David William Batchelder Jr.

I retained David Batchelder and it was one big mistake on my part. I had already been through the disability process with the court and ALL the paperwork had been done previously. It was just a formality to appear before the judge, as I had learned I was already approved for benefits and the only thi...ng I was lacking was a lawyer to represent me. I briefly spoke with David Bachelder over the phone and signed a contract with him through the mail. I met him the day of my hearing. We appeared before the judge and I was immediately granted SSDI and all back payments. Afterwards, it was taking forever it seemed to get my benefits. But every time I tried getting in touch with David Batchelder, he would not return any of my calls. Long story short, I finally get my back pay, and find out that this attorney ignored our contract ($3000 fee), drew up a new contract without telling me, and first asked the judge to grant a fee of over $19,500!!, and that is what held up my benefits. The fee was eventually caught by SSDI. Batchelder then re submitted paperwork asking for $10,000, and for some reason it was granted to him. I finally found out about the discrepancy, tried to argue it, but it was too late. And if he did it to me, he's done it before and will do it again. Now I am out thousands of dollars. I wish I had found an honest atty.