Drake David Mertes

I am a former client. I have no complaints about Drake's legal advice, but his "bedside manner" left a lot to be desired. He was outright rude to his assistant Mary in front of me on several occasions. It made for very awkward meetings with him. He yelled at me on the phone when I wanted a simple ...question answered. I faxed paperwork to him, and he didn't respond to it. When we spoke on the phone, he yelled at me for being so slow to provide him with documents. I informed him I had faxed the paperwork 3 weeks prior. When he checked, he found the paperwork in my file...he'd had it the whole time. No apology was given for yelling at me...instead he continued yelling at me. Then he billed me $75 for the phone call. I would NEVER recommend him. He did not explain what he was doing, then was impatient when I asked questions.