Mcneill Stokes

In April 2016 I hired Attorney Stokes to assist in getting parole for my fiance. At the the time I hired him I presented all the court paperwork showing my fiance was convicted of armed robbery. Attorney Stokes stated it was a process and he could possibly be home for the holidays, except armed robbe...ry is not eligible for parole, ever! Further, with the exception of one time and by his assistant about a week after hiring him, I did not receive one return phone call, only a copy of the letter from the parole board saying that armed robbery was not eligible for parole with a brief letter from Attorney Stokes that basically said, "here is the parole board's response..." I wish he's been honest at thr the beginning and told me that armed robbery was not eligible for parole and not that it was a process. I worked very hard for the legal fees paid to Attorney Stokes, very disappointed in his "parole specialty" practice, (his exact words).

This is by far the worst lawyer we have ever come across with. We were very unfamiliar with the judicial system when my boyfriend first ran into issues with the law. From the start, we had our reservations to hire him but he came highly recommended by someone with similar case circumstances. Little d...id we know. This lawyer is not honest, gives up false hopes and lies when telling you he is actively working on your case. This was confirmed when numerous times he could not remember the case itself and he would get it confused with another one. We had to constantly call to find out any progress on our case defense and it would take over a week to get a call back. There was an instance where we met with him and he thought he had the right case files and even addressed my boyfriend by someone else's name! All legal documents produced by him or his paralegal were riddled with typos. We literally built our own defense suggesting valid arguments based on the facts and our own research. When presented to him he would either dismiss them with no real reason as to why or he would never follow up on others even when he thought they were good to use. Please do your homework before you decide to hire him. He is not cheap and not worth the agony you go through with him when you know your case could be a winner and he simply does not deliver due to his lack of involvement, and blatantly shows he does have the best interest for you as a client. We should have fired him but we had already paid for his services. When a lawyer sits across from you while waiting for your verdict, and tells you it is a slam dunk and you know you will lose the case after witnessing his terrible performance, it is too late for you to do anything about it. We lost it but thank God we were able to hire a great team of lawyers who went beyond their duties to win our appeal and achieve what should have been the outcome of our trial.

After waiting for the court for 2 and a half years on pins and needles to make a decision on my case Stokes told me several times there was nothing he could do for me but wait.He refused to call the judge saying it would hurt my case. My daughter took it into her own hands made 2 phone calls and with...in a week I had my decision! I can't believe it was that easy and could of been handled a long time ago.Stokes was paid tens of thousands of dollars and now I'm searching for a new attorney because I have lost faith in Stokes. I also had other matters for him to take care of and nothing was done to resolve these issues either.