rodgers again.