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Richard Hetherington

2.3
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 12 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Flint, MI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation, Family, General Practice

302 E Court St, Flint, MI

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Licenses

Licensed in Michigan for 12 years

State: Michigan

Acquired: 2013

Active in Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

Christenson & Fiederlein PC

302 E Court St, Flint, MI, 48502-1612

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Richard Hetherington's Reviews

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2.3 /5.0

3 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | October 12, 2022 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Do not use!

He came highly recommended but what should of been an easy win with tons of evidence against the other party, Mr. Hetherington came unprepared to every hearing, knowing nothing about the case. If you care to win at all, go with another experienced lawyer. If his personal assistant/office manager was ...a lawyer we’d hire her but he is completely and utterly lazy. We’re embarrassed to have him as our lawyer and am looking for another one as we speak!

Posted by Kim | July 23, 2015

Excellent Attorney

I was referred to Mr. Hetherington by one of his previous clients. I found Mr. Hetherington to be very professional and compassionate. He was very prepared and was able to get me a great deal and I avoided jail time. His previous career as a police officer gives him a leg up in criminal defense.

Posted by anonymous | May 10, 2015

Very poor representation

Dissapointed...I was totally unprepared and uninformed throughout my entire ordeal. I felt like the representation was very inexperienced. I can talk about what I did, but it's not the real point. He talked me into a plea that I accepted and to my surprise I received an out of nowhere jail time ...sentence, and I was unprepared,embarrassed and humiliated because of the lack of knowledge. A lawyer is supposed to prepare his clients right? My preparation was a "0" out of ten. I was totally almost always left in the dark and at one point my entire family reached out to him and he couldn't even get back to them on my visitation hours. I paid him upfront and it seemed like once he got paid I was a low priority. I didn't take it personal but in a business sense I felt very under represented.

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Experience

Rating:  6.5 (Good)

Education

2012

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

J.D.

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