Jonathan Everett Mills

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.

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.

Many other attorneys were reluctant to take me and told me my chances of winning were slim to none and that I could be in court for years. I was referred to Mr. Mills by another attorney who said that he had more experience with my type of case and when I first consulted him he said it was a slam dun...k. After hearing so many lawyers tell me otherwise I was very reluctant to trust that but felt he was my best option being the only one I could find that had real experience with this type of legal matter. When I first met with him in person he had printed out the case law and highlighted and explained the verbiage that helped me to understand how he would argue my case and why the law was indeed on my side. After sending him a full history of my case (being VERY transparent about ALL the facts and negative factors on BOTH sides of the issue) I could tell Mr. Mills understood my hesitation to be confident, but insisted that the interpretation of the law regarding my case would control in our favor. When he had all the facts and saw the breadth of nastiness and injustice that had led to this action, I could tell my case got under his skin... Not all cases are so much about moral rights and wrongs but it certainly seemed to make him significantly more zealous toward our cause (not that he wasn't dedicated before but it seems a fire was lit after he realized that not only was he on the right side of the law but the right side of the matter- which made me respect him even more.) Mr. Mills is a very no-nonsense lawyer... My case was very emotional as are most cases involving family, and when talking about it it was difficult not to become upset. Mr. Mills while understanding was also firm in redirecting me in our conversations all in preparing me for the court date. He helped me to understand what was relevant and not relevant in court regarding the facts of my case. My case took two days and many hours in court and the law found in our favor. I cannot say enough about how dedicated, involved, and professional Mr. Mills was in working on my case. My case was extremely difficult and unique and the area of law (guardianship) and statutes related are still blurry and not well defined but his tireless efforts and research of all related cases were evident in court when he argued my case. I don't believe I could have found a better lawyer for the job and the results of his efforts in this action have enriched and changed our lives for the better! Aside from being extremely knowledgeable, professional, and dedicated Mr. Mills is a bulldog. He certainly won't back down when he knows that the law is in your favor despite the great efforts of the other party (at least in my case) to muddle the picture. I HIGHLY recommend Mr. Mills as an attorney, and myself would definitely use him again if needed.