Joe Young

Do not hire Joe Young or any of his minions, you'll be sorry you did! My case started a year ago with a simple wage and penalties claim. Joe Young said it was an obvious "Slam Dunk" case since my employer had failed to pay my final wages on time. I paid Joe Young nearly $2000 to file a Wage and Pena...lties claim with the Labor Commissioner. I was strung along for months and months and each time I called his office nobody could provide a status on my case. One week I was told "this" attorney was handling my case, the next week I was told that "that" attorney was handling my case. I finally contacted the Commissioner's office myself to see what was really going on. I was told by the Commissioner's office that a letter had been sent to Joe Young two months ago indicating that the Labor Commissioner doesn't have jurisdiction over my case and, as a "Labor Attorney" Young should have known that from the start. When I contacted Young about what the Commissioner said, he told me never to call the Commissioner's office again and threatened to drop my case completely. He went on to say that I was the reason the case hasn't gone anywhere in a year. He also indicated he never received a letter from the Commissioner yet, upon a simple request, I received a copy of the letter in 3 days. They string you along and make up lies to make you think they're working on your case, when in fact their incompetence and ignorance results in you losing your full retainer. Young treated me as a second class citizen telling me to shut-up and cursing on the phone when I confronted him with the Commissioner's findings. On my last phone call he hung up on me twice and told me he was done with me. This is unethical behavior for any attorney and this isn't over by any means. Now I'm on a mission and will be relentless in my pursuit for justice. I will use every legal recourse available to me so this doesn't happen to someone else. In my humble opinion Joe Young is nothing but a Great White shark on the prowl for unsuspecting clients.

FIrst, I want it know I am not basing my complaint on Joe Young not getting the outcome I wanted in my case, it did not get that far. Joe failed to file one item or preform any of the legal work I had retained him for. After having a question about his practices early on he assured me it would all ...be handled by himself personally which did not happen. There are a lot of good lawyers out there he is not one to trust, look at other reviews on this site and yelp, I wish I did before retaining him. Joe Young is a dishonest lawyer, he will promise you that he will perform work on your case personally and passes it off to others or no one at all. He will bill you excessively and not do any legal work you have asked for. THe only personal dealing I had with one of his associates was a young man that was supposed to be court ready; unshaven, frohawk, unpressed cheap suit, and woefully unprepared to deal with the basic challenges of life let alone the dealings in a court of law. Joe left a message I wish I could post the audio of on this site so you could hear the rambling messages he has left me. Just ensure due diligence before dealing with him, I hope that it is an isolated incident however based on other postings I have read it seems that this is just the way Joe Young does business.

My law firm hired Joe Young to handle some legal matters in another state on our behalf. Not only did he NEVER appear in court, he had a contract attorney who was not prepared show up on the date of trial after never filing an appearance, never reviewing the file or the answer. Of course we were in... a losing position and had to continue the trial. Afterward, the lawyer revealed she was only a contract lawyer who recently passed the bar and had never handled the type of case she was to try that morning. Afterwards, he sent us a bill for over $10K.

Last year, 2008, I hired Mr. Young to handle my DUI. He came to my work, listened to my story, and assured me that he could win my case for me. He always had different "lawyer's" showing up to represent me, never himself, and these people had tattoo's, tennis shoes that looked like they've been worn ...for years, wearing night dinner purses while standing in front of the judge with me by their side. I must have had 4-5 different, proclaimed lawyers, representing me. Also, whenever I felt uncomfortable with something, I would call Mr. Young, and he always was giving me different phone numbers, then other people would answer them saying it wasn't his phone number, and he seemed to be always sick and in the emergency room. Joe wanted $1,800.00 for him to handle my case, and one good thing that came out of it, was he was willing to take payments if I couldn't come up with a large amount. Upfront, I gave him 500.00 to get him started. And at first, he seemed to be very motivating with me. He gave me the impression that he was going to fight for me...well, boys and girls, don't believe for one second! This guy works a "circus" act. What I had to do first was, fire Joe. There was a balance I owed at the time of $250.00. He wasn't concerned on why I was firing him, even though I did send him a letter explaining why, all he cared about was that little $250.00 coming his way. Oh by the way, I never talked to him ever again except for his rude people that always would have different names all the time calling me. I received letters regarding my balance and I sent another back to him, after a while pasted, I received another statement from them. Someone wrote on it, "excused from Joe", but no signature. Now, I received a call yesterday out of nowhere from some woman (ELLEN) that really needs to stop smoking, that is telling me I need to call them TODAY to pay my balance or it's going to collections. Previously, I told Ellen that if they want to attack my credit in these days of hard times for a small amount after being fired for not fighting for me, then they can take me to small claims and I would be more than happy to tell the judge how this "IDIOT" scams innocent people out of money. Besides, I don't think $250.00 will "break" Mr. Young’s pocket. So people, take it from me, DO NOT GIVE THIS GUY A PENNY! He is a scam. By the way, I went out and got a more professional lawyer and WON my case!