James Jeffery Peters

Having this attorney represent me was one of my biggest mistakes in life, he just made some money off of me and did not accomplish ANY thing for me, the expenses I paid for the case are much more than the small amount the employer paid to settle the case. I could have won a decent settlement if I hir...ed any average lawyer or even if I did not hire any attorney at all and represented myself. In the opinion of several other attorneys who reviewed my case eventually and in my opinion too I lost my strong case solely because of this incompetent and carless lawyer who did practically nothing for the case and actually ruined it. It appeared to everyone that he effectively worked for the interests of my opponent not for my interests as a client, at the beginning I thought (maybe) he was following a certain strategy and he just needed some more time to succeed, but as the months went by I saw no progress at all. He did not make any real effort to collect any evidence or to research the case, he did not even utilize the enormous evidence that I provided, he did not try to reach any witnesses and ignored all my attempts to communicate with him, he even tried 2 times on the phone to pass himself off as his assistant to avoid questions, but his assistant told me that James himself was the one who actually talked to me. He accepted the first low offer from the employer to settle the case. My biggest mistake was that I hired him in the first place. I dealt with other lawyers before and I know the difference, James J. Peters by far is the worst.

I faced serious problems because of this attorney. The issue with James is that he does not do a good job researching the case, and he fails to communicate with the client to have a solid knowledge about the case facts. I have been his client so I am speaking from a real experience with him. He di...d not utilize many important documents in my file while he was communicating with the opposing counsel, when I asked him why he did not do that he claimed that he “overlooked” them, but this happened again in the next occasion. James tried to persuade me to accept a small amount from the employer to settle my case against them, which was really strange given the strength of the case, I spoke to him then it became obvious to me that he is still clueless about some basic facts of the case which indicated that he did not research the case or my file well, at that point I decided to fire him, I hired another attorney and within less than 3 months my new attorney got me a settlement which is more than six times the amount the employer originally offered through James Peters. When I confronted James with these facts and with the settlement which I finally got he AGAIN claimed that he just "overlooked" some basic facts about the case. I think the source of the problems with James is his rudimentary knowledge of the law (poor and not up to date), lack of diligence, and poor communications with client. For these reasons I do not recommend him.

I hired James Peters for an employment issue, James appeared enthusiastic about the case initially but that started to fade away rather rapidly after filing a lawsuit against the employer, the communication became much poorer (almost non-existent after a few weeks). The employer company hired an a...ttorney to defend itself, James changed his tone from being my attorney to a neutral tone which surprised me a lot at the beginning, but soon I realized that as my case started to become complex James lost interest in the case and just wanted to finish the case regardless of the results to avoid a legal fight with the employer and I felt that he was ready to abandon me. When the employer offered to talk to settle the case James immediately initiated talks with them without my knowledge, and his tone shifted from neutral to actually trying to convince me to take whatever amount the employer would offer to settle the case, this came as a shock to me since it is a 180 degrees change in his position from very enthusiastic to just wanted to avoid any legal fight. All the facts and the evidence suggest that my case is still a very winnable case, nothing new that would suggest otherwise except that it may require more time and effort to go through the legal process, but that is what true lawyers are for, attorneys are supposed to stand for the rights and interests of their clients all the time but honestly James did not even come close to that. Maybe James can process simple cases or what we call slam-dunk cases but definitely I would not trust or recommend him for anything serious.

Honestly my experience with him was nothing but terrible, I lost a really strong case solely because of this attorney, please continue reading I will only state solid facts from my direct experience with him that James himself can’t deny: He did not work hard on my case, he knew just a superfici...al idea about the case, and communication in his firm is horrid. He cannot keep his story straight, and lies to make himself look better which includes making a verbal agreement on the basis of settlement then backing out of it. You would be frustrated the whole time and the firm does not "work hard for employee rights". Before I officially hired him, James told me my case “is as solid as platinum” and gave me assurance that I would be getting a big settlement, then a few months later he chewed me out, telling me suddenly that I had “no case”. His staff as well as him will not return phone calls and it takes telling the receptionist that you have a NEW client with a new case who would like to talk to the attorney for him to suddenly go from "not in the office" to on the phone with you. He was the worst choice I ever made. To get anything done you have to call him and get on him about his lack of attempts. He will make you as his client look bad both on the witness stand, and in general misrepresent your intentions in open court. He allowed the defense to put me in tears, then was siding with the defense, and that was just disgusting to put it mild. He accomplished nothing, with all the evidence I produced he absolutely accomplished nothing. The expenses I paid for the case are actually more than the money the employer paid. James just pursued the easiest way to secure any extra income for himself, to him it was an easy extra income so why pursue the case hard anyway? to me it was a life-changing event (loss of job and income) I did not see any sign that he actually cared about my case, he apparently did not care, he seemed not to have any motivation or courage to stand up for my rights. He did not put any effort to win even given all documents to make that possible. Steer clear of this firm all together, that is my honest advice

The incompetence and unprofessionalism of this lawyer warrant the time and effort to write this review. I retained James Jeffery Peters for an employment matter, I was totally unaware of his incompetency and his total disregard to client's interests. First James encouraged me to hire him promising me... very favorable results saying that "your case is really very strong" but after signing the retainer agreement James made a few claims that he "was working on the case" and "everything was okay", however after a few months I did not see any sign that he had been working on my case, actually he appeared clueless about many essential facts about the case. He ignored my countless attempts to reach him, he didn't return my phone calls or emails for several months, then suddenly he said he wanted to settle my case which he originally described as "very strong case" for a pittance. My experience with him consisted of James stating one thing to me but doing another, and not being responsive to my inquiries, failure to file necessary and time sensitive claims, serious misinformation about the case and lack of diligence, and breaking his initial promise to get a decent settlement for me. Actually my strong case was completely ruined by him because he failed to file time-sensitive claims and he presented the case facts selectively, he gave no explanation to his failure to file time-sensitive claims or why he presented the case facts selectively. All I received from James and his law office was just lots of excuses, and I was left to suffer alone silently. James Peters has been primarily interested in easy and quick money for himself and he showed total disregard to my interest as a client and to my feelings as a human being. just terrible, I feel for anyone even my worst enemy that hires him.