James R Wood

I hired Mr. Wood's firm to handle a HOA problem. I paid him $2,810 witch included court filing fees. he clamed that he would get "right on it". after 3 weeks nothing was done. I had sent multiple emails and phone calls. he responded that he would call first thing in the morning. never called. I final...ly drove to his office only to be amazed that he moved out and no forwarding address. I was later informed that he was dis-bared from Arizona. I had to hire another law firm and threated to call law enforcement. INCREADABLE but true!! Bryan

My wife and I have just spent three plus years of our lives fighting a battle with our HOA pertaining to running its elections in compliance with our Community Documents and Arizona Revised Statutes. After an appeal to the Arizona Court of Appeals we were awarded $43,015.33 in legal expenses by a Pi...nal County Superior Court Judge. Quite frankly, if it had not been for Roger's guidance and knowledge we would not have WON. Roger was a stabilizing force in dealing with numerous HOA attorneys assign to our case. We started the Lawsuit with Maxwell & Morgan representing the Association. Two months into the Lawsuit the Insurance Carrier added Augustus Shaw to the case but Maxwell & Morgan also stayed to continue the battle. Believe me if there is a more unreasonable pair of HOA attorneys to deal with to deal with -- I do not want to meet them. The Associations Board of Directors just wanted to FIGHT and neither of those attorneys appears to have had a problem with that philosophy. They appeared to believe in the fact the Association has an unlimited amount of money to fight with Home Owners and the issue did not have anything to do with RIGHT or WRONG. Spending the Associations money seemed to be the Associations only defense. The Association actually agreed to concede basically everything we had asked for within the first nine months of the Lawsuit. Legal Fees became the problem. A problem we appealed to the Arizona Court of Appeals because the Original Judge ruled both sides would be responsible for their own Legal Fees. That battle would not have been fought or won if it had not been for J. Roger Wood, Esquire. Thank you for all you did for Kathy and me. Roger may not have answered every question I asked or every Email I sent BUT he did answer the important questions and more importantly WE WON and that was only possible because of Roger and Roger's knowledge. I do understand that I was not Roger's only client and he actually had to deal with some of the other clients problems once in while. Sometimes when face with problems and adversity WE tend to forget that other people have problems too. Roger was always there when we needed him. Keith and Kathy Extremely Satisfied Client Thank you Roger

I hired James Wood for an HOA Board issue. He called me constantly to get me to file a suit for $3500 up front. He convinced me he would win the case and my fees would be reimbursed by the courts. I said I would not pay a penny more as this was already way more than I wanted to spend for principle.... Concerned he may try to charge me more later, I have several email correspondences stating this would be his total and not a penny more. Case began in March and like the other review a lot of mis spellings and inaccuracies. By July he basically suggested we accept the other sides Offer of Judgment admitting guilt and that he could still file to have the court reimburse my attorney fees. He said it would take about 60 days to hear back. Well after several phone calls and emails HE NEVER RESPONDED AGAIN! I don't even think he filed that paperwork as I never got a resolution. Furthermore he started sending me additional bills. Well I kept all his emails stating he would not charge more and his firm finally stopped sending bills. Well I am out $3500.00 and never even got a Resolution to my case. Stay Away!!!!

J. R. Wood office was eager to get my business, would do nothing until paid upfront. Then took a full month to write the first draft to the HOA, and two additional weeks to make revisions to the first draft. Second draft still contained errors which I corrected and he signed and mailed. When the HO...A did not respond within the requested time, Wood wanted more money before he would proceed. I did not proceed with this attorney. When I requested the return of the information supplied to them, the first response was that all correspondence was electronic, which was not true. Second respond was that they could not find it. Finally, after more than a month, and numerous inquires, it was returned.