Vincent J. O'Brien

I hired Mr. O'Brien to defend me in a criminal matter. To make a long story short, I did most of the work. He was very unprofessional and verbally abusive to me. He also promised that after the criminal case, he would take my civil case against the Police Department who arrested me. He did not do ...this. He simply blew me off after the case was over and I was found not-guilty.. He also promised that he would obtain Criminal Records (for two individuals) from the state for me. He had said at the beginning of my case that he requested them, but was waiting on the State to send these Criminal Records. After my case was over and I was found not-guilty, I again asked for the Criminal Back grounds on the two individuals which I requested. Mr. O'Brien, then asked me to send him a a check to pay for them. I sent the check. I called a couple of weeks later to see if he had received the check. His secretary said yes. He then called and said he wasn't going to get these records for me. He said I was verbally abusive to his secretary. Another words, he lied to me. He never requested these records from the State. I would never recommend Mr. O'Brien to anyone. He is very rude and inconsiderate. I was very distraught with what had happened to me. I have never been arrested in my entire life. This was an easy case, and I was confident that I would be found not-guilty. As I stated before, I gathered the evidence to clear myself. On the day of my Trial, I asked Mr. O'Brien what he thought about what was going to happen and how did he feel about my situation. His response was, "What do you mean how do I feel." He was very mean to me! He should be ashamed of himself. Again,don't ever retain him to represent you. He's not only a bad Attorney, but a horrible uncaring person.

I hired Mr. O'Brien to handle a criminal matter and family issues for me. He was effective in handling the criminal matter, but was very difficult to talk to and to get on the phone. He rarely returned calls, when he did it was sometimes 3-4 weeks after I had tried to reach him and only then when I t...hreatened to dismiss him from the case. He always had an excuse for not getting back to me. His cavalier attitude toward my case left me having to deal with a contempt charge from not receiving information that he possessed but had failed to pass along to me from opposing counsel. When I ended up dismissing Mr. O'Brien, he sent a bill full of charges for court dates that he did not attend and services he did not perform instead of refunding me a large amount of my retainer. He also did not return the bulk of supporting documentation I had provided to him, much of which was original and impossible to replace. In the months he was to be handling the family issues for me, he did not file any responses to the opposing counsel's motions. I ended up having to file responses myself with very little notice after I discovered he had not addressed them, though I had been charged for this time. I would never recommend Mr. O'Brien's services to anyone. I found his actions contemptuous and his behavior unethical and abusive.