James Robert Thompson

After many broken promises, I finally had enough when Thompson 1.) would not produce a contract and 2.) would not provide invoices. Business Profession Code Section 6148 states very clearly that an attorney must 1.) provide a written/signed service agreement if the engagement was to exceed $1,000...a...nd 2.) provide a written/detailed invoice within 10 days of one being requested. Well...it's been over 7 months and he has not provided either despite telling me at least 6 times that he would. it's been over 1 month, and he still has not transferred the case file to my new attorney, who is considering subpoena and sanctions. I have a pending lawsuit in small claims court. DO NOT HIRE THOMPSON.

My husband and I hired James Thompson to help deal with child support and alimony issues in relation to my husbands Ex-wife. Mr. Thompson and was very friendly at first, but after we paid him the requested retainer of $6000 he disappeared on us. Not only were we not able to get him to respond to an...y emails, but her was never reachable on the phone. Sporadically we got an email back saying he is dealing with "family matters" and would respond "later". "Later" never happened. We lost our money and got nothing in return. So, we reported him to the California State Bar, upon which he finally returned our call. He asked for us to withdraw the complaint upon which he would give us our retainer back. We agreed and everything was done in writing with a Representative of the CA Bar. But, to this day he never paid us a penny back. We informed the Bar representative who said there is nothing further they can do. We were also told we cant file a small claims complaint against a lawyer. We ended up not only losing our money, but we had issues with Child Services based on what Mr Thompson had filed with them ( when he started the process we asked him to handle). We lost thousands in back payment due to the Child Services based on his poor management of this matter. We are astounded that if lawyers make mistakes and take clients monies without any service, they get away with it so easy, because as a client there isn't anything one can do it seems.

I had a very similar experience as another reviewer. I had paid this guy over $2500 as a retainer to deal with my ex-husband. Months and months would go by and he would tell me "next week, almost done", week after week. He would make promises and would not keep any date. After an entire year of no... progress, I had to cut bait. This guy is a total scam. Worst experience ever.