James Edward Moon

James Moon

This post is for a client that was represented in approximately 2002 or so. Naturally, he would not leave his first and last name for people to be able to look up his own record and court involvement. This former client was disgruntled well after voluntarily entering a plea to a battery charge against an innocent victim who he had struck in the face and body with his fists during an unprovoked attack. His complaints as to representation didn't appear until he violated probation and was facing a jail sentence and needed an excuse to have a plea withdrawn. He indicated to the court he took the plea as he did not want to risk a trial. He changed his story when he attempted to have the plea removed after his violation. The court had a transcript of his prior plea and disallowed his motion. He continued to deny that he voluntarily entered a plea despite having raised his hand and swearing to tell the truth and entering the plea. He was subsequently arrested multiple times after this one case, one matter for allegedly beating a woman's face into the ground, another for burglary, another for theft, and other charges for driving without a license. At one point, he was jailed for a considerable period of time. He also had injunctions to prevent violence entered against him because of his anger issues and mental instability. I did not represent him on the other cases, purely out of safety issues for myself, my staff and my family. Not surprisingly, he had "issues" with every attorney that represented him. It got to the point where he harassed myself and my staff that we contemplated taking out restraining orders. On one occasion, approximately four years after representing him, I ran into him at a grocery store and the next morning my vehicle's tires were slashed. Another time, he embarrassed himself by approaching a friend and myself in a restaurant. His public record can be viewed at www.collierclerk.com. This unfortunately is one of the drawbacks of a career such as mine. From time to time, there are those clients who no matter what, blame all of their life problems on to the attorney and everyone else instead of accepting responsibility for their own actions - in this case, violence toward others and an inability to control his own actions - as the reason they are where they are.