James Jeffery Peters

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.

Mr. Peters represented me in a case against my former employer whereby we were able to recover a portion of wages lost following my layoff. The case was mediated. I felt Mr. Peters did an excellent job explaining the law to me, preparing for the case and negotiating on my behalf. Overall I was ver...y pleased with the outcome of the case and how Mr. Peters represented me.

The worst attorney, avoid like the plague, I have been a client of James Peters for a wrongful termination matter, unfortunately he turned out to be the most incompetent attorney and one of my worst experiences ever. Months after hiring him, I was shocked to learn he actually did minimal work (almost... no work at all) on my case, and his updates on my case turned out to be false, no actual progress, definitely James is not the most honest attorney you could find, all he actually cared about is money, just wanted to settle my case quickly for a pittance. He wasn't helpful or supportive at all at anytime, he just took my money for nothing, he rarely answered my questions, he never returned my phone calls or emails, then suddenly he wanted to settle my straightforward strong case for a pittance (a fraction of the amount which I eventually got when I hired another attorney and fired him). My new attorney resolved the case favorably and got me a substantial settlement in less than 2 months. When I confronted James with these facts, he claimed that he just "overlooked" some basic facts about the case, and "did not have enough time to actually research my case well". My honest advice: avoid this attorney like the plague, there are much better attorneys out there.