Derek M. Wright

I hired this lawyer in 2010 to represent me in a civil matter. From the very beginning I could see signs of this being a headache to deal with. Communication was horrible. In fact I had to reverse a payment made to Mr Wright because I could never get a return phone call. I received a few calls after ...that but they once again became obsolete. Over the course of the 3 years dealing with this case, I have probably have spoken to Mr Wright 7 times as he insists on doing business by text message. Months go by and I don't hear a word about my case, dare I call and ask but whenever I do I am told that he is the first to know whenever a ruling is made and once he knows I will know. Well on September 24th a ruling was made in my case. I didn't find out until October 23rd and that was because I googled the case to see if anything had come up. Low and behold I lost my case. One of the reasons were because he failed to respond to more than 3 motions. I immidietly got on the "text message" with him just for him to tell me he had not received anything. He promised to find out what happened and call me that night, which turned in to I'll call you in the morning which turned into I'm in court I'll call you shortly which turned into never hearing from him at all. I'm not sure how he sleeps at night knowing his level of professional service is so poor. Certainly this can't be the only way he feeds his family... Oh yeah that's right Stream Energy, he'll call you till 10 pm to set you up on that! Maybe he picks and chooses what case deserves the most attention and professionalism I'm not sure but I have received faster and more professional service from The DMV.

I contacted this attorney after my vehicle was damaged in the city of Atlanta, he spoke very eloquently and requested $500 to start the process of recovering the cost of my repairs. Immediately after I paid the $500, attorney Wright stopped answering my calls and emails. He had initially told me that... he expected to be able to settle my case in a few wks, however I never received a settlement and finally got an email from him 2 months later requesting additional monies.

I would not recommend this lawyer to someone who is very concerned about their case. He is not very good at informing his clients about the case and is usually not good about answering phone call. Although, he does leave messages when he calls back , he is vague and does not leave details. After my c...onsultation with him, he told us exactly what he was going to do and a time span but failed to comply with his word. During my case he took a 10 day vacation and after promising to work on our case during his vacation , he did not return any phone calls and we knew nothing about a hearing that was set on Monday (during his vacation) . He seems very optimistic in person but once gone, it is very hard to trust him .

I met this attorney back in 2000 while sitting in the courtroom waiting for my case to be call. We had NEVER talked or seen each other before then. He was actually there to represent someone else. He asked me what was I there for aftering talking he said I'll take your case, both cases, only charg...ed me 1/8 what everyone else wanted to charge me for 1 case. He told me he would get them both dismissed. Yes, he was hard to reach at times, I wasn't his only client, Yes he was late for arraignment, but he got there and got the 1st case dismissed. The second case he informed me late in the evening we were going to trial the following morning. I am proud to say that case was also thrown out. He did exactly what he sai. It's called patience. Now he's handling my divorce and I'm not worried at all. No one is perfect. So he made a mistake. Ye without sin cast the first stone..