In 2017 both my younger brothers died by traumatic means (suicide and brain cancer). in a short period of time. Neither had wills or trusts set up. I was the only family member capable to coping. Needless to say it was an awful time involving probates in two different counties, hundreds of important documents to sign , getting up to speed understanding the notoriously unpleasant process of probates, estates, county courts, the commonly hideous prospect of hiring attorneys to deal with horrible situations. Check the horror story regarding Nicholas Jellins, attorney in Menlo Park, CA. In Chico I initially hired Nicole Plottel office and that was an encounter with a non attorney woman named Jo Ann who painted a horrible picture immediately of a prolonged glacially slow process due a defective county government in Chico, and some particularly messy official. I did not trust them at all right from day one, but I was desperate to get it started. Two probates at once: that is a nightmare. That law office seemed like no more than a "hood emblem" on the life of some pretty girl Nicole Plottel not a serious law office. Due to astronomical blessing I also connected with Chico real estate agent: Alisha Simkins. Alisha is a star. Period. She took care of everything swiftly and without a single tiny glitch. Alisha knew Mr. Griffth and made this connection for me as well as well. She "flew over" the Coocoos nest of the Plottel office in her smooth execution of 3 real estate sales. At Griffith and Horn Adam Horn agreed to take this on instead of the Plottel office. Adam was fast and good natured and did not paint any picture of any nightmare like the Harris Plottel office. He completely proved what a total crock of shit that came from the Plottel office and that horror picture from the Plottel office made my life a far worse nightmare than it needed to be because due to circumstances. All I can say is Adam Horn and Mr. Griffith were life savers in a situation that was unbearable and needed top notch easy to communicate with folks who knew how the get thru it with minimum of fuss. Adam Horn and Mr. Griffith and were top notch. read more

I hired Griffith and Horn after being drug through the mud by a rougle trustee for a year. I had to have them compel the accounting. After receiving the accounting I had asked for the remainder of my retainer back and was not going to contest the accounting. After a verbal interaction with the Trustee, trying to reason with her to just liquidate and lets be done, I put them back on retainer to just Contest the accounting so the nightmare would end. The Trust had declined over a million dollars in a year and blatent misuse of the Trust money by the Trustee and breach of fidicuary duty was very clear. I do not know why, but he put in the Petition requesting for compensation for one out of pocket cost. When I read it before signing it, I didn't understand why he put it in, but figured he must have had a reason. I am not an attorney and he never discussed seeking any reimbursement for out of pocket costs that would have been reimbursable to me. That should have been addressed within the first year. The court ruled on opposing counsels Petition For Summary Judgement because he requested compensation for $10k for a Generac I bought that was seen as a creditor's claim which triggered a No Contest Clause. The statue of limitations for requesting reimbursement had also expired. I didnt't go to law school, that is why I retained David Griffith. The result is he lost me my inheritence. RUN read more

This attorney was a nightmare to work with. He missed critical deadlines, ignored incorrect details, refused to answer my legal questions, and treated me with shocking disrespect. At one point he rocked back and forth chanting that he was "losing his mind," then asked me to organize his work. Unprofessional, unreliable, and not fit to represent clients -- avoid at all costs. read more

Our family was referred to Griffith & Horn to handle a very simple trust administration. There was no probate. There was no litigation. It should have been quick and easy. Attorney Adam Horn agreed to take our case and simply communicate with the Trustee's attorney in order to get this matter resolved fairly for our family -- which included multiple beneficiaries. Shortly after taking the case, Mr. Horn stopped responding to emails. Rarely did he return our phone calls. His demeanor was as if he was irritated and doing us a monumental favor whenever we tried to get an update from him. He did not follow through with our requests for information nor did he follow up on communication with the Trustee's attorney. Obviously, he had zero interest in representing our family from Day #1. We should have fired him immediately but we gave him the benefit of the doubt and just hoped for the best. On the few occasions that we were able to reach him, his "advice" had nothing to do with our case. He didn't read our file and it showed. He told us certain matters were either resolved or didn't pertain to our inheritance. Wrong! Had we not called the insurance companies directly, we would have lost over $15k in life insurance benefits on 3 different policies from 2 different insurance companies. To add insult to injury, Mr. Horn QUIT without notice and without explanation in the middle of the trust settlement. Again, our attempts to ask why went unanswered as usual. We are now left in the cold to pick up the pieces alone. So, if you're looking for an expensive attorney who is not interested in doing his job, Adam Horn is your man. Good luck. read more

Mr. Griffith and his staff are extremely professional and welcoming. His staff is knowledgable and always accommodating. If you need to get ahold of them, they get back to you with in a reasonable amount of time and are willing to listen and respond to your thoughts and questions. Mr. Griffith is extremely versed in what he practices. I recommend his services to everyone! Great law firm and amazing staff! read more

