Joseph Paul Lynn

I hired Mr. Lynn on 11-20-2020 to handle two cases in Alabama, one in Mobile and one in Montgomery. I explained all of the complicated issues that both cases involved. He agreed and I paid him a deposit for both cases. Let me be very clear, when he did his job, he did it well, my issues are how he ha...s repeatedly ignored me and was dishonest to me over the course of almost 3 years (today is 10-16-23). I cannot count the dozens and dozens of voicemails, texts, and emails that were never answered. Most of the issues that I paid him to do are complete. However, I still need a letter/form from him to basically state part of what he was (already) paid to do, when I asked him (AGAIN) to do this, his answer was NO, I AM DONE. The case in Montgomery was closed on 9-2-23. I emailed, called, and texted him the entire month of September and the first 2 weeks of October to get the status of the case (with no response at all from Mr. Lynn). On 10-13-23, I called the court clerk in Montgomery and that is how I found out it was closed (not from Mr. Lynn). I asked Mr. Lynn why it took me doing that to get the information - he had no reply to that. If you have ANYTHING that is time-consuming DO NOT USE J. Paul Lynn!! If you need something simple that is done and paid for at the same time, then he is probably ok to use. I will be filing a grievance with the Alabama State Bar Association. Like I stated earlier, not only did he ignore me, but he lied to me several times (about things that he really should not have lied to me about-one of those lies was about his cousin owning a hotel in the Jacksonville, FL area and at the time I was repeatedly going there for treatment at the Mayo Clinic. He told me that he had emailed his cousin and I could stay 2 nights for free - I did not ask Mr. Lynn to do this, he offered. When I showed up at the hotel they did have a not reservation for me and had not heard of Mr. Lynn or his cousin - it was embarrassing - I tried to contact Mr. Lynn while I was at the hotel but he never replied. I never got an explanation for it either). I was completely transparent with him throughout everything and paid him as soon as I received an invoice. The final payment for one of the cases - he did not have the deposit that I paid him in November 2020 on the invoice (was charging me again) - he said he did not keep his records that long??!! It has been less than 3 years - not very long to keep financial records (the IRS suggests keeping financial records for 7 years - Mr. Lynn is in business for himself AND an attorney, not only should he know this but he should be doing this for his own sake and his own records). So I emailed him a copy of his own receipt. I think that made him upset, but I told him all along I keep a record of everything. If Mr. Lynn reads this - I want him to know that I did not want to write a negative review about him. I have begged and pleaded with him to finish the job he was paid, in full, to do. (The reason he was paid in full before the job was complete is because he said he would not finish the job until I paid him in full). Everything that I have written is completely, 100% true and I have emails, text messages, and my phone records showing where I repeatedly called him and did not get a response for over a month at times - it usually took him, on average, 2 weeks to reply to a single message. Good luck if you decide to use him. I pray he stops treating his clients this way and treats his clients the way he would want himself or a loved one treated - which I said to him several times.