Francis Lutie Thompson

I strongly recommend avoiding this attorney. We always paid him on time, but he repeatedly failed to handle even the most basic responsibilities. He filed paperwork incorrectly on two separate occasions, and both mistakes caused serious problems in our case. He also failed to tell us about a require...d mediation, which resulted in the judge being extremely upset. There was a court date where he did not show up at all because he went on vacation without notifying us. He often arrived unprepared and did not seem to know the details of the case. Several judges have expressed frustration with him in court. After hearings, he did not explain anything that had happened or what the next steps were. He would leave immediately and walk past us without saying a single word. He may seem more affordable at first, but nothing is handled correctly and you will spend more money having to hire a new attorney to fix his mistakes. Please save yourself the stress. You cannot rely on him.

The worst attorney in Kern County. All he does is delay the case and he doesn't show up to court, costing both sides alot more money in attorney fees. Maybe when the other attorneys start requesting sanctions and requiring the parties that hire Thompson to pay their attorney fees then they will stop ...this nonsense.