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Posted by Shane Jenkins | April 27, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Child custody

Hired John for a shared custody hearing and it took 7 months of zero phone calls unless I called 1st and me threatening to go sit in his office daily for him to make a move on my case countless phone calls unanswered dozens of emails unanswered was discouraging. He is Gung ho at the consultation but ...after he has your money you can hang it up. I will say I did win my case and in thankful the judge seen I was a fit parent because he wanted to prepare got the case one hour before we went to trial when he had the evidence 2 weeks prior when he finally ask for something from me. This review will never hurt his practice but if one person goes elsewhere I've done a good deed choose wisely folk

Posted by anonymous | November 16, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Traffic Citation

I hired John Holt before researching his practice. He seemed gun-ho like others said in the beginning. He does not return calls in a timely manner. I had to call him numerous times to get a status on my case. He seemed clue-less because his workload is too much. He will take on your case and yo...ur money to have you believing your case is an easy case that he can resolve in your favor. Which in my case never happened, his customer service is horrible. I would not recommend him even if he was for free. My only mistake was hiring him, all of the reviews you've read are similar to me there has to be some validity to these reviews. He is not personal with his clients and he makes you feel like he's rushes you off the telephone as if you are bothering him. He should NEVER practice law, he is an embarrassment to all lawyers! I'm not giving him one star, he does not deserve it nor did he earn it. I will most likely be firing him and hiring a new lawyer.

Posted by anonymous | April 04, 2014

Caution - too busy for personal attention

He usually has too many cases going on at same time. Many scheduling conflicts. Actually failed ot show at a hearing and didn't contact his client until hours afterward. Seems very gung-ho in the begining, but once he has your money, good luck getting him to do something constructive. Extremely d...ifficult and frustrating. Since I had to fire him and have not gone back to court, I don't know what the ramifications of his inaction will be..

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