Christopher Lee Hartley

My son hired Atty Hartley in 2020 to defend him in a case. He would never contact my son as to what was happening. They were to appear in court, and my son would not hear from him until that morning. Atty. Hartley never asked for any character witnesses or letters from my sons bosses, landlords, p...arents etc. to be used to show good character for my son. I sent these letters to the office on my own, and inquired as to whether they were received or not. No one ever responded. My son would call me all the time to tell me he has not heard a thing from him, and court was coming up. My son was told they may be going to trial one morning, but did not know for sure, if they would be going or not, but just be ready. But yet, my son had no clue what defense Atty. Hartley was going to even present on my sons behalf. Needless to say, my son became do distraught and worried as to how his case was being handled, with lack of communication, it resulted in my son passing away. I never received ANY communication from this Atty. when he learned of my sons passing. No condolences, no nothing. He did not refund any fees collected, even tho this case never went to completion. Any inquiries i made were never responded to. I highly recommend staying away from Atty. Hartley, as he will not act in your best interest, if he does not feel it is worth his time. He talks a great game to get you to sign on the dotted line, but once signed, you are left hanging with no support or help. Dont waste your money, there are so many others that will actually fight for their clients, not turn a deaf ear.

Hired him to represent me for a DUI, I can't figure out what he was doing, nothing I concluded. The receptionist was a real flake, she just gave me excuses why he never called. I want to say he is a very pricey public defender, but that would give public defenders a bad name. The guy is a real po...or attorney. I going to get my money back.

Chris did nothing to mount a defense for me in two years. He was recommended and highly regarded as one of the best defense lawyers, he is not. He is a horrible person. Never returned phone calls never kept me up my case. I trusted him to defend me and my trust was smashed when the night before the p...re trial converance he abandon me and told me and the opposite of what he had for two years. I thought my case was in best hands but it was in the worst, most uncaring, egotistical hands. I am in a worse spot than I was.

I was charged with a very serious crime. When I hired Chris I told him that I was not guilty. He reviewed the evidence against me and told me that the case was weak. The prosecutor tried to get me to plead guilty to a lessor charge. Chris told me that I could accept the offer if I wanted to, but ...he thought that we could still beat the case at trial. I decided to reject the offer and proceed to trial. Chris was fantastic at trial. He whipped the prosecutor and the jury saw that I was innocent. Chris saved my life and reunited me with my family.