Patrick Stephen Smith

This attorney put his own interests above mine, his client! In my civil cases vs. COLA, Mr. Smith literally did not file the necessary motion that would have given me a good chance at victory. Mr. Smith missed the filing deadline, so the judge ruled he could not add the key defendant. I believe tha...t I lost my case on summary judgment because I wasn't able to introduce important evidence tied to that defendant. I also believe Mr. Smith intentionally missed the deadline because he didn't want to harm his relationship with the county who he relies on for many of his clients. Mr. Smith also collected five thousand dollars from me that he is not due and refuses to refund it! That was just the most egregious billing dispute there were others. I received a settlement offer in a related civil case and he refused to respond to my inquires about the proposed settlement. I believe he wanted to let the deadline to respond pass because he wanted to continue the case so he could keep billing me. My experience with this attorney turned out to be worse than the situation I hired him to represent me for. Don't walk, but RUN away from this guy who is embodiment of all the negative stereotypes you've heard about lawyers!