Kelvin Cedell Pulley

WARNING!!! Please DO NOT retain this lawyer for anything! I had the worse experience with this law office. This attorney Kelvin Pulley told me lie after lie. He took my money easily, but I had to repeatedly ask him to do the work he was hired to do. Of course he was paid in full. He did NOT show up ...for my court case, he did NOT file the necessary paperwork for a continuous and he did NOT inform me about a court date. I was notified by a bank garnishment, stating I failed to appear for 2 (TWO) court appearances I knew nothing about. So I had to pay this “so call” attorney $3,500, in addition to loosing my case by default, which cost me almost $7,000. This attorney failed terribly at the job he was paid to do. I even asked him to please file the paper work, so I would have the opportunity to have my case heard before the Judge. I was never given a chance at justice. Actually hiring this person made things worse. He literally just took my money, and then started having personal and more important business issues. These more pressing issues, he had, lasted over a year. But he wasn’t too busy to take my money. He seemed as though he had conspired with the opposing attorney and just didn’t do anything in my favor, so that they can win. He admitted to speaking with the opposing attorney and scheduling a court date, but failed to tell me anything about it, failed to file the necessary paperwork for a continuous (since he was so busy) and he failed to show up for the case himself. Had I known about the court dates myself, I would have gone without my “so call” attorney. I knew nothing about it. Please, Please, please don’t become a victim as I have. I don’t have a lot of dealings with attorneys, but after this encounter with this attorney, and if this is the standard of attorneys, we as consumers, or potential clients are in a world of despair. This was not right! This was not fair! I notified him immediately after I received notice of this garnishment, and now he says “I’m gone get your money back” and “I’m gone file an emergency hearing” LIES LIES LlES.. haven’t heard from him and this has been about 6 months ago. But of course I wasn’t expecting to hear from him. Because how can you do all this “emergency” stuff and YOU could not make the scheduled cases. If anyone has any questions please email me [email protected]. I have verification of every written word in this review. I don’t know what law he is practicing, but I advise you not to hire him to represent an ant! I mean NOTHING! And by the way, I had to choose a rating to post, so I did the 1 star. He’s actually negative 5. Not worthy of a star. No not 1!

I was doing research hoping to find a lawyer to hire. I was trying to find a local lawyer and Kelvin Pulley's name appeared in my searches. Doing my due diligence, I investigated his cases to determine if he was a suitable fit for my situation and I was so glad I did! I noticed his wording on file...d documents was less than professional but more importantly I discovered that he had been sanctioned for not doing his job. He was representing a client and ignored orders to submit additional papers TWICE. The judge in the case sanctioned him and ordered him to complete two CLE courses. This information is found in the Court Docket of Judge Aycock on November 8, 2023 : "Recognizing Plaintiff's counsel's complete failure to comply with a basic directive from this Court (on two occasions), the Court finds a sanction to be warranted. Therefore, Plaintiff's counsel is hereby ORDERED to complete two continuing legal education (“CLE”) courses regarding his duty to the courts. The courses may be found at msbar.fastcle.com under Young Lawyers Division → Duty to the Courts. Plaintiff's counsel is instructed to complete the courses titled “Tips for Avoiding Running Afoul of the Court” and “A View from the Inside: What the Courts Expect of Attorneys.” Counsel shall complete the courses within fourteen (14) days of today's date. Counsel is further instructed to send certificates of completion of those two courses to [email protected]. Should counsel fail to do so, the Court will impose further sanctions, as necessary. " The heading for this attorney on Avvo said that "no actions were found" which is obviously not the case In light of the other review, I felt it was important to make this information available to others.

On March 2, 2020, I entered into an oral contract with Mr. Pulley. He charged $650 dollars to represent me on 2 distributing the peace charges. He stated that I could pay him $400 and the remaining $250 balance would not be required if I lost my cases. I handed him a $400 dollar check and two large b...rown vanilla folders. One folder contained affidavits, summons, and confidential personal information. The other folder contained a handwritten timeline that included attached emails and attached handwritten corresponding notes. Attorney Pulley stated, "Um not like a lot of lawyers who take your money and you never hear from them. Hear, um gonna give you my cellphone number." He then called my phone. As I was leaving, Pulley stated that he was taking his daughter on vacation and that he would be out of the office the rest of the week. On March 9, 2020, I text Attorney Pulley stating that I had the video converted to a DVD. No reply. On March 12, 2020, I text Attorney Pulley asking him, "Are we still on?" No reply. My court date was March 19, 2020. On March 14, 2020, I called Attorney Pulley's phone number 2 times. His answering service recorded the calls. He did not reply. On March 16, 2020, I text Attorney Pulley informing him that I would be terminating his legal services. He replied and sat the time of 1 p.m. on March 17, 2020 for me to meet him at his office. On March 17, 2020, at 12:50 p.m., I tried to open Attorney Pulley's door. It was locked. I reentered my vehicle and called Attorney Pulley. No answer. That is when I noticed his 10:56 a.m. text stating, he had to rush his daughter to the hospital and desiring to rescheduled our meeting to Wednesday and "I have all of your information as well at my home to review for our meeting tomorrow morning." I text him saying, "Just got your text message. I am at your office." We exchanged several messages. I terminated his services and asked him to refund my $400 and my documents. He said he would; he did not. I sent him a certified mail threatening to file civil charges against him for my money and the return of my documents. He said I would have it on March 24, 2020. Did not happen. On March 31, 2020, he overnighted my money but not my documents. On April 7, 2020 @ 7:47 p.m. he text "You should have documents tomorrow." He lied. On April 10, 2020 @ 8:43 a.m., he text "There was a mistake in that I put the wrong zip code. I have the papers back. I can leave your papers in my mailbox at my office for you, or I can resend them today." Because I was at work; I replied, "At work. Resend." He lied. On April 22,2020 @ 12:57 p.m., he texted "Your documents were overnighted by mail today. Check your PO Box tomorrow. Sorry for the delay. Due to the Coronavirus, I have not been to my office as I didn't want to endanger my elderly grandmother who I help to take care for. He lied. Prior to this last lie, I contacted Mississippi Bar Association. Attorney Pulley informed them that he had mailed my documents. On April 24, 2020, @ 6:40 p.m., I emailed Attorney Pulley. I asked him to provide me with the tracking number. He did not reply. All of the messages that we exchanged are on my phone and my computer. If Attorney Pulley mailed my documents as he informed Mississippi Bar Association; where is his proof. In his April 22, 2020 text, he stated he was overnighting the documents. If he did that, he would have been provided a receipt. This is an honest summary of my dealing with Attorney Pulley. You decide which of the two of us is lying.