Maurice Steven Newman

I met Maurice Newman last year. I hired and fired him because I quickly discovered he doesn't understand how to organize and deliver case strategies or do the right steps to protect and represent the client. I was organized and delivered important evidence proving that I had paid the landlord on time... in the full amount written in the contract. My evidence was documented and complete. The landlord was threatening to throw me out of my apartment and ruin my credit. I received threatening phone calls and letters. Newman did nothing that a smart and capable attorney would do. He ignored my evidence. He ignored my case. What I got from him were strange e-mails where he put blame on me for not cooperating with him by refusing to give him evidence he asked for. It was crazy talk and creepy, creepy, creepy. Nothing like that happened. He continued to send e-mails like that and then stopped. It was crazy and made no sense. I got another attorney as quickly as possible. My new attorney said if I had kept him as my attorney even a few days more and the damage to me would have been terrible and very expensive to fix. My new attorney won my case with the same evidence Maurice Newman ignored. I reported him to the California Bar Association. They couldn't do anything about Maurice Newman because I changed attorneys before he did something bad on my case that would get him disbarred. I warn anyone considering hiring Maurice Newman not to hire him. You don't see a complaint on his lawyer record but it doesn't mean he should be trusted to handle your case. At first meeting he seemed ok so don't get fooled by his first talk. Things fall apart and go crazy after he gets you to sign a contract.