Kelly Ann Booth

Our South American timber company and U.S. partner made an agreement with Ms. Booth to use her services in a civil matter. The nightmare began with her constable company wrongly serving the complaint to someone who was not a defendant. He promptly informed Ms. Booth of the mistake and she agreed to c...orrect her error. Yet through negligence she did not. Instead, she continued to wrongly persecute him. Her error and negligence ended up causing him and us significant problems. After countless problems with Ms. Booth, on March 2, 2014 we filed a complaint against her with the Utah State Bar. On October 8, 2015 a Screening Panel of the Ethics and Discipline Committee of the Utah Supreme Court caught Booth lying during testimony about her claim to have won for us a judgement in Small Claims Court. In reality, she never even filed the complaint. And her failure to do so caused us financial damage. She also lied many times about completing work on our case when, in fact, she made little effort to help us despite knowing the damage that her inaction was causing. After careful review and after hearing Ms. Booth’s false testimony, the above mentioned panel directed that a formal complaint against Ms. Booth be filed in Third District Court in Salt Lake City. On April 6, 2017, Judge James Gardner agreed with us and ordered Ms. Booth’s law license to be suspended for a year. She was ordered to undergo supervised probation and she must attend a legal Ethics School. These types of things don’t happen to good attorneys. They only happen to bad ones like Ms. Booth. Ms. Booth’s treatment of us as clients was shameful, and for it she was punished severely by the court. Despite her endless stories and excuses, as a criminal defense lawyer she couldn’t even defend herself in court from her own misconduct. If your case is important, don’t take the risk. Don't make the same mistake we did. Be smart and stay away. Find an attorney whose license wasn't suspended and who isn't on probation. Information in this review is available in the public record.

As a former client of Kelly Ann Booth, my unfortunate experience was of her being an incompetent and dishonest attorney who consistently acted deceitfully. In March 2010 I contracted with Kelly Ann Booth to collect a significant amount of collectable money. In January 2014 I terminated our relati...onship after one of Ms. Booth’s employees revealed that Ms. Booth had repeatedly lied to me regarding case work that she falsely claimed to have performed. In reality, Ms. Booth performed very little work. And the minimal work that she did perform was of such poor quality that it ultimately damaged my case. Further, I learned that Kelly Ann Booth had continually lied about the status of my case. Yet contrary to her falsehoods, eventually it became apparent that her indifference, sloppy work and dishonesty had ruined every aspect of my case to the point that it became worthless. This is specifically why, for good reason, her law license was suspended by a district court judge on April 6th, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her law license suspension is proof that my review here is accurate. And that is the real Kelly Ann Booth. My advice, based upon my lengthy client experience with Kelly Ann Booth, is for anyone seeking quality legal representation to avoid her. In my opinion, they would be far better served employing a competent and honest attorney. And that, from my experience with her, is most certainly not Kelly Ann Booth.

Kelly Ann is a great defense attorney! I was very naive to the justice system and how things are stacked against the accused in many cases. Kelly Ann explained the process and or plan. Whenever I had a question she was a quick text away and even though she is very busy ( because she's the best. ) she... never let me down. In a world where it appears to be guilty until proven innocent I'm glad I had Kelly Ann to clear everything up.

I Hired Kelly to represent me back in 2011 to represent me, but it wasn't in only three short weeks, I was picked up on a warrant. Kelly was suspose to notify the county that I would voluntarily turn myself into the county jail for processing, put up bailbondsman and return home the same day. ... Upon being arrested, I was told by Kelly that the county's attorney was busy, and that she could not get a hold of him to set turning myself in. This wasn't so because they are never too busy to not accomodate a fugitive. While in lock up, and on the fifth day Kelly did make an appearance for me before the judge. Upon filing a writ of habeas corpus and posting bail, the judge released me. For the next 4 years, I was told time and time again that my case would eventually be dismissed and that it would never go to trial. In June of 2015, and on the eve of trial, I get a letter from the clerk of court that the judge approved her motion to withdraw as counsel. I was never notified at any time prior so you could imagine my surprise when I realized that my attorney hung me out to dry again. This time my due process rights were violated. Kelly never called or write to say she planned on withdrawing as counsel due to a personal conflict which had nothing to do with me. Instead, I found out from the clerk of court weeks later after the judge approved her motion to withdraw, and just several weeks before the trial which was already postponed 7 times by her for reasons of her own doing. During the initial court appearance Kelly was 45 minutes late as she was cited for speeding. Well, when learning of the judges order granting her the permission to withdraw, I immediately called her demanding answers. Next, I asked for my fee of $10,000 back but She refused despite having signed a contract with me that she would take my case to trial should it come to that. Her excuse, I couldn't get a hold of you. My home nor cell phone number had not changed over the four years. She could have sent me an email or written letter. That's four ways to contact me. I was and am still surprised the judge approved her motion to withdraw without first asking for my input. What court did ask for by letter was that I needed to now find an attorney, and had to furnish the name within a month's time. Kelly suggested that I hire her friend who was an experienced lawyer and that he would reach out to me in a few days, and his fee would be $2,500. Turns out he wanted $3,500. I could not make a decision until weeks later upon doing my due diligence because I did not want to find myself in the same position again while having spent my entire savings, I had to borrow the money from my parents which I'm still paying off. During the same conversation, I asked her to send me my entire case file. She refused to send me case files time and time again while sending her text messages, emails, left phone messages. To no avail she never sent the files to me. So happens the attorney she recommended was quite good as he was able to get a plea deal within a few months of negotiations with the county's attorney which she failed to do in the five years prior. Because by this time, I was already in the fifth year of this ordeal hanging over me. A silent probation if you want to call it that. Not knowing from week to week with certainty nor confidence what will happen.

I hired Mrs. Booth and she defended me and thanks to Jesus and her thorough representation helped ease my fears and got me out of a major catastrophic event that seemed almost hopeless!!! I would strongly recommend that anyone hire her because she saved my life by being concerned about my future an...d was able to gain me back my freedom!!! May God bless her!!