Janelle Carman

Janelle started out great it seemed, however, as things needed to be filed or attention was needed to button up files or special requests were made, she was MIA. Request after request went ignored and cost time and money. The final straw was $3000 given as a retainer that was never seemingly used and... Carmen Law ignored the requests for the return of the money when it was clear they were not doing their job. It has been years now. Do not trust this firm with any of your legal needs.

I hired Janelle Carmen for an issue I was involved in without talking to other attorneys about her, and boy did that bite me in the rear. For months and months she kept dragging the hearings out with various weak excuses that the judge kept accepting, and for some reason I never realized I was gettin...g bill for all the pointless time spent in hearings to just have them pushed out. In court she was very loose with the truth and facts, and even though it was to benefit me, it caused concern as I knew she was lying about stuff. The outcome was acceptable, but I was blown away when I got my final billing when it was all over. It was almost double what I was quoted and originally paid. Never again. Avoid this office for anything, you will regret it.

I would have loved nothing more than to have provided a positive review until it became apparent that this attorney fails in our case to adhere to her core values, including justice for the client. This attorney and her firm withdrew from our case after 6 yrs, close to $200,000, 10 trial delays, and... just weeks before trial leaving us without representation. There was a celebratory unprofessional presence in the courtroom hallway in front of her devastated client, family, and friends. We were respectful, patient, and supportive of her personal situation only to have her turn against us. The harm she created with the withdrawal was unconscionable. Don't be fooled by the charisma and manipulations.

Most of this firm's clients are clients for multiple years. Meaning they stretch things out to charge their clients. The first few court date the firms main attorney Janelle made an appearance then I was quickly passed off to another lawyer who had just passed her bar exam . The case in total has b...een going on for 2years 3months. When things in the case went from good to bad the communication went away. I never felt secure or sure of what was going to happen or what needed to happen. But the tipping point was when I emailed the attorney done questioned and she answered by emailing me a balance if my account. So if your looking for an attorney to really represent you look somewhere else. 2+Years = 5800