Ben Brennan Horan

i have hired Mr Horan twice in the past for two different reasons. both times I was very pleased with the outcome as to how things turned out. in one situation I had another attorney and he dropped the ball and did nothing for me. Mr Horan picked up what he dropped and cleaned things up if you will.... I've have hired him for a third time and have complete trust in him. he's a straight shooter. tells you what it's going to take and most likely what the end result will be. sometimes good people make a mistake. I have much trust that Mr Horan will help me out once again. personally speaking if I had any doubts I would have never called his office.

Horan treated me like he was prosecuting me rather than representing me. He ignored (NOT just evidence), but PROOF I supplied, and didn't bring it to court. I made it clear that my intent was to be found not guilty, but he only wanted to take the easy way out and get charges dropped. He pushed me thr...ough assembly line justice. Then he left me in court so he could take his kid to karate class (I kept the proof in his text). He threw me to the wolves. I felt more abused after dealing with him than I did when falsely arrested. Seriously, for your own sake, choose someone else.

Mr. B. Brennan Horan failed to timely address a pretrial Motion concerning admissibility of evidence. Thus, it was not until the criminal trial was set to begin that the Motion received any hearing. The judge was critical of Horan because it had to be hurriedly addressed before trial could begin. ...Then the matter was not resolved in the limited time available and was left until trial before being ruled upon. During the trial Horan could not prevent the Motion from being summarily ruled against, and the very damaging evidence was allowed. Whether its admissibility was appropriate or not, the fact there was insufficient time for the Motion to receive a full and complete hearing in Chamber, before the trial, was because of Horans' failure to address it in a timely manner. Next, as the trial began, Horan had to ask his client for another copy of the pertinent information his client previously provided, and which he had failed to bring to court. Again he was not properly prepared for the trial. Also, Horan returned late from the lunch recess and was admonished by the judge for delaying the preceedings. Horan handled the Appeal of the case. His client asked to review the Appeal before it was submitted to the court, but Horan did not allow this. And in its unfavorable written ruling, the appellate court was critical of Horan for citing no case law in support of the Appeal. At the Sentencing hearing Horan was totally unprepared. He did not mention to his client to provide any character witnesses on his behalf. He was not prepared to challenge a damaging and specious letter he was aware of, and that his client told him would likely be used at that hearing. It seems now, as it did then, that Horan was no more informed than his client about what to expect at that Sentencing hearing. These were my experiences with Horan, and my core criticisms of his professional service.