Russell J.A. Jones

I hired Russell Jones because the Shepard Express news paper, a liberal paper, rated him as the best defense lawyer for your money. When I talked to him he sounded very confident in his ability to fight the case. After hiring him , he gave me no idea on what our plan was and every time I called h...im he never answered. He would only text or call back the day before court. The end result was pushing the court case back for 2 yrs. We even paid him an additional $6,000 to take it to trial, which never happened. Without any guidance from Russell Jones, I basically took matters into my own hand and with the help of my family and other circumstances took the case into a more favorable direction. After sentencing I requested him to ask for an amendment to the judgment. After two weeks of not being able to get a hold of him and having my sister to ask him to meet me. We met with me on video, where he yelled and said he claimed he met his obligation and hung up.

Attorney Jones failed to return all calls and email correspondence. I submitted a letter to the judge in my case and asked Attorney Jones to review it before he submitted it. Either he did and doesn't know that you can't ask a judge to change whatever offer the prosecutor is offering or he didn't rea...d it and submitted it to Court. He made both of us look like idiots in front of the judge. He also refused to try to negotiate with the prosecutor on my plea deal. His answer pretty much is, it is what it is. After immaturely (his actions and communication) withdrawing as Counsel I got a new attorney and everything went great and my more serious charge will soon be dismissed.