I would strongly encourage anyone who is considering hiring this attorney to do their own research before making that decision. A simple Google search of her name will bring up information about her professional history that I believe prospective clients deserve to know about before entrusting her with an important legal matter.
In my opinion, her conduct demonstrates a serious lack of professional integrity, accountability, and the basic ethical values I would expect from an attorney. There is also a documented history of professional discipline, including a prior reprimand, which is a matter of public record. see below:
The two complaints against Lowell contained forty-eight counts~ and alleged
violations of RPC 1.2(d) (counseling or assisting a client in conduct that the lawyer knows
is illegal, criminal or fraudulent); RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence); RPC 1.5(a) (excessive fees);
RPC 1.10(b) (imputed disqualification of law firm); RPC 1.16(d) (failure to return an
unearned retainer upon termination of representation); RPC 3.3(a)(1) (false statement of a
material fact to a tribunal); RPC 3.3(a)(2) (failure to disclose a material fact to a tribunal
when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting an illegal, criminal or fraudulent act by the
client); RPC 3.3(a)(4) (offering evidence the lawyer knows to be false or failure to take
remedial measures after the lawyer ascertains that false evidence has been offered); RPC
3.3(a)(5) (failure to disclose a material fact to a tribunal knowing that the tribunal may be
misled by such failure); RPC 3.4(c) (knowingly disobeying an obligation under the rules of
a tribunal); RPC 4.1(a)(1) (false statement of material fact or law to a third person); RPC
4. l(a)(2) (failure to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary);
RPC 7.1(a)(1) (false or misleading communication about the lawyer or the lawyer's
services); RPC 8.4(a) (knowingly assisting or inducing another to violate the Rules of
Thirty-eight of the counts against Lowell and Vellekamp concerned specific instances of alleged excessive fees.
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Professional Conduct); RPC 8.4(b) (commission of a criminal act that reflects adversely on
the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer); RPC 8.4(c) (conduct involving
dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation) and RPC 8.4(d) (conduct prejudicial to the
administration of justice).
The complaint against Vellekamp contained forty counts and alleged violations of
RPC 1.2(d); RPC 1.5(a); RPC 3.3(a)(2), (4) and (5); RPC 3.4(c); RPC 7.1(a)(1); and RPC
8.4(b); RPC 8.4(c) and RPC 8.4(d). read more