Rudest man I have ever met. He claims to be a Christian man!!!! Biggest lie out there. Hides behind the Bible to attract his clients then does nothing for them. Promises you to help you and fight for you. LIAR!!! Just takes your money. Had a horrible experience with this man. He is rude, disho...nest and a lying hypocrite. Worst kind of person is one who pretends to be a Christian with Bible verses all over his office. Watch out for Karma Mr. Padgett.

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 !

Got a flyer in the mail, called him up and made a appointment. He will listen and seem like he is all into your story. Promise he can work out a dismissal and take care of your case. Well, weeks and days leading into the case, there was no phone calls nor returned calls I made to him.He did not show ...up to my plea hearing either. He has no paralegals. I looked at the court docket on the courts website and he has the cases stacked up thick. No wonder he cant call me. Well when he got me a offer from the DA, it seemed I could have worked that out on my own. Takes your money and leaves you with regrets.

Let me warn you now, do not hire this lawyer!! Like the other review said, he takes your money and does nothing for you! I got a advertisement letter from him so decided to go with him after our initial phone consultation. He was so nice and thorough during consultation which made me believe i mad...e the right choice! Boy was I wrong!!!! It all goes downhill after you pay him off. He does not respond to my numerous emails, calls, voicemails!! His responsiveness is zero!!! He doesn't call you to followup before scheduled court date or call to keep you posted on case. I'm not the type of person to write reviews but I am so stressed out with this lawyer and would hate for anyone to have to go through this mess. I definitely wouldn't have hired him if i saw the review that was on here previously.