James A Sturdevant

Hired James to defend me in a fraud case he failed to properly inform me of the value of my suit, I asked multiple times what my case was worth during an out of court settlement so that I could make my own decision when I asked why he wouldn't tell me his response was he didn't think I had the capaci...ty to make my own decision, his first ruff draft low balled me at 75 thousand dollars wow nope your fired and now I sue him

I am surprised at the terrible reviews. I had a collection agency hounding me for $5000. for a credit card I never owned. Jim competently represented me in court and we also received court costs. I have nothing ill to say about the guy. I later recommended him to another guy who was actually guil...ty of credit card debt, and Jim succeeded in helping him too.

I was charged for work outside our agreement and he dragged me through a long, ugly, trial in an attempt to force me to pay. He also submitted over a hundred pages of my confidential financial documents to the court, without redacting any of the confidential information that was included. He could h...ave asked the court to protect the documents, or he could have blacked out the sensitive information, but he didn't and now I am a repeat victim of criminal identity theft. Oh, and if you do win your case against him, don't expect him to pay the court ordered judgment.

Used him eight years ago to help me on a 2000 medical bill dispute. He didn't even try to help us. Paid him a huge amount of money over what I agreed only to have him show up to court looking like he came off a bender. His opening statement was "Your Honor I don't even have a case" but it gets bet...ter. Six years after that he sues me for a bill I paid and demanded interest so high it was laughable. So that meant not only did he file my case in the wrong court all 2000 of it but he tried to get 12,000 for doing it. He lost his suit against me because I represented myself and he was on the other side. As the judge said, he overbilled, was disorganized and said my facts were more creditable. Check out his Bar complaints...lots of them

He sent me a get well letter while I was in the hospital and charged me for it! Then, once I told him his services were no longer needed he continued to pursue my case, charging thousands of dollars. In court he was reprimanded by the Judge repeatedly and then tried to refer me to an attorney in Seat...tle who in turn told me there was no way he would help me and Sturdevant was crazy to think he would. Fortunately I never signed a retainer, but this guy is a money hungry leech who will have you sit in his office while chats on the phone and stares at you blankly saying, "Um" repeatedly and charge $200 an hour.