J. Peter Shearer

The other negative commenters are spot-on, and I wish I'd checked Pete out here before I hired him. I was referred to Pete by a friend who was using him at the time; unfortunately, both of our experiences ended up being awful. Pete severely overcharges, wordsmithing minuscule changes into hours long... issues with multiple people on his staff involved, and spends countless hours revising his ridiculous, convoluted "case summary" format on your dime. He also never gives straight answers, to questions like "what is the status of my case", and "how much do I owe you?" and could never answer any questions without one of his associates or paralegals, who seemed to understand my case much better than he did when I talked to them. I eventually hired another attorney who sent bills when asked, was far more efficient, and wrapped up my employment issue in a week's time, while Pete took over a month. Definitely wouldn't use him again, and I would caution anyone who considers him to know what they're in for.

I totally agree with the two star reviewer from July 2014... "Pete" billed me at every breath and repeatedly lacked efficiency in his work (written and spoken) which supported more billable hours. At one point, I had to ask him not to spend any more time on my case as it was ridiculous. He even bil...led me for filling out unemployment forms where he was word smithing something that could have taken 5 minutes and he turned it into an hour plus. My surprise bill made me lose all the financial benefit that he presumably gained by securing his services. Of course in hindsight I could have negotiated more cost effectively myself.