John Rodney Crowley

Unbelievable the damage Crowley has done for my case in Kittitas County Superior Court Court. We should have stopped him at day one! He pressured my family and I for quick credit card payment near $10k. Would not provide fee agreement and finally sent a text stating the funds would represent def...endant (me) “through end of trial”. He has been completely unavailable for professional one on one counsel, and shows up for hearings only to request extension’s based on every excuse our Local court system has ever heard. I was embarrassed to stand with him before the honorable judge in a few hearings, he has made me look just as irresponsible as he is. At this point of my pretrial process after resetting trial schedules over 18 months, he has pissed off the prosecution team to where I have suffered in terms of them demanding strong sentencing options. Now, this newest obstacle of John Crowley being disbarred from WBA puts me in a position of being incapable to hire another attorney as my entire savings was paid to Crowley after believing his dishonest presentation of how he would be able to defend my case in trial. Every red flag I encountered (Avvo Revuews) was brought to his attention (when he rarely became accessible) and his responses have proven to be untrue and misleading. John Crowley has been credible in the past, however my research shows 2016/2017 as completely ineffective and dishonest as he continued to take defendants money with Nothing in return to support the promises he makes to clients in order to receive our money and contract his legal services.. Clearly he is. Ineffective counsel at the very least! I pray for him to rectify his problems and the losing battles he has created for current clients. This is very unconstitutional and forbidden in his profession! - Anderson.

I hired John to represent my fiancé based on a recommendation from a friend. HUGE MISTAKE. This man has been impossible to get in touch with from day 1. Then after a status hearing the public defender set, he tried to act right for a second. Then pawned us off to a public defender and now won't answe...r my calls. He's a scam artist. Spend your $10,000 with someone who actually cares and will work for you rather than this clown. He took my money and took a damn vacation. But too bad for him because I also have the money to take further action to sue. Bar association here I come :)

MY SISTER,& I HIRED JOHN. WE BOTH LIVE IN DIFFERENT STATES FROM HIM,AND FROM ONE ANOTHER. HE TALKED SUCH A "GOOD" TALK AT THE START. HE NEEDED FUNDS ASAP TO START THE P.I. ON THE CASE. HE WAS AVAILABLE TO TALK UNTIL AFTER WE SENT MONIES. THEN WE WERE BASICALLY IGNORED! HE NEVER HIRED THE P.I ,(WHICH... MEANT VALUABLE CRUCIAL EVIDENCE WAS NOT RETRIEVED). EVEN THOUGH HE WAS GIVEN FUNDS FOR A P.I. HE LATER, (OVER A YEAR ), ASKED THAT THE COURT ASSIGN A P.I. WELL BY THEN HE ONLY HAD EVIDENCE FROM THE PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE. WE WERE SO VERY HOPEFUL, BECAUSE FROM THE START, JOHN ALWAYS SAID, THAT HE WAS IN IT TO WIN IT!!! CLOSE TO START OF THE TRIAL HE DID EVERYTHING TO TRY AND CONVINCE US TO ACCEPT A 'PLEA'. (EVEN EMBELLISHED FACTS). IT WAS A "NIGHTMARE"! HE TURNED AGAINST US, AND HIS CLIENT. HE DID NOT FIGHT FOR US!!! I EVEN GAVE HIM FACTS THAT WOULD/COULD HAVE HELP. HE IGNORED MY FINDINGS. I WAS AT THE TRIAL, RISKED MY JOB TO BE THERE.HE DID NOT EVEN SPEND ONE HOUR WITH ME WHILE I WAS IN A FOREIGN LAND. HE ALSO IGNORED THE REQUEST FROM HIS CLIENT HE WAS REPRESENTING. FROM THE START AFTER PAYING THE FEE, I/WE REALIZED WE HAD POSSIBLY MADE A HUGE ERROR. HIS STAFF WERE ALWAYS CLUELESS AS TO HIS WHERE ABOUTS, AND WHAT WAS THE STATUS OF THE CASE. AFTER LOSING OUR MONEY, AND THE CASE, IT ALL STILL SEEMS AS IF IT WERE A DREAM. SO UNFAIR TO BE A FACT. TO HAVE PAID SOMEONE TO REPRESENT YOUR LOVED ONE, WHOM TOLD YOU THAT THEY WOULD FIGHT HARD FOR YOU,BUT YET ENDED UP NOT DOING ANYTHING ON YOUR BEHALF!! HOW CAN THIS TYPE OF PRACTICE BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE??? AT ONE TIME I BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD FIGHTING ATTY. BUT THAT WAS THEN. I ONLY WISH HE WOULD HAVE TOLD US FROM THE START THAT HE WAS WAY TO BUSY TO HELP US!

I hired him for a criminal matter and he did nothing for over six months. After the checks cleared John stopped communicating with me. He was impossible to get a hold of, and would not return my money. If you think you want to hire John I suggest writing to the Washington State Bar Association... and getting his disciplinary files. The number of people that have grievances against John is staggering. I wish I would have known this before I hired John Crowley.