David Alan Harley

We consulted with Mr. Harley regarding educational services for our grandson and ended up hiring him to work with our school district. Mr. Harley provided us with excellent guidance and information for working with the school. We only used him for a short time but his services were instrumental to ...us. He did provide us with refund of the deposit balance.

I retained Mr. Harley in Dec 2017 and Jan 2018 for two separate cases involving employment related disputes/issues. Mr. Harley took a retainer of $2500 for one case and $3000 for the other case, he stated these were needed to hire a Private Investigator. Mr. Harley hired an investigator after many... months of my questioning what progress was being made, was anything being done regarding the two separate cases,, and I received one excuse after another. First he was on vacation, then his kid was in college needing help, then he was ill, then he was in court, he had more excuses and refused to provide an accounting statement for either case. I contacted the Private Investigator myself and was informed that he did not even bother to pay the Private Investigator and suspended all work due to non-payment. Mr. Harley filed one case wrong and it was dismissed, the other case he NEVER FILED !!! He simply took money and did nothing to further the case. When confronted with this he stated he would refund the retainers, this was in November of 2018, still waiting for a refund. I am now faced with filing a complaint with the SC Board, an possibly suing for our the retainers, the problem is he is a ghost, moved out of his rented home in Charleston, fled to some other area, cannot locate him.

David kept our grandson, who was in the gifted program, from being expelled or suspended. He posted on a school chatroom how to make molotov cocktails in response to other students discussing it. Our grandson could have been expelled or suspended. He served one day of in school suspension. David was ...quick to point out the fact it was in response to a discussion and no threats were made, nor were any other students subject to the same scrutiny. He was prompt and his fees were well worth it, as well as reasonable.

David has represented me for several years and our child with disabilities. He's been available to us when our daughter has issues with her IEP and even on emergency basis when the school improperly implemented her IEP or tried to exclude her from school. Ive read the two reviews and i can verify his... previous health problems including broken ribs and serious lung sugery. Twice he called me from ICU to return my calls. He's attended numerous IEP meetings over the 3 years he has represented our daughter. He has been her life saver.

David is an excellent attorney. I had a contract issue with my employer and David resolved it in my favor. I will refer my friends to him in the future. One of the few attorneys I've worked with that I felt actually listened to the result I wanted rather than telling me the goal. I highly recommend h...im.