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.