Lauren Laundis

I first was contacted by Attorney Lauren Laundis when I found her on AVVO and she responded. We set up an initial intake through her assistant. This was done over the phone since I live two hours away from this law office. I wanted an attorney whom was in the jurisdiction where the offense occurred. ...I explained my case in detail to Lauren and answered her questions completely and honestly. Although I told her I could pay a contingency fee, she said she'd accept my case for a percentage of the outcome. This is where the problems started. Lauren told me her assistant would get in touch with me about the next steps. I waited several weeks and finally emailed asking what to do next. A lot of back and forth emails and many more weeks passed. Finally, I asked to be sent a contract. This is when I was told by the assistant that Ms Laundis thought my landlord/tenant dispute had a statute of limitations ending in the Fall, not the Spring, as it was. How she could have made this mistake makes no sense, since I gave her proper dates and emailed her the lease with very clear dates. Her assistant said she would only represent the personal injury part of my case, since the other statute was about to expire. This attorney cost me this part of my lawsuit because she didn't file on time, having months to do so. Then she emailed me a Docusign contract to represent me. I signed it right away and sent it the back the same day. Again, months went by and many ignored emails from the office and all ignored by the attorney. Finally, after I pressured them, the assistant told me I HAD to go to their office and bring the documents pertaining to my case. This meant a good four hours of driving for me. This was never asked of me before and I had already emailed the documents to the office. If I didn't make the drive I could "find an attorney closer to your (my) area". I had already invested much time in relaying info, etc and many months on this attorney, so I made the drive and brought her the documents. The attorney was not expecting me as her assistant supposedly forgot to tell her about my appointment but the attorney met with me anyway when she eventually got back to her office. We discussed the case again, I gave her the documents again. There was nothing at all that was new and this meeting was completely unnecessary. Again, i waited for the attorney to file my case and get things moving. More pressure from me and more of the office and the attorney ignoring me. We are literally at six months past my initial phone consultation and I'm still waiting for my case to be filed. Absurd. I didn't want to find another attorney because of what I've already invested in this one. I couldn't understand why she was handling as she did. So, her assistant got back to me eventually and said "Ms Laundis is reviewing her notes and the documents. She believes she only offered to file the case and never agreed to represent you". What!?!? I was stunned at this. If she didn't want the case, why didn't she just say so? It seemed she was trying to get me to just give up and find someone else. I don't know why she handled things this way. When the attorney did get back to me many days later, she said she never agreed to represent me. A flat out LIE. There's no way she could be confused. She cost me my landlord/tenant case by letting the statute run out, wasted six months of my time and needlessly made me make that four hour drive. Then I looked back at my online Docusign contract and it had a giant VOID across it! I have no idea when she voided it and she never told me and still hasn't acknowledged it, even though I emailed it to her and specifically asked. I told the attorney I was going to contact the State Bar and post true reviews of my experience with her. So, she responded immediately finally confessing she thought it wouldn't be "financially worth my office to represent you" Why wouldn't this attorney have said this from day one?