Michael Walsh Armstrong

I hired Michael Armstrong to represent me in a frivolous lawsuit brought against me. Armstrong handled my case with a level of indifference and incompetence that is scarcely believable for a high-fee Palo Alto attorney. Armstrong's efforts on my behalf included the following: 1) He told me I would pr...obably lose because he most likely never bothered to understand my case; 2) He disclosed potentially damaging personal information to the opposing attorney; 3) He failed to send me information I requested in a timely manner; 4) He disobeyed a direct instruction from me; following which he was rude and petulant when I demanded an explanation, leaving me no choice but to fire him; 5) His final bill included some pretty spurious itemizations that somehow conveniently rounded up to a multiple of $500. When I hired a competent attorney instead, who did as I instructed after only one meeting, the case against me was dismissed before it ever went to court, but by then Armstrong's incompetence cost me time, money and undue stress in addition to the burden of the lawsuit itself.