James Peter Tatooles

ALTHOUGH I HIRED THIS ATTORNEY 15 YEARS AGO AND MAYBE HIS PRACTICES HAVE CHANGED, I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMEND HIM. IN ADDITION TO CHARGING $1000 PER COURT APPERANCE (DONT KNOW WHAT HE CHARGES NOW), HE BLATANTLY MISINFORMED ME ABOUT THE POTENTIAL JUDGEMENT IN THE CASE WHICH WOULDVE LANDED ME IN C...OUNTY PRISON FOR A YEAR. OF COURSE I WASNT AWARE THIS COULDVE BEEN THE OUTCOME UNTIL THE JUDGE WAS HANDING DOWN THE SENTENCE RIGHT THERE AND THEN. HE LATER GOT HIM TO RESCIND BY BEGGING THE JUDGE FOR A LESSER SENTENCE (240 COMMUNITY SERVICE HRS) FOR A SCUFFLE THAT LASTED ABOUT 7 SECONDS, NO WEAPONS INVOLVED. HE DIDNT EVEN GET THE CHARACTER WITNESSES PREPARED. HE TOLD ME TO CALL THE WITNESSES MYSELF A 1/2 HOUR BEFORE MY HEARING AT THE COURT HOUSE!! WHEN APPLYING FOR JOBS I ASKED IF MY CONVICTION WAS ON RECORD AND WHAT I SHOULD PUT ON THE APPLICATION, HE FAILED TO TELL ME WHEN MY RECORDS WOULD BE EXPUNGED LEADING TO ERRONEOUS LIES ON MY JOB APPLICATION THAT SINGLE HANDEDLY COST ME ONE JOB 1 WEEK AFTER BEING HIRED. PLENTY OF OTHER ATTORNEYS OUT THERE, GO WITH SOMEONE ELSE