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Careton Ray Matthews

4.9
Rating: 7.0

Licensed for 29 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Stone Mountain, GA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

4820 Redan Rd Ste B, Stone Mountain, GA

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Licensed in Georgia for 29 years

State: Georgia

Acquired: 1996

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Law Offices of Careton R. Matthews

4820 Redan Rd Ste B, Stone Mountain, GA, 30088-2750

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Careton Ray Matthews's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

97 Client Reviews

Showing 6 - 7 of 7 reviews | General Knowledge

Posted by Timothy Hutton | July 14, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Not Guilty on ALL charges

Mr. Matthews represented me on a case I was just acquitted of TODAY. I was charged with Armed Robbery, 2 Counts of Aggravated Assault. 2 counts of Possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. We took it to trail and beat ALL CHARGES. I would recommend Mr. Matthews to anybody. He took his ti...me, discussed my case with me thoroughly and came up with an impeccable defense. Mr. Matthews is one of, if not the BEST attornies I have ever witnessed. I couldn't have chose a better man to defend me!

Posted by anonymous | April 07, 2015 | Criminal Defense

Bad

My boyfriend hired Mr.Matthews for a criminal defense matter. I totally wish we had did our research. I feel as if he told us what we wanted to hear to get our money for the case. He assured us that it was a weak case with lack of evidence and assured us he could beat the case. After we paid him in ...full he wasn't keeping us up to date on anything. I would call his phone and leave messages everyday it almost became impossible to contact him and find out what was going on as far as the case. Ultimately I felt like he lead us to believe he could beat the case up until 2 days prior to court. After weeks of calling him with no response he set up a meeting for us to meet him and he didn't show up so he decided to call us and tell us 2 days before the big court date that it was nothing he could do and advised my boyfriend to take the plea deal which was 20 years do 15. Of course we were devasted because the few time we would talk to Mr Matthews he kept saying he could beat the case. In court he seemed lost like he Knew nothing about the case. My boyfriend wasn't Happy with the deal but had no other choice because he told us if he took it to trial he would end up with 40 years. I wouldn't recommend this lawyer to anyone. He's the type to tell you anything to get your money. I felt like we paid him to do something a public defender could have done because he didn't help us at all. WE were not Happy with his representation and my opinion is he's not a good attorney.

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Litigation lawyer | Nov 12

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"I endorse this lawyer. I have known him for 10 years. Excellent litigator. Knows the law. Very professional. Highly recommend him."

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Criminal defense lawyer | Aug 12

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Rating:  7.0 (Very Good)

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