*For some reason; this review that was posted over a month ago keeps disappearing so I'm hereby posting it again*
Hired Timothy Chambers for a CPS case, was told to pay a retainer of $6500 (in addition to the separate $300 consultation fee) and the only payment plan that was offered is making it into two payments but "work won't touch the case until they receive the full amount!" I paid that, then once they received the money the initial enthusiasm faded and I stopped receiving any return emails and my calls were ignored, CPS accused me of horrendous things including "children never saw doctors in their lives!", Chambers made a mistake over and over again sending many subpoenas to wrong providers despite me correcting him over emails at least 3 times, which in itself proves he never read my emails, I went to work on my own because the lines of communications were cut between us due to him not responding to my emails or calls, when the current medical provider stated they can't provide me with medical records before the trial I asked that they provide me with at least an acknowledgement that they've provided my children with medical care, all were conveyed to Chambers in emails at least 10 days before the trial, to which he didn't respond, the Friday before the hearing (which was to happen on Monday morning) Chambers called to go through everything (which was nothing at that point except from the acknowledgment I got) and he told me that the acknowledgment is no help because they should've signed an affidavit so we can produce that acknowledgment in evidence and now there's no time to have them sign that since the hearing is Monday morning!!! When I told him that I informed him about the situation of them not signing the affidavit at least 10 days ago and had he informed me of his legal opinion of that then I would've had enough time to pressure them to sign that document, he started coming up with excuses then get evasive and end the call, of course I lost the hearing and the judges words that she saw no evidence of the children being seen by doctors!!! Now Chambers told me we can appeal but I'll have to pay him a new retainer, on top of that they used all the retainer and added $1600 more charging me for all the work that he did in error including the subpoenas he sent to the wrong providers ignoring every time I corrected him, I called to speak to the owner of the business and no one called me back to discuss the situation, on top of all that I made a complaint with the legal bar after which the lawyer is ethically supposed to withdraw but he never did until I asked him to. They are money motivated, and the quality is subpar at best.
PS: This is definitely not a personal opinion of the lawyer nor the firm but an assessment of their professional skills due to my first hand experience with them, also please be careful of fake 5-star reviews that suddenly pop up right after any negative review, just few hours after I posted this review on Google, mine disappeared then a bunch of 5-reviews appeared just few hours of each others or in systematic timing. This is very sketchy.
PS: Now I feel like their policy to be paid in full then the drastic change in attitude after receiving the money is planned, I hate to think that but I believe someone else mentioned that she was quoted for an appeal before even going to the hearing! I am upset and was hoping for honesty, dedication and accountability. read more