Joseph H. Howitt

Since my accident in 2008, I have had three different attorneys assigned to my case. The only reason I know this is that I have gotten correspondence from three different attorneys, not because any of them have taken the time to speak with me personally. I spoke with an assistant once who called to... straighten out some information because she said my file was a mess. I handled all of the disability and claim issues with my own insurance totally on my own. I have been very considerate, and have never bugged them or pressured them to hurry things up. I have done every single thing that was required of me, and provided them with excellent documentation. They sent another attorney to my deposition who didn't even give me a business card, but made off hand statements like my case was "so easy, no wonder the boss took it". When it was discovered that the defendant had low insurance, I was told to go home and check on my policy, even though the paperwork was laid out right there in front of us at the deposition that I have 100,000 coverage for underinsured motorist. I had to point this out to the attorney there. This info never was passed along to "the boss" apparently, because when I called to see what was happening, nobody seemed to remember this. I have lost three days of work for hearings and depositions that were cancelled at the last minute because my attorney was not prepared or had something else come up. He does not return calls, and does not appear to be invested in representing me.