Paul A Thompson

We hired Paul A. Thompson to help us get our money back from a contractor that did not dispute what he owed us. We had a terrible experience with Mr. Thompson. First, it took him more than EIGHT MONTHS to get our case, one where the other side was unrepresented and unresponsive, to an arbitration he...aring. Then it took him another NINE MONTHS to reduce the arbitration award into a judgment that we could use to collect our money back. It took Mr. Thompson three tries to get the arbitration award converted into a court judgment because he kept forgetting to attach the right documents, or to follow the right procedures. A year into this process, an attorney for the contractor pointed out that Mr. Thompson has named the wrong party. He took no steps to fix that problem. Several months later, defendants second attorney informed him of the exact same error (naming the wrong business). Although he took no steps to fix the underlying problem, this time, Mr. Thompson informed us of his error and indicated that he had a “conflict of interest” and could not represent us. We did not understand why this was an issue the second time and he did not explain the difference to us between the first and second time. By this point, we had paid him around $7,000 and still did not have our money back from the contractor. It is clear to us that Paul Thompson took a case he knew very little about, did not know the procedural rules and did not understand certain basic legal concepts. He demonstrated a lack of attention to detail, he was unresponsiveness to our questions, and he continually demonstrated a general unfamiliarity with construction law. In trying to negotiate some satisfaction from Mr. Thompson in lieu of his poor performance he rejected an amicable mutual release agreement with us. Had Mr. Thompson been upfront and earnest with us about his skill set and his experience, we would not have hired him—a fact that I am sure he was aware of when we first met with him. We spent two years, several thousand dollars, and untold stress and grief, only to do what we should have done in the first place—hire someone who knows what they are doing. We had a terrible experience with Paul Thompson.

So I got to Paul when I was almost out of hope, he has brought my family out of a horrible situation and continues to fight for my family. I have overwhelmed him at times with information, but he is patient and deals with each issue calmly. I feel blessed to have him represent my family in the fight ...ahead, and appreciate his support and compassion more than he will ever understand.

On 9/11/13 Mr Thompson represented us in a BBB arbitration involving LeafGuard NW. We knew Mr Thompson was just beginning his legal practice and we thought we'd give him a chance since we were convinced we'd win. (We didn't, but neither did the other side.) Firstly, Mr Thompson did a poor job in hi...s opening statement. He barely spoke above a whisper. I wrote it off to first time jitters. But then the opposing council came after me very harshly. I looked over to my lawyer, Mr. Thompson, and not only was he not defending me but he was enjoying the opposing council's routine. He actually had a smile on his face! I couldn't believe it. Even the arbitrator said he shouldn't have let it go on that long. It was completely irrelevant anyway. But my lawyer seemed to be enjoying the beating I, his client, was receiving at the hands of opposing council. I was willing to let it go but the last straw was when I left the room for a second after it was all over and came back in just in time to see Mr Thompson roll his eyes at the opposing council and say, "I wasn't the first" implying that I was a difficult client and went through numerous lawyers. Untrue. He was the first. We gave him a chance. We took him out to lunch at a nice place. He drank good wine. I handed him the entire case on a platter. And this is the thanks I get? Not only was he completely incompetent, but he flat out fed me to the wolves.