Jeffrey S Frasier

I retained Jeffery Frasier in Nov 2025. After being billed for 106.2 hours in fees, and little to nothing had been accomplished on my behalf, I terminated my representation with Frasier. I retained a new firm to start over with my case. The new firm not only repeated the same tasks, but they did c...onsiderably more, including reading my Buchalter file which had been sent to them. The new firm accomplished these same tasks undertaken by Frasier, and more, in 32.2 hours! As the other firm stated, mine was a straightforward case, backed with the data to show the intent to defraud was unmistakable and overwhelming. I provided all the materials and expert reports to Frasier when I retained him. He did not acquire anything more than what I provided. My case revolved around sellers’ failure to disclose a major default with the property (+$200K). I was told I had a strong case for rescission of the sale. Without my knowledge, Jeffery Frasier’s first call with opposing counsel was to offer that I deed the property back to the same party that just defrauded me, they get to keep what I paid them for the property, and when someone else can be swindled into buying the property from them (with the undisclosed defect), then, I would get paid. Opposing counsel wrote to Jeffery Frasier that the scenario he, Jeff, proposed was not a good proposition for his client. Opposing counsel pointed out that the two parties should not enter a joint venture and there was no security protecting my interests. This was the best representation Jeffery Frasier could provide me when he thought I had a strong case? It did not get any better from there. It seemed Frasier was working against my best interests. I was billed over 60 hours to read the materials I provided. This was a fraudulent sale of a property; not a whole lot to look through, as confirmed by the new firm. Sixty hours is 1.5 weeks, working eight hours every day, just to read the materials. How many novels can one read in 60 hours? I was billed 28 hours to “draft a narrative” explaining the documents. I was billed 11.3 hours to write a two-and-a-half-page rescission letter. Over ten hours were spent coming up with questions to ask County and City officials. Questions included asking County and City officials why the sellers did or said things. County and City officials are not going to opine about what the sellers did and said when they sold the property to me. Frasier had the expert reports given to him, but still asked County and City officials to give their opinions of the property, which of course, the Officials refused to do so. This undertaking was completely a waste of time and money. I sent a letter with the breakdown of the billing (which Buchalter can verify) and described the ineffective and reckless representation I received to both the Managing Partner in the Portland, OR office and the President and CEO in the LA CA office, giving them the opportunity to dispute what I have described here, or apologize for the indifference to my case and reprehensible conduct of their attorney. I received no response from either. This indicates to me that this is a firm-wide approach to how they do business. It is what it is. Terminating Jeffery Frasier and retaining a new firm to start over saved me a ton of money!