David Jean Kaloyanides

This attorney was assigned to me for a federal drug trafficking case about 7 years ago and did not do anything for me. He was impossible to get in touch with and came to see me only 2 times during the 5 months I was awaiting trail. He answered very few of my questions and I never really understood wh...at was happening with my case because he never told me anything about it. I ended up taking a deal for federal prison time (I recently got out) because I didn't trust this attorney or his ability to represent me in a trial. I wished I had listened to my family and fired this attorney and asked for another when they told me to because I was very unhappy with what he did for me.

After 4 lawyers, David was the only one to believe in my case. He fought for me in a 5 week trial and attacked the government witnesses non-stop. He did everything for me but most important, believed in me when none of my other lawyers would listen. He saved me from a life sentence. Now I am free and... with my family. We call him the lion in court. He never gave up on me.

DO NOT HIRE THIS LAWYER WHATEVER YOU DO! I did and it was a huge mistake. I paid Mr. Kaloyanides $18,000 to take my case and it was a complete waste of money. I honestly believe I would received better results if I had a public defender representing me. This lawyer was more concerned about how he loo...ked in the eyes of the DA and the judge than he was about getting results for me, his client. Mr. Kaloyanides failed to keep me informed of the significant changes to my case, and did not tell me when additional charges had been filed against me. I was incarcerated for the duration of my case in the county jail and had no means of staying informed myself of these changes. This lawyer was too preoccupied with other cases he had going as evidenced by the fact that he twice had to reschedule my court date do to his being in court for other cases he had in addition to mine. I sincerely felt Mr. Kaloyanides had too much going on with his other cases to give my case the proper attention it needed and I told him this numerous times. My only means of communicating with this lawyer was via snail mail since I was locked up the entire time and he unfortunately was fine with that. The handful of times I attempted to call Mr. Kaloyanides collect from the jail I was unsuccessful every single time. Three different times after three different court dates Mr. Kaloyanides said he would visit me in jail before our next court date to discuss my case and all three times he flaked and was a no-show. When I complained about this in the many letters I wrote him Mr. Kaloyanides admitted he had a lot going on with his other cases and apologized for not doing as he promised. Mr. Kaloyanides failed to do any of the few things I asked him to do regarding my case for reasons unknown to me. I asked him to ask specific questions during the preliminary trial and he refused. I asked him to investigate certain (simple) things regarding my case and he did not. I asked him to make certain counter-offers to the DA when we were trying to negotiate a plea deal for my case and he did not. Perhaps my requests were too petty or below him to honor I really do not know. Mr. Kaloyanides said he would send me an invoice every month showing what I was being charged for in terms of fees and he never once did that. He also told me during my initial consultation that he did not charge fees for commuting to and from court for my case but this proved to be untrue because once I did finally receive an invoice after my case was over for services rendered he had charged me numerous times for the time it took him to commute to and from court. Mr. Kaloyanides proved himself not be a man of his word numerous times unfortunately. Finally, I want you to know that I asked Mr. Kaloyanides time after time after time to provide me with the specifics of our plea deal with the DA so I would know ahead of time all that I would be pleading to. Mr. Kaloyanides told me the plea deal would include certain things but on the day I was to sign I was completely blindsided by a plea deal which included 3 more charges than my lawyer informed me it would. Mr. Kaloyanides said he did not know until that morning that the additional charges would be part of the plea deal but quite frankly I just don't believe him I'm sorry. My case had been going on for more than 16 months and I just could not believe that the DA did not decide until the morning I was to sign what charges would be included in the deal. Mr. Kaloyanides proved himself to be untrustworthy, unreliable, and unresponsive to all the needs of me his client. Do not make the same mistake I did and continue looking for a good criminal defense attorney. I had a very negative experience with this lawyer and wish I had hired someone else.

David helped me through a very difficult time in my life. I had gotten into serious trouble and thought my life was over. David was appointed to represent me in federal court. He helped work a deal for me in my case that saved me from years in prison and got me a straight probation sentence. He help...ed me out of a terrible mistake that almost ruined my life and my family.

In my opinion David Kaloyanides is one of the most Reliable, Honest, Hard working lawyers I've ever met. He truly cares about the outcome of his cases. Thanks to him I am more that satisfied with the settlement of my case. He's always been very straight forward with me and was always there to answer ...all my question when I needed answers. For him I have the upmost respect. Thank you David.