James Mark Padgett

I was able to bail out of jail b/c at the time I had a full time job. Now that the state has picked up my charges . I am in very bad health and have , had no choice but to file for disability. I am doing everything I can to pay for this lawyer . Whom may not even get these cases dismissed. I am truly... scared of what’s to come. My court date is less hen one month away. I have to pay this man when he tells me . He will not represent you, if you are unable to make one payment, on the day he had decided. He told me “ if I am unable to make the scheduled payment then we no longer have a relationship.” Do you know how scary it is to be 86lbs , dying from loss of blood , and heart problems. To be spend the money to get bailed out , then money to obtain him as a lawyer, to just be tossed aside due to unable to make a full payment. I am literally contemplating suicide, torn from all my pride. B/C I do not know how I will have the money financially to pay him. Also ... I need to go to the hospital to have a blood transfusion and every time I am admitted due to near death. I don’t even want to go to the hospital b/c I will be admitted, and miss my court date / payment date with this man. I’m honestly not sure if you should hire him or not . I am scared that since he knows I am unable to keep my payment plans with him that he will not do the best job on my case. I get the fact that he should be paid for his work as everyone should. I just wish I felt more at ease about the situation and solution. I’m a nervous wreck, and I really do not see what the point is of me being on this earth any longer. I wish I could work . Or he would at least allow me to oh him as I can not as he wants . All of this is due to my actions of putting myself in a situation that got be put in jail. Believe I’m not blaming the lawyer for that, I am however. Wanting to warn anyone who is unable to make monthly or routine payments to seek other counsel . Or he will drop you. Hope this helps someone...

This lawyer sweet talks you and makes you think he is on your side. My husband went with him because he was cheap, which we were a little doubtful with at first. Due to his convincing and explaining why we should go with him, we chose him. This was a big mistake. In his sales pitch he stated "MY PHON...E IS BY MY SIDE 24/7, I WILL RESPOND TO EVERY MESSAGE AND CALL. IF I DON'T THAT MEANS I'M EITHER DEAD OR SOMETHING HAPPENED". Right when we hired him and paid him he started to change, he didn't answer phone calls or texts which he stated he would. No updates on the case. We were done paying him by the second court appearance, that's how cheap his service was. As a minority( African American male) James Padgett used stereotypical references such as "My Brotha" to connect with my husband, that's one of his strategies I believe to make us think he is on our side. My husband ended up firing him !