Shaun Carl Southworth

Hiring Southworth PC was the biggest mistake of my life. I had a very strong case as I was employed by my federal agency for 33 years with a meticulous record and many awards. This is a fact. Shaun Southworth, although on initial contact seems nice, is actually a very nasty and arrogant man. I was a... client for 5 years He took my money in increments of $5,000 and used it up rapidly .. with no visible result …this is a fact. When my funds ran out he put me on a payment plan and then my case was reassigned to Georgia Lawrence. She provided poor communication, filed everything at the last minute and did not seem to ever comprehend the facts of my case. I had a grueling 6.5 hour deposition with the US Justice Department. She was on Zoom supposedly supporting me. She came back from lunch 20 minutes late which really irritated the Justice Department attorney then had to leave for an hour to speak to another judge on another case … leaving me on my own … then when she came back from that meeting she forgot to turn off her video .. and there was Georgia Lawrence sitting in her car! It was so embarrassing and unprofessional. This is a fact.. I fought this case for five years finally getting to US Federal Court and Georgia filed my case in the wrong format so the Federal Judge disregarded ALL of my disputed facts using the Justice Department ‘s overly false narrative to dismiss my case. Shaun’s response to me was basically “well all courts and states are different!” That’s a fact. Isn’t that what his job is .. to know how to properly file a case in the proper format in Federal Court? He was supposedly monitoring my case. He took no responsibility for this mistake and damaging loss. He then immediately dropped me as a client for no reason. He refused to even explain the Judges decision to me… this is a fact. he refused to respond to my subsequent inquiries as of what to do. This is a fact. I have no means to Appeal now. This loss was devastating both financially and emotionally. I too am filing a complaint with the FTC and Bar Association and hope that anyone else who has been hurt by this unscrupulous law firm will do the same. This should not stand. I had hundreds of pages of emails and witnesses to support my case that never was considered partially because Shaun refused to depose my witnesses to save money even though I asked, for repeatedly, so nothing was on record in support of my case. This is a fact. It was an epic fail and it all goes back to Shaun Southworth . Yes Georgia Lawrence is incapable but Shaun is ultimately responsible. I am devastated by this as my 33 year career meant a lot to me. Please do not make the mistake I did and please do your homework. Seek out his negative reviews. I have been monitoring and screenshotting his negative reviews for several years now and there is a pattern If enough people file complaints something may happen. I once thought early on these poor reviews were reflective of perhaps clients that lost their case and were just upset but when you read them and they reflect exactly what you were put through by Southworth PC ( i. e. excessive billing, rudeness, Georgia Lawrence filing your case wrong ( that is literally in three reviews and it happened to me as well!) not returning calls, not listening to you … not bothering to fully understand the actual facts of your case … etc etc)you come to realize that this is an indisputable pattern of doing business for Southworth PC. This is a fact. This is a pattern. It is not without basis. I lived it. Shaun once told me to shut up! He thought I didn’t know what I was talking about but when he finally listened to what I was saying he realized I was right and knew what I was talking about … he offered no apology. This is a fact! It really was a horrible experience from start to finish working with this law firm. The frustration was off the charts.