Valerie Ross

I hired Valerie Ross for my son's criminal case to try to get his bail reduced and told her specifically that we needed someone to speak up for him and let the judge know he was still in school and in the weeks that he had already been in jail he had not been given his antidepressants that he had bee...n on for 2 years. When it came time for her to speak to the judge she said nothing!! I called her later that night crying because my son called me now more depressed than ever because he didn't understand why she didn't say anything to help him and was now having suicidal thoughts, so I had called her to see what could be done to help him and her advice was to tell him he must not do that....then she said if I had more money she help me but when I told her I had no more money she needed to go because her dinner was getting cold. At the next court date she still said nothing about his age or his meds, it was a pretrial where the police officer was interviewed, her chance to question the officer as to the fact there was no evidence against my son and that he did not do the things they accused him of, I was there so I know he didn't. She asked the cop 2 questions that were pointless. She also had no driver's license so she was not able to go into the jail to interview my son to even find out what his defense was. She cost us the case and now my son is on probation for the next 2 years and has a record when the case should have been dimissed.

I contacted Valerie Ross because I heard she specialized in juvenile cases. During our over the phone consultation she sounded like she really knew her stuff. Looking back in hindsight I was really desperate and in major need of some legal representation for my loved one. She had great communicati...on, kept in touch, was always available and overall seemed like a great pick. After my family and I paid her the retainer fee she turned into a completely different individual. Her work was lack luster and amateur to say the least. She completely stopped communicating with my family and we never knew what was going on half the time. We always had to call her just to get updates on our situation and she wouldn't answer the phone half the time and when she did she was rude and vague. One of our family members whom we had hired to be represented by her was sitting in jail behind this charge and she barely made any visits or had any contact with them. We were extremely disappointed because we had paid her over $2,000 dollars and she never did a good job. In court she filed an OR motion for my family member and got completely ate up by the D.A. She was tongue tied, her defense was weak, and she was submissive and extremely passive. Of course the OR motion was denied not once, BUT TWICE by 2 different judges. She was ill prepared and disconnected from the case. She was not on her A-game. I started to feel like my family and I had been duped because we clearly couldn't see what we had paid her for because she didn't do jack or get anything accomplished. I honestly would never work with this woman ever again, I know public defenders who are way better than her and she has the audacity to charge thousands of dollars when she isn't worth 2 pennies. We'll never get the money back that we gave her in confidence but that's the risk you take when hiring a lawyer, so if I can stop someone from getting scammed and milked for their hard earned money then it was all worth it. Valerie Ross is a rip off and is more concerned with securing a retainer fee then actually representing her clients because as soon as my family paid her she stopped doing her job.

Valerie knows the Victorville courthouse and the law. She is a highly ethical and brilliant attorney! She is wonderful person who is liberal in her beliefs, and will do everything she is capable of to fight for her clients. She knows what a case is "worth", she knows the best outcome that can be had,... and she knows how to get it. She is knowledgeable, reliable and responsive not only to her clients, but to other members of the legal community. She has been practicing law for over 30 years and went to a prestigious law school, not a buy your degree online school (like the DA in our case). The previous posts are not a fair representation of what Valerie does. We spent over 16 months with Valerie. Most people do not understand the politics, and the game play that is involved in fighting a case. After all this time, we know see how fighting a case as complex as ours is a balancing act beyond most peoples comprehension. Valerie knows how to work through this insanely complicated system, and she does a fantastic job of it! She is respected by many members of the legal community, including many Judges. She knows what the judges and the court will allow and what will be thrown out and be a waste of everyone’s time, money and effort. If you want an attorney that has a high level of ethical values, choose Valerie! Family law is her specialty; however she is brilliant with criminal law as well. Our case was a criminal case. It was very complicated, and involved an extensive amount of work. Valerie stuck with us until the end, and returned and acquittal on all charges! She never advised us to take a plea, because she knew that we were right and she stood by us until the end! Valerie does what is right, and she WILL deliver the best possible result for you. We are forever grateful to Valerie for all of her hard work and for believing in us!

After aquiring her services, we assumed she would attend to our questions and concerns during this trying time of legal issues. We, as well had to constantly remind her of issues pertaining to the case. Our calls to her were effortless, as we never seemed to get any answers. She seemed "flaky" at tim...es and had no idea what case or who her client was. We had to remind her! She was given a form to lower bail amount, and that was misplaced and never turned in. Cost us an additional $1500!

Obtained her day before court turn in(for a non-violent crime, that she assured us she could get an OR if there was a voluntary turn in), collected money up front 5 min. before entering the court room.. Placed into custody, and family was not informed or any information explained, except to say the d...efendent was placed into custody, and she would call us. Have had to contact her ourselves, and still she only stated that we would have to wait until the following week when he goes to court, because she hasn't had the chance to find anything out. I would like to know what we paid her for if she has not done anything!