John Arnold Cook

Unfortunately, Mr. Cook makes promises to clients that he is unable to keep. I hired him for the sole purpose that he agreed to a set fee of $750 that he said would be sufficient to take a misdemeanor case from arraignment to trial. When he realized the prosecution was unprepared on the trial date, h...e stood by and allow them to get a dismissal without prejudice, with full knowledge that they would refile the case. It was my request that he do a trial, but he insisted upon just allowing them to dismiss it. They did in fact refile the exact same case within hours, and at this point, Mr. Cook demanded an additional $3000 to continue with the case. I feel that Mr. Cook made promises that he couldn't keep, and effectively ripped me off in the process since I would have certainly went with another attorney had he not assured me that the entire case would only cost $750.