Leland A. Burton

This man is a complete waste. He NEVER returns phone calls. When he does talk to you it's a rush and abrupt answers. He did not bring up things he was told about by me half a dozen times at least and said nothing in court. After court i had questions about things he didn't do and things the judge sai...d and he would NOT RETURN A PHONE CALL. Said as soon as the trial ended he is not my attorney any more and world not anwser any question. FORGET THE MOST INCOMPETENT LAWYER I HAVE EVER MET HE IS THE MOST INCOMPETENT PERSON I HAVE EVER MET THIS MAN IS A COMPLETE WASTE OF YOUR TIME GET SOMEBODY ELSE BE SMART

At such a critical time in my life, I trusted and depended upon Mr. Burton for taking care of my expungement. He literally did nothing with my time-sensitive case, which began in January 2014. At first, he told me this process should take about 2-3 months. He seldomly returned my phone calls/emails a...nd I was always the one initiating contact. 4 months in, Mr. Burton still had not given me the go-ahead to get my fingerprints done, which is required to begin the application process. I had to ask if I need to get them done and what I needed to do with them. In my opinion, the attorney should be the one to tell me what I need to do and when, not the client. I was given a hearing date of June 18. After not hearing from Mr. Burton, the day before my hearing, I asked what time to meet, what to bring, what to say, etc. and 15 minutes before closing time he responds saying he made an error and the hearing was postponed until July 29. This was only hours before my "hearing". If I had not emailed him, I am confident I would have been stood up at the courthouse with no actual hearing. I have since retained a new attorney who, during the consultation hour, filed all paperwork and scheduled a new hearing because the July 29th date Mr. Burton gave me was also a farce. Turns out the copy of my fingerprints were never even sent in and the paperwork was never even filed. Mr. Burton still had my fingerprints which he was supposed to file with my expungement application seven months ago. I do not wish to write ill about Mr. Burton, but I would not grant this experience on my worst enemy. I had so much riding on this expungement- school, nursing licensure, starting a family, and he did nothing but waste 7 months of my time. This should have been over and done with in March but here I am, still waiting. I felt utterly betrayed by Mr. Burton and am extremely disappointed in the way he handled my case.