Brian Le Bon Calpin

WENT TO HIM FOR A LEGAL MATTER DEALING WITH FAMILY LAW. HE TOOK MY CASE AND A CHECK FOR 300.00 . FIRST COURT DATE HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO REPRESENT ME BECAUSE HE HAD NOT FILED A MOTION TO DO SO . BUT HE TOOK MY MONEY WENT IN COURT TALKED TO DYFS CAME OUT OF COURT ROOM AND TOLD ME WHAT I ALREADY KNEW... THAT DYFS HAD TOLD HIM THEY WERE GOING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RITES. ( I AM CARING FOR GRANDSON /FOSTER ) THEN I GO BACK TO HIM I WAS TAKEN BACK THAT HE HAD TAKEN 300.00 DOLLARS JUST TO WALK IN PRIOR TO COURT TALK TO DYFS LAWYER . ON MY NEXT VISIT TO HIM HE TELLS ME HE NEEDS TO FILE A MOTION TO INTERVENE AND THAT WOULD BE 250.00 AND THE APPEARANCE ANTOTHER 300. WELL HE NEVER STEPPED FOOT INCOURT FOR ME AGAIN AFTER HAVING TAKEN MY MONEY AND WHEN I WENT TO HIM HE TOLD ME AND ALSO TOLD ME VIA EMAIL I NEVER PAID HIM SO I SENT HIM VIA TEXT E-MAIL AND USPS COPIES OF CHECKS GIVEN TO HIM FOR SERVICES HE DID NOT RENDER. HE HAS NEVER ANSWERED ANY CALLS EMAILS SINCE FEBRUARY.

I retained Brian calpin a few years ago for a divorce. After I payed him his retainer fee, he disappeared off the face of the earth. Finally after many,many attempts to contact him he would call back, but was clueless as to what was going on. Which btw from what I understand, that lack of communicat...ion is malpractice. Even the little effort he did make was laughable. Motions, cross motions and basically any and all documents were vague and POORLY written. He left many things hanging in the balance that are still haunting me to this day. In the courtroom he sat slumped in his chair and said not one word on my behalf, which there was definately ample moments that he should have reacted. I could go on and on but, I think you get the idea. I seriously was considering suing and/or taking steps with the NJ BAR ASSOC. concernng this matter. I would NEVER RECOMEND BRIAN CALPIN to anyone. I dont know Brian personally, but as a lawyer, it is my opinion he is INCOMPETENT.

My husband and I hired Mr. Calpin to complete our wills and power of attorney documents. We paid the retainer upfront on our first and only meeting. He has since refused to return calls or emails. We have tried multiple times and have not heard from him for over two months. We have since filed a comp...laint with the NJ Bar Association and have had to hire a new attorney. We have not received any communication nor a refund for the money we paid Mr. Calpin.

I sought out help from Mr. Calpin after getting the runaround and zero communication from my last lawyer. Initially he returned calls and I thought that I was finally making progress in my case. Not so. Cut to six months later, it takes weeks to get a return phone call, I appeared in court on the ...date he informed me to only to find out it had been changed and he never notified me. It has now gotten to the point that I had to file a complaint with the NJ Bar Association, as he is simply nonresponsive and has now wasted another 6 months of my time.

We hired Mr. Calpin in October 2009. Once he received payment, we did not hear from him again until February 2010 when we threatened legal action to retrieve our retainer. We called numerous times, sent many many emails and he never responded. His office is basically empty and we became VERY worri...ed that he'd moved without notifying us. He told us in an email just before we asked for our money back that he filed paperwork with the courthouse. A phone call to the courthouse revealed he lied to us. He did finally issue a refund, but kept all of our paperwork and tied up our retainer unnecessarily for four months. Do yourself a favor and spend a little more money on a more professional attorney.