Michael W. Carpenter

I will only speak of my experience with Mike as an attorney. He is a great guy and wonderful family man. My complaint will be in regards to his service. Regarding my case with him, I asked him to tell me right up front if my case held merit or if I should just give in to what the opposing counsel. ... In retrospect, I did much worse in mediation and arbitration than he led me to believe. His "strategy" was to only tell my side of the story in arbitration and not address the oc position. This lead to a decision that was full of fictional data that was used in the award. Just bringing this information with us to arbitration would have reflected a much more accurate award. I also have an issue with his "talks". Mike will go on and on about something that really leads nowhere or the point will be made in the last sentence. This is a problem when his services tick off at $4 a minute. He spoke with both the arbitrator and the mediator about personal stories that had nothing to do with my case. This could easily account for both arbitration and mediation going over the allotted time. I found myself gritting my teeth as personal anecdotes were shared whilst their bills were increasing. I would also argue that it caused in arbitration a distraction that caused misinterpretation of facts by the arbitrator. I can say with no hesitation, that I'm out $8,000ish dollars and did worse with Mike then when I was pro se.