James Russell Loraas

When I requested to see video evidence from the state he said “we don’t want to upset the state.” For 6 months I asked him to meet and discuss the case, once he finally agreed to a date, he cancelled the day before saying “things are very fluid around here. It’s difficult for me to be at a specific ...place at a certain time.” I said “you mean like here tomorrow at the time we agreed on?” He said “yes, I’m glad you understand.” Then hung up. He will lie and tell you anything to get you off his back. Every day in court begins with someone firing him. I took an open plea to avoid him dragging my case out any longer.

First off, he Submitted a requested of change of date for my court case without informing me. I found out when I showed up the day I was suppose to have court and he wasn’t there. I tried numerous times to contact James to discuss my case, and he never returned any of my calls. I had jury trial on a ...Wednesday morning and never received any of the paperwork until Tuesday afternoon. During the trial he didn’t listen to any of my concerns regarding any details about my case and failed to object to numerous claims made my the opposing council. Needless to say I was found guilty. I would have been better off representing myself then to have him pretending to be a lawyer.