Christopher Lee Hartley

He was not prepared for the case. He absolutely did not do the work that was needed for the case. He brags about his expensive suits. He said that the case would be the only one he would work on but he had many other cases and that is why he didn’t do the work in my case. My family paid him $10,000 f...or nothing. To would recommend that you get a free public defender in your case they would do much better. He do not answer phone calls or text messages. Most of the work that should’ve been done in the case was done by me. I should’ve paid myself with all that I found to help the case. You literally have to call the office to find him and they will always say he’s in a meeting and will call you back which he never do. I remember asking him to look into forensics on the car accident and he would go on to say well that person is not available because he just got out of the hospital from shoulder surgery then fast forward I would ask for another evaluation on the other car in the case and he would say that individual just got out of the hospital because of a shoulder surgery. I mean really??? I ask him for the evaluation of the speed the alleged victims car and he said that year of car didn’t have that advanced technology and after researching it absolutely did have that information and it was later documented in the case. He will NOT go to bat for you in your case. He will NOT do all he can for his clients. Stay away from this lawyer if you want a fair chance and excellent representation.

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.

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.

Very bad communication. The night before one of my court dates, I received a Text lettting me know that the hearing was going to be postponed. Not even a phone call. Didn't spend any time with my case other than the initial meeting. Once agreement signed, went into stealth mode. At the sentencing... hearing, didn't know facts. Pissed off Judge. Terrible results