Leo James Terrell

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”.

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