Derek M. Wright

Attorney Derek Wright!! This man is a crook and a liar! He abandoned my son's case & he's only been hired for 3 months and refuses to answer any calls or texts to explain why he thinks he's going to take our money & abandon my son's case! He never showed up for court on time or visited my son, he mad...e promise after promise & assured us he would fight for my son. He used a juvenile excuse saying me the mom called & texted too much about the case.. how else was the family supposed to get updates on the case because he never called or did the job he was paid for!! I wish I had seen the negative reviews on "FindLaw" of other clients complaining about how incompetent he is before we hired this clown or even the complaint with the board that shows his history of being a liar!! Do not hire this wannabe Johnny Cochran because he doesn't have the experience to do the job....if you do hire him you'll regret it, save yourself the trouble! He's a hypocrite

I have dealed with Derek several times and have recommended him to a few people I know. He had always been solid with me and responsive. In February 2022 I called and asked him about filing a divorce for me. He told me he could do it and to send him the details he needed with $700 to start the filing.... I cashapped him the money and things went radio silent. I reached out a couple time, sometimes he responds, most of the time he doesn’t. It’s been two months and I can’t find anything with the courts regarding my divorce. I reached out to the State of Georgia Bar and they advised me to send either an email or a certified letter to Derek(Contact the Client Assistance Program at 404-527-8759.). After that file a grievance with them (https://www.gabar.org/forthepublic/fileacomplaint.cfm). I’m one step away from filing the complaint, but all I want is my money back or proof that the divorce has been filed.

Mr. Wright was my divorce attorney. I was married for 23 years and I have 2 boys in college. My divorce was very emotional and stressful. He had clear expectations from day one. I was very impressed the day I hired him. He really fought on my behalf and produce results. He was responsive, attenti...ve, thorough and dependable. He helped me achieve a very fair and reasonable settlement. I am very happy with the outcome of my case and I highly recommend Mr. Wright's excellent legal services!

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.