Charles L. Duke

In 1998 this man lied to me and help Polk County cover up i police shooting that involved me,Jacob Barber.When it was time to talk to the grand jury Charles Duke told me to play hurt and act like I can not talk.Which went into there favor because I couldn’t tell them the facts.1998 when the shooting ...occurred but again he told me to hold off because we have a two year period to file.Which the case is forgotten about.more or less..I also asked the man if he was a mason and he said no..The day off deposition he wore his mason ring.I was 21years of age when this happened so he also took advantage of me because I was young.He never negotiated the financial aspect of it but always replied 250,000 the accidental shooting policy holds.It was not a accidental shooting again Charlie Duke helped Polk County get away with this.November 20,1998. The date of the shooting .theydid offer 33,000i denied that did show there guilt

I am in the beginning stages of working with Charles Duke. However, I am already very impressed with him. It took longer than I'd have liked to originally reach him. But I later found out he works alone in his law office, and had been in trial all week. What impressed me first about Mr. Duke, was... his willingness to take time to thoroughly understand my case. In fact, I was surprised at how much detail he was willing to hear so early on. As I discussed the matter with him, he asked very pertinent questions, and graciously explained the difference in the law depending on the differing circumstances. Also remarkable about Mr. Duke, is his kind intelligence. He is not only extremely knowledgeable about law and its practice, he was also impressively knowledgeable in a vast spectrum of areas, including my field, psychology -- and most importantly, he used his formidable expertise to give me what I believe to be uniquely-suited, superior legal counsel. I also liked how he was simultaneously practical, prudent, clever, and a genuinely nice man. He understood that despite the negative situation from the "opposing side", I wanted to do my best (without compromising) to accomplish a fair, amicable settlement. He demonstrated his flexibility to present any sort of case I wished, highly competently (even if I do end up needing a tough, cut-throat lawyer before this is done). And perhaps best of all,over the course of hours of consultation, it was obvious that he was an amazingly genuine and good person -- extremely skilled and not at all the self-serving "all about billing" attitude I've seen from so many lawyers -- even those in social circles. If you care about the integrity of your lawyer, in addition to his competence, this is your man. Mr. Duke's grasp of complex issues, superior knowledge-base and years of experience, coupled with his humanity and ability to be hard-hitting, or an amicable-ally, is beyond the scope of most lawyers I have met. Mr. Duke is a cut above on all counts.

I hired my attorney Mr. Charles Duke, of Duke and Momberger Attorneys at Law, (9225 Katy Fwy, Houston - TX 77024-1509 ) in April 2009. I was asked to pay a $2,500 retainer fee, for a malicious lawsuit my ex husband filed against me in February 2009. I was never made to sign a legal contract, or given... a receipt for the $2,500 retainer fee, or was ever given a single invoice for the work done, despite asking Mr. Duke countless of times. I also filed for a legal ‘discovery’ on my ex husband during the upper mentioned lawsuit, and my ex did the same to me after. My ex husband's discovery was never produced by the due date or otherwise. Against my wishes, my own attorney proceeded to pass on my own discovery (which I produced in the due time allocated to me) to the opposite council, before receiving theirs. Mr. Duke DID NOT file a sanction to obtain discovery from the opposite council, despite the fact that the opposite council continually refused to produce their paperwork. Eventually my ex husband dismissed the lawsuit but, in my opinion, my attorney acted unethically and very unprofessionally. By September 2009, Mr. Duke convinced me to part with another $3,000 to conduct an investigation into my ex husband’s USA Checking Account, for suspected fraud. Mr. Duke gave me details on how he had ways, to look into people’s US bank accounts by accessing said accounts from another country. He proceeded to mentioned Canada and the Caribbean. Mr. Duke told me he had an investigator capable of retrieving my ex husband’s bank statements from said sources. According to Mr. Duke, if proof of fraud was to be found, we would then proceed to legally file for fraud. This extra expenditure of $3,000, could have been avoided if financial ‘discovery’ from my ex husband’s attorney, was to be sanctioned during the upper mentioned lawsuit of April 2009. Again, I only found out about this a couple of weeks ago after lodging yet another complaint with my attorney during a visit to his office. Mr. Duke never gave me a receipt or any invoices showing me how my $3,000 was spent for the work he was supposedly conducting on this financial investigation. Despite countless calls, emails, and faxes asking for some evidence, I have yet to receive anything to date. I later found out that delving into people’s Bank Accounts is a Federal Offence in the United States. My Attorney never mentioned this to me. Six months later, I have not a shred of evidence on what my money has been spent on. Despite several attempts by phone, email, faxes and letters, to date I have no receipts, no invoices, and Mr. Duke is very evasive when asked above the ‘financial investigation’ he is supposedly conducting, and does not respond to any of my correspondence regarding this matter. I now realize I acted very naively but at the time, I was not aware of rules and laws in Texas. I trusted Mr. Duke and his 37 years of expertise as an attorney. Only after several investigations conducted by me, and by contacting other attorneys and private investigators, did I realize I had been defrauded of my money by my own attorney.