Vance Patrick Odell

The court appointed this person and because the incident occurred in Mukilteo I was stuck with him. He refused to communicate by email, he refused to meet in person before the hearing, he told me we would seek a "deferred prosecution" but explained nothing about it, immediately after the hearing he ...told me the Snohomish probation dept. would explain "ICAOS" to me (something I'd not heard of before and the probation officer told me to research on the internet), and he told me to "sign the papers or I wouldn't be walking out of court that day" (the form was incomplete but he informed me he would fill it in after I signed it). I eventually was able to engage the services of a competent attorney but much of the damage he had caused appears to be irreversible. To characterize this person as incompetent is both charitable and accurate. His inaction coupled with a probation officer that was even less competent than he is the reason that I have wasted thousands of dollars and uncounted hours attempting to resolve a DUI that occurred in 2010. At the probation officer was eventually fired. The only reason this system is tolerated is that most citizens do not know how bad it is. But they will.

Mr Odell was not hired by me or my wife. He was assigned by the court. On the last five occations that my wife had to appear at court mr. odell did not try in the least to read or understand all the proper paperwork that stated there was a clerical error on the states side of our payments for our lic...ences. Mr. Odell blew off my wife and acted more like a prosecutor than a defender. he did not show any effort to read or understand my wifes paperwork from the department of licencing and debit card reports stating that our debts have always been payed ontime and that it was a courthouse error. Instead mr. odell teamed up with the prosecutor and the judge. The prosecutor, the judge, and mr. odell all covered up the courthouse's clerical error by fining my wife $550 dollars. I feel very sorry for anyone that has mr. odell as a public defendor. he does not care about defending anyone but the state and won't lift a finger if it means putting out a little effort. If I had a choice he would no longer be an attorney. If it hasent been writen out for him by someone else and made easy he dosent care. All he wants to do is stand there in coart in his walmart suit and callout names of people that think that he is helping and watch them suffer for putting their trust in him. I think he should never be hired by anyone, HE IS WORTHLESS.