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Posted by Nathan | July 10, 2013
A mixed bag...
My experience with this firm has been a mixed bag. Always do your homework. Never trust what a lawyer tells you, especially AFTER you've given them your money. I requested some help from Linda regarding an extension on my community service in lieu of jail time... she dismissed me saying the terms...
Please contrast this with our 40 + complementary, "5 out of 5" reviews. We pride ourselves in being the opposite of what this person says we are. I am the author of the legal book on Washington DUI law. Judges and lawyers rely on my book, called "The Washington DUI Practice Manual." They will tell you that I AM knowledgeable about DUI law and court procedures. Most people take a judge's order very seriously. When a person creates their own emergency by not doing what they are supposed to, and waits until the day before the deadline to ask for help, if I can, I will and DO help. But I cannot pick up the phone or email a judge to ask a favor. That is prohibited unethical contact. There are rules I have to follow as a lawyer--I have to prepare emergency motions and give notice to the prosecutor, in order to get an emergency hearing PRIOR to the deadline occurring. However, that afternoon, I needed to be in court for another client. I was not willing to abandon that client to spend the afternoon drafting futile emergency motions. I can only be in one place at a time. If you were my client waiting for me in court that afternoon, and I did not show up because I was helping someone with a last minute request to fix an avoidable crisis of their own making, I would now be answering your negative review! I am glad this person found a way to get his extension from a judge who lawfully suspended the rules lawyers have to follow to accommodate him. But I did not lie to him about what I would have had to do to accomplish the same thing within the rules.
Posted by Michelle | September 21, 2012
The truth
I hired this attorney and I never saw her at all through my whole court case, I think they just use her as a gimmick, so people will use this company. The first court hearing was put off because the attorney wasn't present and another attorney substituting for whomever suppose to have been there. A m...
Out of 47 reviews, this is the only one with less than 5 stars overall. So something went very wrong in your opinion, and for that I am very sorry. Please call to discuss this, as I want to make things right with you. It is extremely rare for us to have a dissatisfied client. I personally strategize, investigate and negotiate every case my Firm handles. There is always the option to request that I personally appear at every hearing; there was no such request in your case. The reduction we obtained for you to a Negligent Driving is one most of our clients are very happy to obtain. Finally, I am sorry you felt rushed, but we were under the impression you were moving out of state a couple of weeks after your court hearing and a continuance would have been a great inconvenience to you. Again, please call so that I can fully communicate my regret that your experience was not excellent as it has been for all our other clients. Warmest regards, Linda Callahan