Lucy G. Heil

Lucy demonstrated she is not capable of representing those who desire anything other than to throw themselves at the mercy of the court or are simply willing to settle for mediocrity about their representation. Lucy takes on FAR to large a caseload and in turn does not communicate proactively or effe...ctively. She does not answer phone calls, she returns emails and texts when it appears she feels that she has no choice.  She does not follow reasonable client requests regarding providing discovery, exhibits, etc.  She only takes the time to communicate when she knows she has dropped the ball.  Her lack of initiative and professionalism cost me unnecessary time in jail, money, and more importantly frustration.  I am VERY calm and reasonable.  I understand professionalism and attempt to do the best job one can.  I essentially represented myself.  In the end, she provided nothing to my situation.  She added insult to injury by not following through with disputing Lake Oswego Municipal Court from billing me for her court-appointed attorney services.  Short of having a license with the bar I don't know what aptitude she brought to the table. I discourage anyone from placing their future in the counsel of Lucy.

Ms. Heil was my court appointed attorney. I was nervous because of the reputations of court appointed attorneys. When I was arraigned I was looking around the room noticing the other court appointed attorneys. They looked unkempt, shirts untucked and I did not have a lot of faith in how the process w...as gonna go. When the judge called my name, Lucy appeared and I was pleasantly shocked. She was polished, professional and looked and sounded like an attorney you would see on television. After my arraignment she scheduled a meeting to meet with me. Instead of meeting at her office, we met where the incident occurred and she drove me around in order to re -enact exactly what happened so she could see what occurred through my eyes. She was incredibly insightful, and she immediately hired an investigator to speak to witnesses to the incident. Most importantly, she believed in me. I was alienated in high school because of the way I look and people always have misconceptions solely based on my appearance. Lucy was able to look beyond that and surmised that I has probably been blamed for something I didn’t do simply because of the way I look. It was pretty amazing how she understood that without me having to tell her. This case is my first encounter with the criminal justice system and it has been the source of so much stress and worry. However, after Lucy was appointed to represent me and after we got to know each other I felt as though a tremendous weight had been lifted off my shoulders. My case went to trial and resulted in me being found not guilty. This case was the source of so much stress and angst for me and my family. Again, I feel like I had won the lottery having Lucy represent me as she is like what I would imagine a $500 per hour attorney would be like. During trial, I was amazed at her ability to clearly make arguments that were easy to understand. The whole experience was a bit surreal as she was so good at trial, I felt like it was again like I was in a tv show, but it was my case. I am so thankful to her and hopefully we won’t ever have to go through another experience like that, but just thinking about her puts a smile on my face. I am forever grateful.