Douglas Jaffe

Mr. Jaffe was recommended to me from the California Bar, I was a service member who was having an issue with someone and he took on my case. Things were decent in the beginning but as time went on they changed drastically. Finally, He took himself off of my case as soon as he thought there was no way... for him to make any more money. I did more in one weekend in San Diego than he did in over a year and a half. I did not live in San Diego at the time so I put all of my trust in him just to have it backfire on me. He will ask you for a $1500 retainer and will ask for more within a month from there. He states in his contract that your Retainer is "returned upon request" but after asking multiple times I have never received it. I had asked multiple times for an itemized receipt and never received one. I feel He is not an Honest Lawyer and I would not recommend him to anyone. Find someone who finishes what they start. Oh and the way he went about removing himself as my attorney- He sent me paperwork next day delivery stating that he was requesting his removal from the courts, and provided me with a date that I could fly to San Diego to pose my objections. I flew there, I entered the courtroom at 0845 and the hearing was at 0900, the bailiff could not find my paperwork so he asked me to sit down and wait, when all the cases were reviewed and the judge left he came over to me (the bailiff) and said that Mr. Jaffe was in at 7 am that morning to and told the judge that I lived out of state and would not be attending the hearing, he then signed the documents and was removed without my right to refute.