Steven Craig Goddard

I was referred to Mr. Goddard by the North Law Firm as a workers compensation specialist. Mr. Goddard took over my case after a several month stand-off regarding my settlement, he secured a settlement within 30 days and increased the value of the settlement by several thousand dollars. I would recomm...end Mr. Goddard to anyone who has need of a workers compensation attorney.

You almost expectant to be ignored, lied to and victimized by your employer & work comp insurance adjuster. But by your own attorney whom you hired to look after your best interests? This is exactly what happened to me after I made the mistake of hiring Stephen Goddard to handle my work comp case.... He definitely said what I needed to hear during a point in my life where I was out of work, in pain and had no idea what to do next. The funny thing is, here I am a year later and still in the same situation. Not one time has he advocated for me in my time of need or even pointed me in the direction I need to go. Emails go unanswered. Questions are flat-out ignored, if you are "lucky enough" to get a vague cookie cutter response. Phone call back? LOL Yeah, right. Then I find out they have completely undervalued my case, as I questioned him all along, but was told I was wrong. No explanation why. Just told I was wrong. They don't even bother to keep your contact information up to date, even though you have copies of the ignored emails that were sent with new address and phone numbers. They keep sending time sensitive deposition and mediation notices to old addresses. Don't bother asking what is going on or for someone to explain anything, because it won't happen. Stephen didn't even bother to show up to a deposition that I drove (well....spouse drove) 7 hours to get to, because Stephen Goddard didn't keep my address updated. Oh....but the letter telling me of the deposition did get to me 3 DAYS before (after letter was dated and then postmarked 7 days after) What a joke. I am getting away while I can.

Steve was assigned to me from a large law firm in my area. From the very beginning of my case I had issues with him returning my phone calls. His assistant promises to return all calls within 24 hours. The only way to get a response from him or his assistant was a threat to call the Florida BAR on hi...m. I was that close to ending my relationship with Mr.Goddard, but decided to give him another shot, which was a mistake on my part. He failed to tell me a mediation was scheduled resulting in the Carrier filing an Order to Show Cause for my failure to appear. My wife had to send a letter to the judge informing her that Mr.Goddard never sent us notice of said mediation. The next mediation that was scheduled he failed to tell me it was cancelled resulting in me showing up and no one being there. I had another surgery after all this, and mediation was set and he was a no show. I have proof of all this and it is my intention to file a complaint against Mr.Goddard in the immediate future.