I hired Mr Griffith to replace another attorney that was requesting too much money for the work he has done for me. Not even today I received back from Mr Griffith the Original of the documents that I gave him when hired. Maybe he got upset because I told him the truth. The truth makes upset most of us when somebody else is seeing it and bring it to our attention. My Griffith did not come in Court when we where scheduled to appear in front of the judge. If I would complain to the judge, Mr Griffith would be punished severally by the judge. I instead called his office and talked about not seeing my attorney right at the time when he should be in the room. Right away , in minutes, an attorney from his office came in front of the judge in bluejeans , leaving his "injury cases" to save Mr's Griffith's butt. I thought that it happened by case and I choose Mr' Griffith again for another case when I hired a developer to redesign my website. The developer convinced me that with $1000 he will build a new website. He proposed me to build my website in his own server but I refused telling him that I don't want to depend of him or others when I need to make any change to my website. He accepted to build my website but he was building it in his server saying that while building it, he can use his computer and server , then he will move it in a public place like Host Gator. I accepted his explanations but the developer was delaying and I needed my website to work. I wanted back my old website but he just destroyed my old website. Now I didn't have anymore my old website nor the new one. To motivate him I paid to him another $500 in top of a $1000- his price, to hurry him a little bit and giving him a time line. He didn't move a finger to finish my website. I attempted again to pay him another $500 for finishing my website faster. Taking the other $500, he finally finished my website but he would be unresponsive to my calls. With a new website I had many questions and I wanted to know where , what Host he used for my website? He told me that the website is in his own server and I told him that I paid money for my website and I need to access it , to modify it when I want and with who I want, I want my website in out of his reach. I requested him to move my website in Host Gator. He refused. In that moment I talked with Mr. Griffith who, after few days told me " "Michael" said that the cost of the website was $2000 and he is requesting another $400 to move my website to Host Gator" In that moment I realized that my attorney maybe is not my attorney and he is hired by the developer !!!! How is possible to work for me but following the interests of the defendant ? He took money from me but he actually defended the accused. I protested seeing how close my attorney is with the defendant telling him my thoughts. Mr. Griffith never called me by name but he was calling "Michael" by name ! This is why he never gave me the Original Documents ( Trust from my late husband and other important papers). He didn't like that I told him that he is defending Michael but he is MY OWN ATTORNEY and he should be on my side , not on the other side! In this case Mr. Griffith was taking money from me and defending the defendant, becoming friend with him. I believe he doesn't know on what side to stay !! even if you pay him to work for you, he will work for your enemy :) taking instead your money .... SMILE ! I don't recommend Mr. Griffith to anybody. Try somebody else, out there are also some attorneys with ethics ! read more

If I could give a zero I would! David Griffith is a scam artist! After a free consultation, he told my elderly mother to sign a fee agreement. I'm the fee agreement it states "this is not valid without a retainer" my mother never gave them the retainer. My parents changed their minds, he then sent them a bill for thousands of dollars! This man obviously prays on elderly people. He is now threatening collections. This should be illegal! read more

I would also give David Griffith a ZERO if I could. I hired his firm to help me take legal action in a relatively simple, very straight-forward family trust dispute, in which I had a "very" strong case against the very hostile Trustee, my older sister. David - along with the partner in his firm, Adam Horn - adamantly refused to present my case forcefully or to agree to my firm requests on how my case proceeded, even though the California State Bar guidelines clearly stipulate, under "What should I expect from my lawyer": "represent you zealously"; and "allow you to make the final decisions regarding how your case will be handled." Neither David nor Adam showed me that they had much interest at all in having me as a satisfied (paying) client. (A truly unique business experience.) They had determined a course of action, and that was it - my wishes were ignored. Even some months after the end of my case, I am still just 'incensed' and 'bitterly' frustrated at their handling of my case, as I expressed to them directly, with little or no concern shown. I contacted another lawyer in Chico at one point about replacing David's firm, but it was too difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to do that from afar at that point. At David's "direction," Adam filed a "Notice of Settlement of Entire Case" with the Butte County Court, including a statement that clearly was 'not true' on an official Court document. Neither told me they were filing the Notice, nor was I included on the document to receive a copy (I had to find it myself on the Court website.) The Court document states that "The settlement agreement conditions dismissal...on the satisfactory completion of specified terms" - when the final agreement had not even been drafted, much less agreed upon by the two sides and signed. There were still very contentious issues that had 'not' even been addressed and confirmed. David and Adam negotiated a final settlement figure with the opposing attorney, unilaterally reducing the payment to me and my younger sister without consulting me or getting my approval, and sent the final agreement to the other side for signatures over my written objection to the agreement. I would 'never' recommend this firm to handle a Trust or Probate issue - or any other, for that matter. read more

Terrible. If you have a real estate problem, I wouldn't suggest going to this lawyer. We tried to start a case months ago. He said he'd take the case, but told us we had to do some work first (without him helping) such as writing a remediation letter to the seller to get things started. We did this. After we completed that task, he is impossible to get ahold of. No returned calls or emails. It's been months now since we've heard from him. If you're considering him for real estate issues, I would advise against it, it will take you months /years to even start a case. read more