James Jeffery Peters

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.

Avvo doesn't offer zero stars, so I am giving James one star just to have my feedback about him posted. Honestly, James J. Peters deserves no stars or points at all since he turned my life into hell while he was my attorney for an employment matter. I really couldn't find anything positive to say... about him. I have been one of his clients and I do agree with the other clients who gave him negative reviews but I would like to add that in my case not only he accomplished absolutely nothing for me but actually because of his rudimentary knowledge of the law and laziness I lost so much money and faced serious problems with the employer. For months, he didn't return my phone calls or emails in order to keep me guessing about the case status, In contrast with before I signed the retainer agreement with his law firm. Soon after signing the retainer agreement I realized that all James really cares about is his personal financial gain and all of his interactions with either me or the other side (the employer) are tailored to serve this purpose, he did very little work so he did not know the most essential facts about the case, he often had to ask shamelessly the opposing attorney "what had been done last?"! and "what should be done next?"!, he didn't send required documents for a long time while the clock on a filing was running and my statute of limitations was expiring and even when he finally realized that he had to send, he sent the wrong documents, many critical documents were sent way too late. He seemed lazy and irresponsible, he wanted to settle the case for much less than it is worth to get quick money into his pocket and he did not care about what hardship he is inflicting on me as a client. He missed many hearings and is not the most honest attorney in town, he concealed many important facts about the case from me in an effort to make me accept the bad settlement. I had three other attorneys review my case and each one of them independently was more than willing to represent me because they thought the case was so straightforward and strong and is worth a huge amount of money if handled correctly and honestly. I retained James J. Peters and it was my biggest mistake. One really has to choose an attorney wisely especially for important cases. James without a doubt deserves 0 out of 10 as an attorney.

Please learn from my true experience as a client of Mr. James J. Peters. I do not care about the other posts regarding this attorney, I only would like to tell my painful experience as a client of James Peters. James Jeffery Peters and his staff acted very nicely and promptly only during the initial... phase of consultation and signing the retainer agreement, promising me very favorable outcome if I retained them for an employment matter, shortly after signing the retainer agreement and once I fell completely into their trap things changed very quickly. Since I have retained him, I have been able to talk to James only once and just for a few minutes. Ironically James Peters Law firm is flying a banner of protecting employee's rights, I was unfortunately fooled by that claim too, James did not care about me or my case, all he cared about was just how quickly can he get cash for himself. James appeared primarily interested in a big payoff and less interested in meeting the needs or desires of the client; he appeared to selectively present information in order to get the clients to go along with him. He even tried to force me to sign a really bad settlement agreement. I and all of my friends who are aware of my case felt like he was working for the other side to try to force me to accept a bad deal even though my case was so strong. In my opinion, James J. Peters represents the very worst of the legal profession, he failed to perform even the most basic of legal services; did irreparable harm to my claim; and refused to provide essential information about my matter to a new attorney, ruining my case. I sincerely hope that this post will save someone else from the nightmare I have experienced.