Jonathan A Cook

I contacted Jonathan Cook in January 2019 to assist with an academic misconduct accusation that, if left unresolved, would prevent me from graduating from college in May 2019. It took weeks before he so much as made a phone call on my behalf. He seldom returned my phone calls or emails. He made mul...tiple excuses for his inability to mount a legal defense for me. I was in a desperate situation when I hired Mr. Cook. He was very enthusiastic at our initial and only meeting. He immediately proved himself to be an insufficient counselor, lacking effort to work on my behalf. The expertise he brought to the table at our meeting was suddenly non-existent. Once I hired Mr. Cook I was made to feel like a nobody with the disinterest he took in my case. Weeks turned into months and time ran out for me to vindicate myself. It would please me enormously if I could rate him with a zero, as the lowest rate on this scale does not do Mr. Cook justice. I could have faced my school's student conduct and dispute resolution office without his legal "representation" and faced the consequences in a better light than I did with his inadequate, non-existent defense.

I hired this attorney, he got me probation for a minor weed charge, which fine, it was a second offense, but I kept him on retainer for the time I was on probation. He goes and tries to take my retainer basically by charging me hundreds of dollars for "email communication" and "consulting with Wu abo...ut [my] case". My court case was over in October, I got a years probation, these bills were from January through May and they did not come until September because they were "behind on their billing schedule". I terminated my service with them immediately and am in the process of getting my retainer and other money back.