Linda G Haines

In the months leading up to my trial, her and her Investigator both praised her and called her a so-called pitbull lawyer. She refused to show me what her game plan was, she inherited this case from a $20,000 retainer Lawyer and threw out The case he had built, said she wanted to start fresh, that it... was too much to go through? during my trial. She did absolutely nothing to cast doubt on the charges against me did not defend me, refused to listen to me and fight for me. She literally went from seven witnesses down to one and out of hundreds of documents my original lawyer built she brought two documents to Court. after being sentenced and being incarcerated it took two weeks for her to finally get a hold of me and return my call, at which point I asked her to amend my sentence and she filed the wrong motion. That was the last I ever heard from her. If you ask me, it looks like she is working with DA to incriminate men if you get her as a lawyer fire her immediately.

Linda tried very hard to get me to take a plea deal and even thought I was a different person with the same name. I hardly had any contact with her because she was hard to reach. I knew I was innocent and she assured me if the victim hadn't been subpoenaed she would file for a dismissal. Instead she ...filed a continuance behind my back and withdrew as my lawyer. I was very upset because I didn't want to continue, I wanted a trial. I felt all she was trying to do was incriminate me and would undermine any evidence I gave her. I suspect she works with the DA and tries to help him get convictions. Don't hire her!

Linda Haines is (literally) ranked the lowest, as in most undesirable, CIDC Member Lawyer for all of Clackamas County. If you find yourself to have been ill-fated enough to be charged with a crime and then had Linda Haines appointed to represent you, your best course of action is to fire her immedi...ately (or request she recuse herself) and seek anyone else to represent you aside from her. She does absolutely nothing for her "clients" aside from trying to pressure them into signing court documents that are not drafted in their favor or interest. She's most definitely not a trial attorney, nor a defense attorney, she's hardly even a paralegal that should have retired a decade ago and left this profession long behind. She's more concerned with the rising price of Marlboro Red's and whether or not she's going to make it to her evening watering hole before happy hour ends than she is with any case that fait-fully crosses her desk. And her personal appearance in court is exactly what others have stated on this platform - she'll show up looking like she literally just rolled out of bed, grabbed a non-matching pair of pants and a blazer, put on her beat up old Sketchers tennis shoes, smoked a pack of cigarettes on the drive over, and still manages to always show up at least 20 minutes late, guaranteed. You've been warned!

My brother has a history of mental illness, and has often found himself being treated criminally, as opposed to medically by the criminal justice system. Recently Linda represented him and did amazing work in ensuring he served no jail time for a prior minor offense. In addition, she took time out ...of her busy schedule to speak with our family members and learn about his long struggle with mental illness, ultimately utilizing this information in his defense.