I had no prior criminal history to this case. I was facing a felony charge for protecting my dad's farm animals from a pack of stray dogs; I had killed one of the dogs. This lawyer made very little time for me and my case but I had already paid him thousands. I needed character witnesses to come t...o court. He said he was going to call them to see if he wanted them to come to court; he didn't call many of them till the week before court. Most people need more notice so they can schedule off work. This showed that he wasn't making time for my case. He also didn't present any information on the number of animal control calls in the area or statistics on animal borne diseases in the area; this would have shown the judge that there was reason for what I did. Part way through the hearing he stopped calling our judge "Your Honor", which I know had to piss her off because she fought hard to be called "Your Honor." My wife gave him letters to give to the judge for Character References and emotional pleas; many of those letters were never given to the judge, even my wife's beautiful letter was never given to the judge. The judge made an emotional judgement, and I was convicted of a felony plus county jail time and 5 years probation. My wife's letter pleaded that she feared a felony conviction would harm my job prospects in the future; an emotional plea that never reached the judge. Weeks before court, we had asked our lawyer about giving money to the dog's owners and he said it wasn't needed. Well, during sentencing the judge ended up saying that I never made an effort to make things right with the dog owner's family which further damned my case even though I had offered restitution when speaking with my lawyer. This lawyer clearly rolled over and stopped fighting. He didn't spend time on my case hardly at all. Hoping this review will save others and their families from heartache and convictions.