Leo James Terrell

Just like any human being Leo Terrell is human and is subject to imperfections. All in all Mr. Terrell kept his word and refunded our money. Leo has a thick skin and that is what makes him an excellent lawyer. His name alone has clout in and out of the courtroom. Without his representation we would n...ot have ever gotten a three year restraining order against racist gang members who were terrorizing us for years. Thank you Leo.

Leo passes himself as vocal civil rights attorney on talk shows to drum up his business but in my experience as paying client he cannot care less about your civil rights or your legal rights as client. Much has been written about Leo recently. Leo's own staff and previous employee referred to Leo as... “scumbag lawyer” and for that I do believe there is a valid reason. If you search the internet you will find it. In time when he took my money I did not know that he has 36 other cases and will delay filling of my case more than 6 months. I did not know Leo Terrell will than file mediocre pleading and ignore my litigation objectives, emails and calls. I did not know when I hired him that I will have to live in fear of losing my sizable retainer and endure yelling, threats and other abuse. In my experience, the only thing Leo cares about is MONEY. His gig is to take sizable retainers from unsuspecting clients (reportedly $10,000 - $15,000) to keep his bank account balance bloated and then he flat out ignores client and does whatever he wishes with the client's case. In mediations he intimidated me and threatened to walk on me if I do not obey his directive, irrespective of my litigation objectives. When he couldn’t settle the case Leo lied to the judge and dropped my case on false pretexts. Leo also uses one trick that you should be aware of. Leo will use his low paid associate as witnesses against you if he decides to drop you case. Be careful! It happened to me and it seemingly happened to others so while this appears to be a pattern one can only consider this report and few others on AVVO a “tip of the iceberg”. If you have a current case with Leo and he doesn't treat you right, keep the good record and file BAR complain early. Taking abuse from Leo DOESN'T PAY! Multiple lawsuits against Leo Terrell have been filed in Superior Court over the years by clients and vendors . Go to any Superior Court and search his name. Record shows that Leo is sued by clients and service providers many times. This pattern of abuse where clients and providers end up losing their money, while Leo Terrell keeps their money and their work product is something the California BAR should look into closely. "Leo’s way" caused harm and I wish I NEVER gave my case to this “civil rights imposter lawyer”.

Anti antisemitism by a new manager at a fortune 100 computer company ruined my 15 years of company documented exemplary service. The company covered up my requests for help against the manager. 4 Independent examiners sided 100% in my favor in the underlying workman's compensation case leading to a ...civil case in which Leo Terrel was hired. Leo Terrel Spent $250,000 on my case over 3 years. He conducted 33 depositions. He paid for 10 days of court and confidently passed summery judgement, and then he abandoned my case 5 days before trial. To leave the case he told the judge that he did not know of the 11 tape recordings I had of the defendant, when in fact he used the recordings during some of the depositions. Later, another attorney estimated that Leo Terrell spent $200,000 of his own money and $50,000 of his time in preparing my case over 3 years. He said Terrell even paid $13,000 for 10 days of court time for trial, just days prior to suspeiciously removing himself from the case. I only paid a $5,000 retainer when I hired Terrell. Worthy of inspection are: 1. How can a judge approve Leo Terrell's request to leave me just days prior to trial when in fact he knew that Terrell used the tapes while deposing witnesses? This approval was done in Santa Monica court on record. 2. I had witnesses (my brothers and their wives) sitting in the court room ready to testify that at the start of the case, Terrell instructed them to listen and categories the tape recordings, but the judge did not allow their testimony, telling me that the appropriate introductions were not made. Considering the fact that I'm not an attorney, plus I didn't even know why we were in court, one would expect an HONORABLE judge to delay his judgement and give me time to bring witnesses forward the right way. But instead the judge granted Mr. Terrell's request to leave my case just 5 days prior to trial. Another judge in downtown Los Angeles who found out about this, told me that I should sue Leo Terrell for malpractice. He said this on record in his court room in front of an audience. I couldn't find an attorney to take over my case because I couldn't reopen discovery. The devil interrupted the Garden of Eden, after which G-D gave humanity one chance after another to be good. G-D never got what he wanted from us. The bad in the world causes pain and damage. This has made me what I am today. G-D's warrior with a mission to Significantly Improve the World at any cost. Now Significantly Improving the World daily at www.Behtaj.com

I hired this attorney to help me with a whistleblower case. He took my money ($10,000+) and did not help me. At all times I wanted to remain on the job and continue to work. I still received very good evaluations. This attorney decided that he wanted to settle the case and opted to do a private m...ediation. I was not advised what a mediation meant. When I inquired about the status of my case I was ignored. My calls and faxes were not returned. When a motion or complaint was submitted to the court--he did not let me read them. I was only given the verification page which was usually faxed to me during the lunch hour. Therefore mistakes were contained within them incuding another co-worker's medical info. At the mediation this attorney belittled me and yelled at me. He threatened to walk out on my case if I left the mediation. Mr. Terrell is nothing more than an imposter posing as a civil rights attorney. Please if you want your job don't use him. He violated my civil rights