Richard Shannon Lord

Did a great job on my wills, power of attorney, and other estate planning documents. He took time with me and listened to me, explained the law and the documents, and did not make me wait. It also did not take him long to prepare drafts of the documents for me to review. When I had a question, he ...was prompt to reply to me and answer. All of these type documents can be quite confusing but he made it relatively simple and painless. Though I don't use lawyers very often, If anything else comes up, I plan to check with him first.

I hired him for a divorce case, and after 5 months he never even requested any discovery documents from my spouses attorney. When I questioned him about that and what he was doing for me, he claimed he must have forgot to do that, then he sent a withdrawal request into the court and notified me after... the fact, stating that I owed him too much money. He only sent me the bill 2 weeks ago for $1500.00 and claimed I had not paid him. He knows how to send a bill but that's about all...

I had been out of town and had to get someone last minute to file an answer and represent me. We got it all ready and filed on time. He charged less of a fee than I was quoted by two other lawyers and kept track of his time well. He returned my phone calls and emails in a reasonable amount of tim...e if he was ever in court or out of the office. He seemed prepared when we appeared in court. He asked to meet with me prior to the hearing an additional time, we had already met more than once, but I could not get off from work another day. The case turned out ok and when we were at court he showed me and gave me copies of the law as I had asked for.

Richard Lord did not read through my documents nor did he research anything in my case. I had to indicate I wanted to counter claim, I was not asked. I did not feel like I received any due diligence. I had no help with answering interrogatories and admissions. His request for admissions and interr...ogatories read like a template. He did not call me, but I communicated with him to guide my case. When the opposing side agreed to meet, as I requested, Richard Lord said NOTHING during the meeting. He did not want to prepare or strategize before the meeting. He did no follow up . Then, unexpectedly he proceeded to withdraw from my case by sending me a certified return receipt letter. He had no valid reason, he just made up one. He said I did not pay my bills and I had.

I hired Mr. Lord and though he had a very rough way of talking and discussing my case I hired him. Throughout my case he was neglectful, did not follow up with me or the opposing attorney. Routinely, sent things to me at the last minute, which caused me to rush around to complete a task he should h...ave given me ample time to complete. He was often rude, and did little to ease my fears. He also did not do much for my case. He left many things unfinished and I was left misinformed. He is not very knowledgeable and truly behaves like he does not take pride in his work or representing a client. I would never hire him again and warn all that I know to do the same.