Thomas L. Dickson

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/atlanta-attorney-admits-stealing-over-300000-law-firm-clients https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/disbarred-attorney-sentenced-stealing-client-funds Thomas Dickson has lost all interest in my case, when I schedule meetings with him that dad and I talked abo...ut proving my innocence to talk with him but he refuses to even talk about my case with me. Instead of discussibg the case, he uses threats and attempts to manipulate me into taking a deal. My time and gas wasted and got jerked around. He's not there for me or my family, he refuses to be a competitive attorney and keeps trying to lure me into a "deal". I have about 4 documented times he has threatened me through text and through email. A person should never be deprived of their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I have already requested for him to repay Dad in FULL and remove himself from my case a month ago. When Tom was hired as the attorney, i requested to have access to the evidence and that the discovery was sent to me in full. Didn't happen that way. He failed to turn over to me all of the police reports and never gave me the CDs with all the information on them including videos of what happened. This is critical information that an attorney has to give a client so that when you talk to an attorney and the both of you are developing a strategy, everyone needs to be on the same page so we know what all of the evidence shows. I haven't received any court document from Thomas that the sheriffs served him from my case, which worries me because I'm not aware what will be used against me in court. I haven't done anything wrong to him and have done everything asked of me in this case, including taking a psycho exam, which Tom forced me to complete and didn't even allow me to choose the date that worked best for my family. Threats, intimidation and bribes. He needs to stay away from my family and I. Times are hard right now and money is tight.

Thomas L. Dickson and the Dickson Law Group appear to routinely employ dishonest business practices: 1. Separate clients from their money as quickly as possible. 2. Bill clients multiple times for services not agreed to and not performed. 3. Perform no actual services (reduces expenses and overh...ead). 4. Fabricate stories as needed, like chameleons. 5. Communicate only when it’s time to collect more money. 6. When clients get wise, tell them to get new legal counsel or better yet, deny that you even represent them. Thomas L. Dickson and Dickson Law Group were retained in November 2012 to represent us and our corporate entities. Thomas L. Dickson was to handle the case and Bryan D. Johnson, an associate, was to perform routine functions. Discussions were had at the outset regarding strategy. It was agreed among the parties that the following were to occur immediately: 1. File a Motion for Dismissal of irrelevant parties. 2. File a Motion for Summary Judgment based on an illegal administrative process. 3. File a Motion to Compel Responses to Discovery that were months overdue. 4. Submit our reply to opposing side’s Settlement Offer. Despite numerous written requests for updates and to schedule phone discussions, as late as March 26, 2013, we had no reply from Dickson Law Group regarding the above. They had taken no action regarding the agreed upon strategy and their only communication involved sending regular billing for services we did not agree to and did not appear to have been performed. On March 26, 2013, we again emailed Dickson Law Group with yet another request for an update and explanation of billings. They responded three days later to inform us the opposing side had filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. This Motion had been filed almost a week earlier but Dickson Law Group failed to notify us until we emailed them. They provided no explanation for what appeared to be billings for services not agreed upon and not actually rendered. Dickson Law Group spent several months attempting to withdraw from the case, filing two separate Motions to Withdraw, each with a Motion for Reconsideration after the Court’s rulings. During this period Dickson Law Group failed to perform duties and represent clients. Additionally, Dickson Law Group entered into a separate attorney/client relationship with a fourth defendant without consulting or notifying us of their action. We have reason to believe Dickson Law Group disseminated confidential attorney/client privileged information to opposing counsel. We questioned Dickson Law Group in writing regarding this issue, but they failed to respond. Dickson Law Group actions caused them, Thomas L. Dickson and us to be sanctioned by the court. Dickson Law Group filed an appeal on their behalf, but failed to appeal the ruling on behalf of clients. We have filed a complaint regarding these matters with the Washington State Bar Association against Thomas L. Dickson, Bryan D. Johnson and the Dickson Law Group. Violations include, but are not limited to: 1. Refusal to communicate with clients. 2. Failure to represent clients. 3. Entering into a separate attorney/client relationship with a jointly represented client. 4. Breach of confidentiality. 5. Representing self-interests ahead of clients’ interests. 6. Representing opposing parties’. 7. Failure to act as agreed. 8. Billing clients for services not agreed to and not rendered. 9. Double and triple billing of services. These violations are serious and have caused substantial damage to our entities and us personally. We believe Dickson Law Group, Thomas L. Dickson and Bryan D. Johnson are scoundrels and caution all to Stay Away from this plague. Bryan D. Johnson is presently with the firm Church Rietzke P.L.L.C. in Olympia, Washington.

Tom was over an hour late to our first and only meeting. I gave him a $2500 retainer. He said that if things went as planned he would only use about $1500. He promised to file papers that day. A week later nothing had been done, and he would not return my calls. I was forced to hire another lawyer to... help me.(The second lawyer was amazing...the paperwork was properly filed the day I hired him as promised) At the end of the first billing cycle Tom had used all the $2500 without doing a thing. I called and talked to Tom. He talked but no awnser to where the money went. Then he put his partner on the phone same thing. The next billing cycle I was charged $1500 for that phone call "they showed me I was very nice on the phone call not disrespectfull at all" They also charged me another $300 to $400 to deliver one document to the courthouse pre pared by the 2nd lawyer. . I paid them over $4000 for them to deliver one document drafted by another lawyer. I then emailed them telling them I was scared to call again, They gave me a $150 credit .If you really need help I would definitly look elswhere. This is a true story. Scary Hu?

We used this law firm for our construction dispute a while ago and left with a soured view by the time all was over. To begin, our case was quite simple. Mr. Dickson quoted us an estimate up front before turning our case over to one of his newer associates. After being told over the phone that the... first consult would be free of charge, I discovered in the next billing cycle we had actually been charged $350 to meet with Mr. Dickson. On this day, I had come to their office to drop off paperwork pertaining to our case. What happened though, is that the receptionist announced Mr. Dickson was in and wanted to introduce us. Moments later, we were seated in a conference room where he began to ask questions about our case. Had I known we were being charged for this, we would have simply left. These are the things that, as a client, would have been appreciated had they been disclosed in advance. Communication on our end was always clear and concise, yet, the new attorney would call with questions to things we'd already given her information to. And we were charged for those calls as well. These phone calls added up to some serious dough. In the end, our legal fees well exceeded the amount Mr. Dickson estimated. Our case was a simple one- as the other party defaulted and there was no back and forth communication whatsoever with the other party. In the end, we saw most of our judgement get paid back in excessive legal fees. We felt this office did not serve our best interests, nor work in an efficient manner. The staff seems nice enough, but in the end, I guess it's all in a days work.