Jonathan James Luca

Mr. Luca was retained to be my divorce lawyer. All the filings and motions were in placed when hired. On the day of the divorce, my wife's lawyer filed for a continuance, because she had surgery 3 weeks before. Mr. Luca was emailed a picture from my sister, where my wife posted her picture in Faceboo...k, where she posed very healthy walking around the city. Instead of presenting this evidence to the judge, he gave the picture to her lawyer, without my consent. he did not realize that I was standing right behind me. the next day she took all picture of Facebook. I also had a VOP case where I had to face these charges, I retained his services, which I paid him 1500.00 upfront and I had paid him 1000.00 retainer fee for continuing my divorce proceedings, Well he did not file motion of appearance for the VOP court appearance. His paralegal told us, that he was going to send another lawyer in his place to represent me. Of course he denied all of this and ended up filing a motion of appearance the day before the court date at around four o'clock. He lied to us, because he said in an email, that he had filed a few days before. He never contacted me to consult the case with me. I had to retain the services of another lawyer, where she managed to get a continuance from the judge and a week later, proved my innocence. Mr. Luca was so unprepared but he failed to admit so. Also he never gave me a contract to signed for either cases. I had no idea that both fees were nonrefundable. Then to top things off, he sent me an invoice, with charges of services he did not perform. In other words he kept my 2500.00 I have given him all the opportunities to return my money. But he refuses to do so. I am a very forgiven person, but I have to let everybody know who I dealt with and don't wish this on anyone.

Jonathan really fought for me, and was a pillar of strength throughout my whole situation. He really knows his stuff, and replies quickly. He was never pushy and worked with me on money / payments. The only complaint I would have is he should've advised me to never talk to the police or authoritie...s, but otherwise I can't say enough good about him.