Jonathan Everett Mills

Hired this guy to do the most simple of tasks...write a letter, forward a copy of a Will to my late spouse's family members, and draw up a new Will for myself. He sent me an email stating he had sent the letters and forwarded the Will. After several weeks, I called to see when he and I could meet ...up to draw up my Will, as I had already paid for all these services. He didn't return my initial call, so I called back a couple of days later. He picked up the phone and yelled at me, " Where's the fire!" Then told me he'd get to it eventually, stating "I'm busy!" He never called or reached out, and he never drew up my Will, despite having been paid for it. About two months later the Sheriff beat on my front door because the Will he stated that he had forwarded to family was never actually forwarded and the family and their attorney couldn't get Jon to return a single phone call or email, so they had to get a court order for a copy of my late spouses Will and had papers served on me. I finally got in touch with Jon myself whose response was, " Well, I thought I sent it." He also never filed my late spouses Will with the courts because it required him to drive 20 minutes to do so. He was just waiting on when it was convenient for him. It had been months at this point. I had to hire another attorney who handled everything perfectly within 3 days time. Jon never refunded the money I had paid, although he didn't perform the tasks he was hired to do. I have since discovered he has a longstanding reputation for doing these very things in the legal circle in Athens and surrounding counties. This was my experience dealing with Jon Mills. I found this man to be extremely unprofessional and dishonest in his dealings with me.

Appointed attorney to represent estate of my late father. Jon is the most arrogant, mean hearted person I’ve encountered in a long time. On top of that, he doesn’t reply to emails, does not communicate with his clients at all and appears to only care about the money he is going to receive. I woul...dn’t recommend this attorney to anyone. He doesn’t know how to listen to others due to his argumentative nature and narcissism. He refuses to fulfill his sworn duties as the fiduciary for the estate causing a hardship on the family of the deceased.

Jon was handling a simple civil case and just stopped communicating in the middle of the case. Will not answer calls or emails after numerous attempts on our part. Finally hired a real professional lawyer and resolved the issue quickly. Jon is arrogant and a poor communicator with a God complex. He h...as no idea what the word humble means. Complete waste of time hiring him.

Jon is born to do this job. He's SO quick-witted and knowledgeable that in the courtroom (or mediation), you will have a HUGE upper hand by having him as your representation. He helped me with estate, corporate, and family law. In each and every case, he simply amazes me. I'm not saying he's a perfec...t person - there are days when he's clearly in a bad mood. And I don't blame him - I would imagine being a lawyer is a very stressful job. On those days, try to have some thick skin and remember he's not mad at you, he's just having a bad day! He's a great person. He fights hard for you and tries to get what you deserve, always. He looks out for you, and your family. I'm so blessed to have him as my attorney.

I hired Jon for a simple pre-trial dismissal. He offered a discount, and seemed kind enough, initially. Fast forward to when we're finally in the process of getting it expunged, and he's a nightmare. He never returns emails, and on the phone he outright said he "couldn't believe we were harassin...g him so much when we only paid _____." News flash, Jon, we wouldn't "harass" you if you would return our attempts at contacting you. Furthermore, starting July 28, I sent him five emails—one every few weeks—simply trying to find out the current status of my case. The fifth one I sent today, October 22, and he finally responded—to tell me, out of the blue, he was firing me as a client, "given the circumstances." This came as a shock, and when I asked what "the circumstances" were, his response was, and I quote, "The circumstances are that I am tired of your e-mails." Once again, Jon... if you hadn't taken almost three months to respond to a single, simple status check, I obviously wouldn't have had any reason to send more than one email. He further expressed frustration that I, at one point earlier in the year, had taken over a month to respond to an email from him. That's true, I had done that. But when I did respond to it after that month and a half, I expressed sincere apologies and explained I had totally forgotten because I'd been traveling, I was sorry it took so long, it wouldn't happen again. Not to mention, prior to this incident, he was already almost as bad at responding and would require multiple emails to receive any kind of reply. And he certainly never expressed any indication he was harboring some kind of long-standing grudge about it. Bottom line, don't hire Jon unless you want someone who will tell you to your face you didn't pay him enough and someone who will ignore your emails for three months, then fire you for trying to get in contact with him.