J. Andrew Woods, PC

Lawyers
James Andrew Woods
Divorce & Family Law, General Practice,
Reviews

Woods is an awesome lawyer. He will be honest with you. He did a free consultation first. I was told by another client that he was worth it. He truly is. His staff is also great! I now have an awesome lawyer if I ever need one again!!
If I could give him a negative star I would. This joke has no problem taking your money and then not responding to your voice-mail or even emails. He is such a joke, both opposing parties came together against him. Do not waste your money on this fool.
I came to Andy for free advice. The thought of divorce had me sick. Andy was there through thick and thin to make the process as easy as he could for me. 10 out of 10 would recommend his services. Very personable, very respectful, on time and always on his clients side. Highly satisfied.
TL;DR Andrew showed up to mediation unprepared with a non-working laptop. I was charged for the hour he spent messing with it and running to his office to recover a disk (that also didn't work). He billed for every email, even when he wasn't able to assist me. He overlooked multiple key factors of the court order, that were important to the entire case. I was told by Andrew that my 2000$ retainer free would be more than sufficient for a mediation hearing. COVID hit and not only to I receive an additional 525$ bill but Andy added 75$ to the bill solely for responding to an email to me, an email where he said he was unable to assist me. Beyond taking more money from a situation when everyone is already struggling, Andrew was ill-prepared for my case during mediation. He was unable to use his laptop for the entire duration of our case therefore he had no counter arguments to anything brought to the table, he did nothing more than conversate with me about what would screw me less as he was unable to actually assist me. Finally, once everything was signed over he realized he missed some very key information on the contract which left me even further in the hole. I hired him to entrust him with not overlooking information, since I am no law expert. I reached out regarding this oversight and now he is charging me an additional amount solely for telling me that he couldn't help me. Very shady practices and after hearing great things about Andy, I expected an entirely different outcome. I will no longer recommend his services to friends or family, some of which were considering using him. I will be looking into what can be done about the entire situation, since neglecting to bring even a working laptop to the table (where all case data was supposedly stored) more than satisfies situational malpractice as he was not prepared to represent me.
Andrew is very dedicated to his clients. Professionalism was maintained throughout. I definitely recommend him