F Clayton Tyler

I was raided and charged with a felony for drug and gun possession. I had originally hired a different attorney who I thought wasn't doing a good enough job. I was facing a minimum maximum of 3 years and the prosecution wasn't giving any deals or reducing my time for a plea. I was afraid and des...perate!! A family member referred me to Clayton Tyler. The trial that was set up through my old attorney was coming up quickly, Mr. Clayton had the trial postponed and started to work on my case immediately. During our meetings, it was evident that he was very knowledgeable about drug and gun laws. It was also evident that he was well known in the county and state were I was charged. I was impressed by the amount of time that Mr. Clayton spent with me. During our many meeting he would calm my fears by letting me know that he is good at what he does and not to worry. During my different appearances in court Mr. Clayton was always there early to go over our plans so that I was calm and well prepared. I was still very afraid because I was facing 3 years in prison. It turned out that I was found not guilty on the part of the case that would have gotten me those three years in prison and I received a stay of adjudication on the other part of the case. So I ended up with NO jail time and as long as I stay out of trouble I will not have it on my record in a few years. I was so blessed to have Mr. Clayton as my attorney, I was facing a very tough prosecutor but he handled my situation very well. I look to Mr. Clayton as a mentor and even keep in touch with him periodically. I would definitely use Clayton Tyler again if necessary.

I retained Ms. F Clayton back in 2005 for a Drug & Gun charge. For I was young and reckless back then. Anyways Mr.Taylor talk to me via a phone call then a face to face while I was still incarcerated in a county jail, with up most certainty that he could beat my case and or get me off the hook with ...less than minimal criminal damages. I retained Mr. Taylor for a pretty nice fee.. Upon our first consultation he recommended me, "More so Advised me" to tell a PSI a specific story. 'Come to find out it was the worst thing I could of done for myself, seeing as he pretty much had me admit guilt before I even seen a court room' & I only found this out after I had fired Mr. Taylor and retained someone else. I'll never forget how friendly he was and his appearance to be genuinely concerned and caring. He new everyone in the jail by first name in the jail and seemed to be a big dog in the legal circle.. He took my retainers fee and I was never able to get in contact with him again. He would show up right before court proceedings and his whole demeanor about how simple my case was change. It now wad a high profile case, "he didn't know how serious it was, because he didn't have the "WHOLE" file prior to speaking with me". Of course he was going to require more money.. I got rite of him and hired a lawyer friend of the family. Now I must admit, when I was able to get in front of Mr. F Clayton again and explained my dissatisfaction. He did return half my retainers fee on the condition that I be billed directly to my new lawyer I had hired. All in all I would never step in a court room with him as my legal defense.

Hired Mr. Tyler to represent me for a felony drug possession charge, my first offense. Me. Tyler was very persuasive before I hired him. He contacted me several times to tell me strategies for fighting the charge as I wanted to take it to trial. He said there several issues that we could fight. He'd ...tell me of a "5 prong strategy" we could use. He called me while he was on vacation outside the country to persuade me. I thought he was hungry and aggressive and would show that same level of enthusiasm during my case. I chose him out of the 4 attorneys I interviewed. After Mr. Tyler was hired, he was impossible to contact. I had no idea what to expect and I Found it very difficult to reach him. I walked into every hearing completely in the dark, with no idea what was going to happen. It was really frustrating. I was able to talk to a woman in his office one day and voiced my frustration and she said "Clayton has done this for so long that he forgets that his clients don't do this everyday". That makes sense, but I'd still appreciate if he'd give me a heads up on what to expect. He told me we could do a 5 minute session before each court date, but that still left me hanging in between. I was faced with a personal tragedy during this time and my circumstances changed. I needed to know an estimated cost of expert witnesses, etc. as far as advance as possible. He said he had the witnesses lined up. He told the judge and prosecutor he had the witnesses when he requested more time to get the case together. I kept calling him, no response. I still fully expected we were taking this to trial, but I was wrong. I arrived to court not knowing what to expect, but I thought it had something to do with the witnesses. Instead, Mr. Tyler was 2 hours late to court. He had called the prosecutor and she wasn't happy with the delay. I checked in and waited, when he arrived, we had a couple minute conference then started. That's when I found out there were no witnesses and I was expected to decide, on the spot, if I'd take a plea. I was floored. As far as I knew when I got there that day, I had a fighting chance at trial. Then I was expected to decide immediately whether I would take the plea and if I didn't, decide that second, the prosecutor was going to throw the book at me. I hadn't even considered a plea because I thought we were taking it to trial. The judge gave us a couple minutes to talk in private and I was beyond irritated. I asked him why he didn't tell me about the lack of witnesses earlier and his response was "look, you're guilty, I don't know what you expect me to do about it". Whoa. What happened to his 5 prong approach? I ended up making a pleaing out. I felt like I went in blind and was completely unprepared for what was happening. I still don't trust his actions that day and don't feel I was represented adequately. As the final insult, I was talking to him while walking in the courthouse-I didn't know where to go to start my after court requirements. Mid-sentence his phone rang, he shushed me, then said "this is an important client, I have to take this" and walked away from me. That was the last time we talked. I had a different lawyer look into my case. First thing he noticed was that my paperwork had listed the wrong crime. Whoa. Luckily, it's something that can be changed, but where was my lawyer to catch that???