Rex Barron Abernathy

I payed this lawyer $15,000 for a criminal case. He never returned phone calls, never let us know what was going on in the case, never let us know of any evidence he may or may not have had, never brought us in to explain anything stating,"he didn't want to get personally involved." Advised us to not... accept a plea bargain with no jail time and ended up not going to trial and receiving a plea bargain with 20 years serve 5. After he received his $15,000, he acted as though he could care less about his client. As far as I know he never even listened to the interrogation tape until the morning of the trial which was to late then to try to defend it. From the time we hired him until the case went to trial (which it never really made it to trial) was 1 year and 4 months during which time he did nothing. Not anything he ever let us know, we were told that he could "blow holes" in the case and had nothing to worry about. All he cared about was getting the money and cared less about his client.

I am writing this review on Rex B. Abernathy, an attorney with Cook & Connelly located at 9899 Commerce Street, Summerville, Georgia 30747. This review is based on factual information, which Mr. Abernathy was informed would be conducted if communication was not held with this client by May 13, 2013.... This review is written on May 15, 2013 as I extended Rex Abernathy the professional courtesy of two additional days. In October 2013 I started conducting interviews for an attorney to represent someone for a parole violation. I interviewed numerous attorneys and decided to secure the services of Mr. Abernathy who initially returned phone calls and made himself available prior to receiving any money. Initially, Mr. Abernathy informed me that he would charge a one-time fee of $3,000 but afterwards changed that amount to $5,000, which I agreed to pay. Mr. Abernathy was paid in full the amount of $5,000 during the first week of December 2013. Once payment was received, Mr. Abernathy failed to communicate with his client or me in any form whatsoever other than a two text messages stating he would call on a certain date, which he never fulfilled the last being on May 13, 2013. Since December 2013, there had been 9 messages left at his office (which one was returned by text message informing me not to harass his office staff), 3 facsimiles sent, and over 50 text messages requesting communication. As of the date of this review, Mr. Abernathy has yet to respond fulfill his obligation of communicating with his client. It has been almost six months and Rex Abernathy has failed to communicate with his client by in person visit, phone conference or US Mail and has failed to reach out to me in any form of substance. I have secured the services of many attorneys for business ligation, family law, real estate, and criminal defense that span over 25 years and in the excess of a million dollars in fees. I understand the need in legal matters to be patience and understanding to receive the best outcome. However, after paying an attorney $5,000 and not receiving any form of communication should be a red flag for anyone looking to be represented in a professional manner. I am sharing my experience with this law firm and attorney and you could receive a different outcome if you hire Rex Abernathy. However, I would strongly recommend you do your own due diligence to prevent having the same experience I have had over the past six months.