Hello, My name is Viktoria and I am an international student from Eastern Europe…read more
One year ago I got hit by a car on a crosswalk. It was a rental car and a person in it was a citizen of Brazil.
I got my pelvis, shoulderblade and ribs broken on the left side of my body. I was literally squished. Furthermore, I got my head damaged and lost my consciousness, so since then and till now I have been having coordination loss, panic attacks and constant nerve twitching. Counting all these facts, I had to stand up as soon as possible and continue my studying, because international students can not take any terms off. So I did.
Brendan was provided to me by David Ring(though I was hoping to have David as my lawyer, since he was the only person from T&R I met) and I have never seen him before. Right from the start he promised me tons of money. He said it's a multi-million case, I will be fine and everything will be great. I had to believe in what he says since I have never faced such a situation. He said that we should focus on the rental company. So we did.
Since that first meeting he did not get me any doctor and I think he did not even look at my files. I almost forced him to get me a neurologist, but it was not helpful, since she was just listening to me and weirdly smiling. As same as this guy did. I always kept experiencing that feeling as if I am being made fun of and Brendan is doing something else, keeping information away from me. I kept telling him and that lady(btw, it's Cynthia Chabay, if someone is interested) that I feel terrible and I can not manage my studying. Also I had a severe fear of cars. I couldn't even look at them. I asked for a psychologist, which could help as me, as the case. He did not get me one, saying that it is expensive and nobody will listen to the conclusions of a psychologist. "They are machines!", he kept on saying;"They don't want to hear that!".
I got one myself, but she did not want to take part in the case. So it was only helpful for me, but not for the case.
He got an interview with a witness which was the only thing he made a productive investigation for. But in that interview he did not pay attantion to details of my ingury, but only to that fact that I was not guilty when I was trying to cross a crosswalk.
Then, after about 6 month of this foggy work process he calls me and tells me that the rental company puts 100 % blame on me and this is so scary to go to the court. "They are all machines", etc.
So at that moment I got really scared, because it started feeling like he was doing that on purpose. He kept pretending busy, sometimes did not answer me for days, and now he calls me and almost cries. So then my friends recommended me to talk to some other lawyers, and after that my eyes got open on how everything actually should work, and I got terrified. He did not get my any doctor, any help. He did not have any evidence to prove my injuries. He was unresponsive. I mean, I understand, he had other maybe more interesting cases going on. But this is not an excuse.
Then I just started asking him about how much information we got and other details -- how ready are we? And he got mad at me and finally sent me a message back, saying that he has information from the hospital , police report, an interview with a witness and not proved information by Cynthia. No scans. No extra information. And no help for me.
After I switched a lawyer, he did not want to send my information(of course), bur he sent his bill first. 60 thousand dollars.
Brendan. If you are reading this... honestly, I did not want to leave a review on you, but after a call I got from my current lawyer just now, I think I should. That rental company did not even know about my injuries, maybe that's why they were treating me and my case like that? They are re-evaluating my case right now.
Brendan, thank you for wasting my time, my health and my productivity. I could have been in a better situation right now, if I knew it would end up that bad after" working " with you at least 6 months ago. I wish you to change your attitude to people, become more responsive and stop treating your job as a hobby...,
...or just quit your job.
I respect Taylor and Ring and their name. There is lot of good reviews about you, but I guess you got this one person, which might worsen your image.
Thank you for attention.