Thomas S. Olmstead

I hired Thomas Olmstead, and his lack of attention to detail, and knowledge to our case showed when we went to Arbitration. He recommended a key expert, who had never testified before. The "expert" was a painter not a general contractor. Our lawsuit involved the siding of our house. Now I am in l...itigation over the contractor he suggested. I haven't hired a lawyer, I am doing it Pro Se or acting as my own lawyer. I felt like I was so poorly represented, and could have done a better job myself. And then the article came out about him in the local newspaper 11/2010. I would never, ever hire him. My suggestion is run for the hills. I have worked with lawyers for wills, and advice but never in litigation.

I was EXTREMELY disappointed with Tom Olmstead. I don't know how he performs with other clients, but for me, it was a MAJOR disaster that cost me thousands of dollars. He was not responsive to me, he did not follow through, he would not remember what he had told me previously, he would change his min...d on a strategy without talking to me about it, he did not show up on time to the court which caused me to lose by default, he did not keep his word to me on arrangements we made, he hung up on me, (and I was being polite), and then he quit on me without notice when I needed him the most. It almost seemed like he was working for my spouse rather than for me. He is a nice guy, friendly and all that, but I would never use him as a lawyer.

This lawyer took on my case in a lawsuit against my former employer. He brought on a partner to assist in the case who never really got involved. I hand fed him documnets, detailed information and questions and names for depositions. He affirmed our case was good and would give it his best effort. W...eeks go by with no calls or return calls or emails. His law partner quit mid-stream. His paraleagal was an early 20's kid who did most of the work, but had no clue as to this type of civil litigation. As months went by, we kept reminding him of expiration dates for discovery and depositions. Olmstead conducted depositions without our knowledge or presence, claiming it was his assistants fault for not calling us. This was the start of our loss. His questions at these depositions were weak and did NOT help our case. Some of the questions we provided for him in these depositions he didn't use. He said he wanted to use them at trial rather than at the depositions. During a meeting prior to the pre-trial, he promised he would call these people in for depositions and ask for a continuance. Our repeated calls to remind him to ask for this continuance and schedule dates for deposition resulted with little response or action. In fact he didn't do anything until the day of the pre-trail. The judge was furious at him for his lack of professionalism and knowledge of the system. In fact the instructions he gave us for our written statements was completely incorrect. The judge threw everything out due to hearsay. This hearsay was based on Olmsteads instructions and oversight. When the judge dismissed our lawsuit, Olmstead acknowledged he dropped the ball. His incompetence almost cost us thousands or dollars in a counter claim. Luckily the judge saw it was HIS incompetence not ours. After Olmstead was chewed out by the judge, he quickly packed his stuff and sped away in his brand new BMW. I believe he sabotaged our case because he didn't have a clue on what he was doing. He claims to be a Christian attorney with a conscience, but I think he uses the witness symbol on his business card to bait people into thinking he is trustworthy with your life and finances. If you want a pit bull for an attorney, don't choose this guy. He is verbally weak, clueless or a good liar, and non-responsive. He's a good story teller, and loves to tell you his glory days of once being a cop and a fed. Luckily it only cost me a good civil case. I'd hate to trust this guy if my life was on the line for a criminal case. Don't trust this guy, he's just another shyster lawyer.