Joel Francis Tamraz

I hired Joel Tamraz to help me with a civil suit. He seemed so nice, knowledgeable and helpful over the phone. Our first meeting should have been my first red flag. His office and desk were a mess, and he had msgs. stacked up on his desk from months back. I gave him all my information, signed a contr...act and gave him a retainer fee. I asked him to contact the opposing council immediately, and tell them he was representing me. In the meantime...I had some information I wanted to give him, and emailed him, and left several msgs. via phone. I never received any return emails or phone calls. I then received a large pkt. of information from the opposing council, with a lot of information and questions that had to be answered immediately. I had called Joel and he was not in, but I left a msg. with his assistant, saying it was very important, and I had to speak with him right away. This time he called back. We agreed to meet the next day. I had asked him again, if he let the opposing council know, that he was representing me. He said that he needed me to sign something first. Why didn't he have me sign the document the first day? He said he would email me then, so I could sign it. He never did. When he greeted me in the waiting room the next day, he introduced himself, as if we were meeting for the first time. I had to remind him, that we already knew each other. As we started going over everything, I realize he had done absolutely nothing on my case, it had been two weeks, and we were supposed to be ready for a court date soon. We went over some things, and he sent me home with homework. By the time I got into my car, I felt like I knew more about the procedures and the dos and don'ts about the case than he did. I had a contract that was breached, and he didn't even remember that, even though it was sitting right in front of him. He told me to add that to my information. Before I left his office that day, I told him to make sure he let the opposing council know, he was representing me...for the third time. I never heard anything back from him, so I STILL don't know if he did anything about it. After this, I decided to dispense of his services, and find a new attorney. I knew he was bad news. I wrote him a letter, to ask him to bill me for his hours, and return my unused portion of my retainer, which was thousands. I never heard back from him. I wrote him three times, and still nothing. If I could give this man negative five stars...I would. Do yourself a big favor. Do not go anywhere near him. You will be very sorry!