Aaron Ritchie

If you choose this guy and get screwed around remember it's not because I didn't tell you so. I paid this guy $3,000 cash up front in full to represent me on my first DUI. I am 42 years old I had a perfect driving record prior to this. I was involved in a accident with myself and no other vehicles wh...ich resulted in my situation at hand. I hired this guy under recommendation from a pastor at my church who is over the AA ministry. The first time I met with him he sold me a great story about how it was all about finding weak points in the process that they used wow incarcerating me the night of the accident sounded great to me. At that time I informed him that I had a CDL driver's license and that I would love to be able to keep it. Also that I had a 13-year-old child that I am the single father of and have no one to keep her so I can't really do any jail time. He told me don't worry you won't be going to jail we'll get this if nothing else drop down to something less than a DUI. The case resulted with me losing my CDL. Having to do a class. $4800 in legal fees and fines. And a 90-day suspension on my license. But wait that was only the beginning after a year of going back and forth allowing my case to get switched around to multiple prosecutors he ended up settling for a deal that left me with a DUI conviction. I have to serve one day in jail. I have to have SR22 insurance. And I have to have a interlocker on my car for a yr. Now here's the messed up part when I was in court in the judge mentioned something about an interlocker he told me don't worry about it you already took care of that so I was under the impression that I was only supposed to have it for the 90 days of the suspension. After court come to find out I was supposed to have the interlocker the whole time I have been riding around breaking the law for a year and he never even told me that I was supposed to have this on my car. I have been riding all around the state of Washington with my family not knowing that if I got pulled over I will be sent to jail for automatic 30-day sentence. When I asked him about this after court he said don't worry you're moving out of the state anyway so you won't have to worry about the interlocker or anything that has to do with your Washington license. Today I got a paper from Missouri saying that my Missouri license that I don't even have and suspended for 30 days followed by a 60-day restriction. And that I need to get the interlocker put on my car in Missouri as well. Now I don't know what kind of lawyer you're looking for but if you're looking for one that is knowledgeable of the law. Or if you are looking for a lawyer that is not willing to tell you anything to get you to cooperate with scheme he is concocting then pick Aaron Richie. Oh yeah not to mention six points on my Missouri license that I don't even have!! WORST LAWYER EVER!!! I told u not to pick this guy!!

It won't let me put negative or no stars !!! I don't know where to start about how bad of an attorney this guy really is. I'll start by saying he gave me a price and I paid him in full thinking that that would get me the best representation. Boy was I wrong. The first time I met with the guy we sat d...own in his office I explained to him that I had a CDL and that I would like to keep it he told me he understood. Upon going on to the next phase I realized that my CDL license had been suspended when I asked him about it he said oh I didn't even know you had a CDL how does your lawyer not know that you have a CDL license strike one. Next he told me that I would not be seeing any jail time seeing as it was my first offense and I have never been pulled over or had any interactions with the law the entire 10 years I have been living in Washington. But when it comes time after a year of telling me we're setting it back so we can get it worked out we're setting it back so we can get it worked out. He comes and tells me that he needs me to do 24 hours in jail or 15 days on house arrest not to mention five years bench probation and over $1,000 in fines. When I went to his office and he opened my file not only did he not remember ever meeting me in person there were other people's paperwork in my file folder. Throughout the case I always had to call him to find out what was going to be happening at a court date he never called me to update me or have me on point about what we were going to be doing on court days. Just pretty sloppy all around. Not to mention the final play in court when they ask something and I didn't think it was correct he told me don't worry about it and then after court was like there's nothing we can do now. In other words I would conclude that this is the worst attorney I've ever had he came by recommendation. I am definitely going to go back and let the person who recommended him to me how poor of a job he did. I would not recommend this makeshift attorney to represent me or anybody I know. So if you go forward and use this guy this joker know that you were warned by one dissatisfied client.

Aaron was incredible. I hired Aaron and all throughout my case, he was easily accessible, helpful, and very professional. I never felt like he didn't care and was with me every step of the way. In the end, he won my case. I would recommend Mr. Ritchie to anybody looking for a criminal defense attorne...y. Thanks again Aaron!