Ayinde Adisa Jones

I was represented by Ayinde in a criminal matter in downtown Los Angeles. From the very beginning, he was not only attentive and accessible, but deeply committed to understanding every detail of my case. I was scared about this process but he made me feel as though it would all work out. What stoo...d out most was his confidence that something good would happen. He was detailed, strong and had a way with everyone in the courtroom. Everyone respected him and he seemed to know all the people from the cops to the judge. Ayinde made my life better and I'm grateful for his help. I thought I was going to jail and I didn't. Instead I'm committed to doing better going forward. If you need help please give him a call. It was worth every penny.

I filed for divorce from my ex spouse without an attorney , my husband hired an attorney and eventually, I was forced to get assistance, but my finances were limited. I retained the paralegal Elite Legal who also offered attorney services. Ayinde Jones was the attorney who represented me. The fi...rst initial over the phone conversation was polite, I gave him some insight about my divorce. He scheduled a virtual met and confer with my then husbands attorney. I immediately felt under represented by Mr. Jones. While my husband was making demands about documents I needed to provide about my finances, pension, etc. Mr. Jones didn't counter. In fact after the met and confer he never followed up with me. I eventually spoke to him after calling several times and he told me if I didn't like his services that I could go else where. I felt ashamed, embarrassed, vulnerable, and horrified that someone would speak to me in that unprofessional manner. I hadn't done enough research and was ignorant about everything that had to do with protocol and attorney. I also didn't have the resources obtain anyone else. I contacted Elite Legal to complain about my experience with Mr. Jones and my complaint fell upon deaf ears. I also didn't realize that every court appearance from Mr. Jone's would be $400. I was lead to believe that lawyer representation was included in the entire amount I paid. Mr. Jones was horrible, he only should up virtually in court which really made it hard for me because if I had questions I was unable to ask or if I didn't understand something I didn't have him actually present. The reason I decided to get representation is because I didn't understand court proceedings. He never called the night before court to counsel me. He never followed up with me after court dates, when I would call I went straight to voicemail. We had a settlement agreement date set by the judge for a Santa Monica location which Mr. Jones declined which pushed our date back and changed the venue to a location further away which made me have to travel further. He never called me the day before to discuss anything regarding strategy or explain what I should be prepared for, so I didn't know what to expect. He also should up 45 mins late. I felt very much alone during the negotiations, it was as if I was alone and Mr. Jones and the Judge were just trying to get me to agree to anything so that they could end the day. In between negotiation Mr. Jones would go out in the lobby and talk to other clients, or precede virtually in court for his other clients, and I found myself having to go out into the lobby to retrieve him when the judge would ask for me to return to her office. The entire time he and the judge had conversations in front of me regarding how expensive it would be for me if I decided to go to trail. It was insulting, and the used manipulative tactics to scare me into not going to trail. He made me feel alone in the entire process. He was unprofessional and he did not do his job, he didn't even take out the time to go over the settlement agreement. It was emotional and overwhelming, the process was rushed and Mr. Jone's not advocate for me that day. He should have taken time to see if I had concerns, or questions, about the agreement and he didn't, nor did he follow up, so a lot of concerns, and questions never got answered, because after that count date he never contacted me until he needed me to sign off and I then listed the concerns, but Mr. Jone's had already received his $1,500.00 for one day , and would assist me any further. Don't use him as an attorney at least not if you are poor, and ignorant about the law . I plain on reporting his misconduct to the board, I don't know if that will encourage him to treat all his clients with dignity and respect no matter how much money they have.