Very Knowledgeable Lawyer, Extremely Trustworthy, but doesn't show any real concern for their Client, bottom Line is their Fee.
After hiring Mr. James Fagen at an exorbitant Fee to handle my Harassment and Stalking charges filed against me, when we went to the Freehold Municipal Court, in Freehold, NJ, the Judge called our case, then we approached the Judge's Bench. The Judge mentioned that he noticed the person who was the individual siting these charges in the Summons, has not showed up in his Court Room. My attorney, Mr Fagen mentioned to the Judge that obviously he has no substantiating evidence of his charges against my client. The Judge asked what do you want to do? Mr. Fagan asked the Judge to Dismiss all charges against his client. The Judge said, so done, dismissing all charges.
When we left the court house, Mr. Fagen told me, if this guy ever bothers me again, he would like me to call him first, and said I want to handle your case so we can put this crack-pot in Jail where he belongs. I thanked Mr. Fagen for his expert assistance in my case.
Approx. 1 month later, November 9th 2013, this same individual filed a 2nd Complaint- Summons against me for Harassing him, and blocking his vehicle from leaving his parking space, and shinning a bright flashlight in his front windows at 11:00 pm to as late as 2:00 am, and calling him nasty names.
I called Mr. Fagen immediately when I got the Complaint-Summons in the mail, as he instructed me to do after the 1st Complaint - Summons was completely dropped. I unfortunately called on Veterans Day and I believe his office was closed, but I left him a message as to some of the details on this 2nd Summons. Mr. Fagen called me the next day, and explained what had happened. Mr. Fagen advised me that at this point it would be to your advantage to File a Complaint against this person, or he'll keep on charging you with Factitious Charges that may be more damaging. I said I agree, and asked him to please handle my case, as he requested me to call him if anything else happened when we were leaving the Municipal Court. Mr. Fagen mentioned, that's completely up to you to decide, you know my Fee $2,500.00. I said but this is involving the Same charges and the same individual charging me again. He said the original charges were dismissed, now you have another situation with a charge. I told him, it was severely difficult to scrape up enough money for his 1st fee of $2,500.00, and that I am Medically Disabled and have been living on Social Security and could not afford another hugh fee, but I got it together anyway, because I was faced with indictable offenses and needed to protect myself. He told me he understands, then suggested I try and get a Public Defender through the court. I told him, I want someone who is very knowledgable and to get this guy off my back and into Jail. He got very impatient and nasty with me, telling me lets decide what you want to do, because I have many clients down stairs waiting to see me. I was Really Shocked. I told him I'm not sure what I'm going to do so as to Defend myself against these Fabricated Charges. When he started getting even nastier with me, I decided, all Mr. Fagen cares about is his Fee, NOT his Client, then we both decided to hang up..
I understand that he is not a charity, and wants his fee, BUT why charge me such an exorbitant Fee 2nd time around? I was expecting him to charge me possibly $1,000.00 at most, because on the 1st Complaint, Mr Fagen did absolutely no real research or collecting information, basically had a snap Easy Case for a fast $2,500.00.
Mr Fagen's name came very highly recommended to me. But I have learned through this experience an Important lesson: at the End of the day, Most All attorneys (not All) really Only care about is their Beloved FEE specifically an exorbitant Fee, with NO flexibility, and NOT Caring in any way for their Client(s).
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