Thomas L. Dickson

Thomas Dickson performance as attorney is dubious at best and his billing practices downright dishonest at worst. When asked how much time and cost to take on my case Thomas quoted no more than $3000 dollars for discovery and filing the petition. I provided Thomas with all the documentation and answe...rs he needed pertaining to the case. Soon afterward Thomas emailed me stating the petition was complete and he was ready to file. My wife and I reviewed the petition and the invoice he sent. I expected charges for work actually done however based on the invoice we received I couldn't see much in the way of any meaningful work. In fact, there was charges for the information I provided him. I immediately got upset and expressed it to him via email. Here is an excerpt of my suspicion of Thomas's billing practices. "Thomas, I have received your invoice and I'm appalled by the charges. I distinctly told you I wanted to be notified prior to any further actions of what cost would be. I am extremely disappointed with what you have achieved thus far. Nearly $5000.00 in charges and all I have is a draft and a couple of phone conversations. Why am I paying for counsel between you and another attorney when I hired you to represent us?' When I questioned the ridiculousness of some of the charges to my surprise he deducted monies off the bill only to trump other charges to add to the next invoice. My wife and I met with Thomas for the first time so we could work out the disagreements and to find out how much more to get the petition filed and expectations after the filing. During that meeting I questioned why we had never met face to face before and Thomas stated that he does not meet most of his clients because everything now days is done through email transactions,phone or other media. My wife and I agreed to pay half of the remainder of the invoice and the petition would be filed. To date nothing has been done. Thomas sent another invoice with work done to the petition that two months earlier he claimed was ready to be file. I sent an email to discuss these charges but have not heard from him nor his office. I will be contacting the Bar Association about his conduct and his unfair practices.