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Nicole Ellan Foster

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Licensed for 23 years

Lawyer at Los Angeles, CA

445 S Figueroa St Ste 2700, Los Angeles, CA

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2018
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Licenses

Licensed in California for 14 years

State: California

Acquired: 2011

Disbarred

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2018

Licensed in North Dakota for 23 years

State: North Dakota

Acquired: 2002

Disbarred

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2018

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LAW OFFICES OF NICOLE E. FOSTER

445 S Figueroa St Ste 2700, Los Angeles, CA, 90071

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Posted by Crystal | March 05, 2015 | Criminal Defense

Don't use her for criminal defense.

She represented my father in a recent case. He was having all kinds of issues with her. From her not returning his urgent phone calls, to her not calling key witnesses or getting pertinent background information that would've helped her case. It was like she didn't care, all she cared about was getti...ng paid and she promised she would represent my father, in which it was yet another lie. She didn't know what questions to ask, and my father got so frustrated with her that she wasn't listening to him, or doing her job that he paid her 10 grand for, I mean why would she? She railroaded my dad for her money upfront. Once she got it she didn't care. I told her I would testify, my brother said he would testify on our father's behalf, she didn't bother with it. She never met with any of the prosecutors witnesses, never asked pertinent questions to the case. Never did character witnessing, nothing. It was like she already assumed my father was guilty and just was there but absent from doing her job. There were tons of holes in the case but she refused to use them to her advantage, why? I don't know. I'm not an attorney, but I seemed to know more about the law than she did honestly. She also booked it out of the courtroom after the first day without tracking anyone down she walked right by me and I tried to get her attention and she looked at me and walked past like she couldn't give me the time of day. She never even met with the father the DAY BEFORE THE TRIAL!!! What lawyer does that? Then after constant prodding from my dad she finally contacted me and said this. "Well your dad seems to think getting a hold of you could help my case." I said yes when she asked if I would testify, and showed up at the courthouse when she asked me to. I was never called back up to the stand. She was not out to help my dad at all. We just wasted her precious time. As soon as the verdict was read, she high tailed it out of there. No goodbyes, she didn't bother with sticking around so we could ask questions about what went wrong. She just left. She is by far THE worst lawyer I have ever seen. My ex-husband's federal pro-bono lawyer was better than she was and that says something. Keep your money, don't bother with her she won't do anything to represent you in a criminal case, she should take it off her site as it's clearly not her forte and she can't represent her client well. Once she gets her money she checks out of the case. Not someone you want on your team representing you.

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Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2018.

Disbarment issued in CA, 2018

updated on 07/22/2019

Disbarment is the most serious penalty for a lawyer. If this attorney is currently practicing law, you should contact the California State Bar to understand the reasons for disbarment.

Disbarment issued in ND, 2018

updated on 09/17/2019

This is the most serious penalty for a lawyer. If this attorney is currently practicing law, you should contact the the North Dakota Supreme Court to understand the reasons for this disbarment.

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University of North Dakota

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