Richard Sudar

Mr. Sudar did not represent me fairly during my DUI hearing in July 2014. I truly believe that he took my money and went through the motions knowing that I had a loosing case. There was no forensic evidence, and he knew it. There was no camera evidence, and he knew that. He allowed my character to be... publicly mocked in court. Mr. Sudar crossed many lines with the case. He did not prepare my father to testify. He did not prepare the court for the term "blood" to be used properly. He showed up to my DUI hearing smelling of booze from the night before, and in non tailored suits. It has taken me this long to write a review because of the mental PTSD I have from the trial. I was convicted. I did jail time for a first offense DUI. He was unlikeable to the jury. He wasted the courts time. I knew him before the trial as a friend. When we met to discuss hiring him for trial, he said, "you do not want this on your record." This statement alone convinced me to go to trial and pay him. I paid him in $8,000 in cash. He did not offer a receipt, or anything to sign. If you value yourself and your case, stay far away from this silver tongued, shady man.

Mr. Sudar reminds me of a line from Shakespeare: "One may smile and smile and be a villain." Of the attorneys I've hired in my lifetime, only THIS one took my money and did absolutely nothing, refusing to answer letters or phone calls. (I self-censored the rest of this missive, as it severely violate...d review guidelines of "hostile and insulting content.") Pity I could not share it with you.

Let me make this as simple as possible for anyone considering retaining Richard Sudar as their attorney: read every 1-star review on the net carefully, because their bad experiences with him are also bound to happen to you! Ignore the 5-star review. If you were smart enough to Google this so-calle...d lawyer before paying him money to represent you, then you should also be smart enough to find yourself another lawyer. ANY other lawyer. There is no reason why you should risk your case by taking your chances with this scumbag, no matter what he promises during his sweet-talk "consultation" call. It is not a wise gamble, trust me. And I'm not saying this because he lost my case; he didn't lose my case - he never had a chance to because I fired him after he kept taking more and more money from me over a period of many months yet never delivering. That is Richard Sudar's strategy: to avoid litigation, to avoid dismissals, and just keep your case in a permanent limbo of billable appearances. Beware - be very aware!

I met Mr. Sudar a decade ago. I had a drunken night and made a terrible mistake. Every other lawyer I contacted had some "work around" to screw with the judiciary, get me home confinement, etc. Every single lawyer gave me the "We'll get you off," speech. After meeting with a half dozen lawyers, I wal...ked into Richards office. His approach to my case was completely different and involved something the other lawyers hadn't even discussed with me. Honesty. I was facing a potential felony situation that could have sent me to prison. Richard took my calls, negotiated on my behalf and saved my bacon. There hasn't been a year gone by since that I haven't thanked God I met him. Everyone is keen to write a bad review of someone or something that has pissed them off, but few people write about their good experiences. I'm sure most would rather not write about how they almost landed in prison or even think about it. I can assure you, Richard is trustworthy, honest and above all, a good lawyer.

I met Richard Sudar through a customer that would come into work very frequently. I ended up needing an attorney and the customer that would visit my job recommended him and vouched for him, that I coulden be in better hands then with him. I decided to hire him and boy! Was that the BIGGEST MISTAKE I... EVER DID IN MY LIFE!!. This attorney is clumsy, is not ready, will give you no update on your case and make you hear what you want to hear. He's a spineless attorney that will not hesitate to take your MONEY!!! And that's all he cares about. He's the most unprepared person and attorney I have EVER MET! He took my money with no remorse of what i was going through, almost ruined my life. I had to fire!!! Him and lose $1,500.00 dollars that he retain within 2 weeks that he didn't even do anything I practically just said here is this money take it because I don't need it. I asked for a refund and he said that the work he spent on my case was more then what I had given him! This man did NOT DO ONE SINGLE THING IN MY CASE. You might as well hire a public defender if your going to hire him. He will be the quite actor, be all nice tell you all the good things you want to hear, but trust me... He will ruin you and take your last dime without thinking twice about it. Make sure you do a very intense background check on this thief cause all you will find is negative things and on how he's ruined innocent peoples lives. He's cold blooded man and will do nothing and do everything to take your money. I sure learned a very good lesson but what goes around comes around.