Leigh Ann Bauer

I was unhappy with the service I received from Leigh Ann Bauer’s office and eventually switched to a different attorney who did a much better job. I retained Leigh Ann Bauer to represent me regarding a DUI charge in 2018. The initial phone interview with Leigh Ann went well, and the online reviews... of her office looked good. I paid the $3,600 flat-rate fee for DUI representation. The first sign of trouble was a slowness in responding to emails. I had a few questions about the citations that I received during the traffic stop. Several times I found myself sending additional emails to the office after waiting 3 or 4 days and not hearing anything back. The next issue I ran into was Leigh Ann’s office refusing to handle my citations. I received citations along with my DUI charge. Speeding and a couple others. Leigh Ann’s office informed me that they could not help me with those because they don’t deal with citations, only criminal charges. They suggested that I contact the city prosecutor to request that the citations be consolidated with my criminal case. I called the Fairbanks District Attorney’s office. The person I talked with there said that they could not speak with me on the matter because I had a lawyer. She also said that normally the defendant's attorney would submit the request to get a citation consolidated in with the criminal case. In the long run, during the hearing for the citations, the judge at the Nenana courthouse assigned the citations to be addressed with the criminal case, saying, “dealing with the citations separately from the criminal case would be pretty unusual”. At some point the paralegal left the company. She had been my main point of contact and the one who was familiar with me. I think it was a few weeks before a new one came in. Earlier this spring I had a phone appointment scheduled with Leigh Ann to talk about my case. She called me 4 or 5 days prior to the appointment instead. During our impromptu phone call Leigh Ann mentioned something about the prosecuting attorney bugging her regarding my case. She said the attorney has offered a deal and we need to "pull the trigger" on it soon. Leigh Ann was speaking quickly and not very thoroughly - as if I knew a lot about the case and a lot about the court system’s processes. I had to ask quite a few simple questions in order to understand what was going on. Eventually Leigh Ann suggested that I plead guilty to the DUI charge. She said the prosecuting attorney would then waive the breath test refusal. At this point I reached out to a different attorney. He explained things clearly and concisely and brought up a few options that Leigh Ann had not mentioned. Rather quickly he was able to get my charge reduced to reckless driving and his fee was quite a bit less than the $3,600 I paid to Leigh Ann’s office. Given my experience, I would not recommend using the services of Leigh Ann Bauer’s office.

I was charged with a DUI where the police took my blood without a warrant. We won our motion but the prosecutor appealed. LeighAnn fought this all the way to the Appeals Court and won. She told me to trust her that she’d fight it all the way and get it done and she did. Saved my job. I can’t than...k her enough.

I cannot express how much Ms. Bauer kept me from losing all the things I had worked so hard for, she was able to pin point legal issues in my case which allowed me to keep my job and my license! I would definitely recommend Leigh Ann to all of my friends and family if they every were in the same unfo...rtunate situation..Thank you again!!

I had a great experience with Leigh Ann. She filed motions in my case and got my case reduced to a reckless driving charge. It was a great result because I got to keep my job on the slope. She worked real hard. She phoned me after each hearing and let me know what was going on with my case. Som...etimes she's tell me that we were waiting on stuff but I always knew what was going on. She showed up to court and personally handled my case herself. She knows her stuff and was there when I needed her.