Mark Joseph Lavelle

When I first met with Mark Lavelle he was "Sooo interested"... I was impressed thinking he would take care of my case. I was totally fooled by him. He talked with me twice over 3 months, sent me a reminder that he needed more money. I had paid him 90% of his fee before court. He never met with me ov...er waiting 3 months for pretrial to discuss his plan on representing me. Then when it came time to represent me in my misdemeanor case I had to call his office to have his legal aid remind him and make sure he knew I was to be in court that very evening. That night at court he BARELY SAID HELLO ( no pre discussion of how he intended to represent me ). Instead he went into the private office of the asst. prosecutor alone. He "sold me down the river". I wanted to go to trial knowing I was falsely accused...... I was not part of the pretrial which means I sat out in the hall while he met with the asst. prosecutor. He settled my case alright. FIFTEEN DAYS HOUSE ARREST. One yr. probation (plead guilty) for a misdemeanor..... Also it was considered a parole VIOLATION. All penalties, fines, were sprung on me without consulting with me..... I was HUSTLED QUICKLY in front of the Judge and then he BLEW OUT of the court while I was paying fines/ arrangements for ankle monitor, etc. .... I could not go anywhere. He told me that I would be able to grocery shop, also see my doctor. I was not allowed out of range of a monitor inside my home.. I tried reaching him with no answer to my calls. I would have been better off to represent myself. LOUSY

Attorney Lavelle was extremely personable from the moment I went to my first meeting with him. I was able to let go of the nerves I was feeling due to my particular situation we were handling and this made the process so much easier. Attorney Lavelle responded almost immediately to all of my messag...es, listened to what I needed, and I got the exact results I expected. He was recommended by one of my former attorneys and it did not disappoint.

Awful!!! Lied to me about several issues in divorce and then 2 years after I find out that he misrepresented me. He also never took care of accounts, annuities and retirement plans-I did everything myself. He never subpoened anyone or any business. He promised the world at the beginning and I ended u...p with nothing. Now I am trying to hire a better attorney to finish all the stuff he messed up and lied about!!