Law Office of Mark B. Arthur

Mr. Arthur and his staff definitely lived up to the great reviews. I live in NY and needed to find a lawyer in VA. Job well done! Mr. Arthur is very friendly, personable and obviously a very good lawyer. His staff (especially Emerson) is quick to reply, knowledgeable and very pleasant to deal with. Highly recommend. Thank you!!!

If I could leave a 100 star review I would!!! Where do I start? From the initial contact I made with this wonderful law office from the friendly staff very understanding and helpful all the way to Mark himself in his very professional very reassuring outlook on things and the pricing!! Very communicative has very fair pricing for the service provided and all the way to the very end helped each step of the way. Very knowledgeable in the laws and how things works and I am beyond happy that I hired him to be my attorney!! I hope to never need an attorney again but if I ever did I would chose Mark and his law office!! I could go on for hours about how good the experience was dealing with him and his law office but I will leave it at from the very moment me and him spoke I knew he was the lawyer I wanted and he didn’t even try to sell that to me it was just the overall knowledge he held along with his professional way of speaking with me and explaining things to me!! Again thank you so much not only to Mark but to your whole office!! Y’all are 100+ stars and beyond!!

As an out-of-stater I contacted several lawyers in the area but decided on Mr Arthur immediately during our first phone call. He and his family and staff were very helpful throughout the process, helped me stay calm, I got good advice and was kept updated throughout and got reminders of important dates. The result of my hearing was precisely what I had hoped for and I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. I hope to never need legal services again, but if I do and it is in the Lynchburg-area I will definitely reach out to Mr Arthur. Strongly recommend.

The best way to describe Mark Arthur is with the following example: In March of 2022, I requested a copy of my case file. I was met with resistance, for his office did not understand why I wanted it. The firm finally relented and agreed to give me the file, but said it would take a while to assemble because it was so large, mainly due to my letters. It was also here that I told his wife, Hume, again, that Mark had stated my case was not on his radar since he was only making $1500, and she assured he would never say such a thing. On Wednesday April 6, 2022, I called to see if it was ready, and I was told no. On Thursday April 7, 2022, his paralegal, Chelsea, called and told me it was ready to be picked up. On Friday April 8, 2022, while en route to get my file, I was called by his office assistant, Lara, told that it was not ready. On the call, Arthur was patched in and told me that I would not be allowed to get my file, that Chelsea the paralegal had made the mistake, and that I was not allowed to show up to get it, insinuating that somehow I would be trespassing if I did (I ultimately had to call the police to see if it was legal that my attorney could bar me from this office, something they could not answer). I did not show up just to be sure. On Tuesday, April 12, I was called and told it was ready. I picked it up, and while I was there I apologized to Chelsea that she was put in the middle and thrown under the bus, something that she seemed to greatly appreciated as if it was not the norm. At this time, I also set a time to meet with Arthur in May. Upon opening my file, the first thing to be found was the letter on company letterhead that is picture one. In this letter, the typed text asks for people to subpoena, and the written text asks for their addresses. As you will see, this is dated June 30, 2020; refer to pictures two through four, copies of the letters/notes IN THE FILE THEY GAVE ME showing they already had this information, (one from April 17, another from June 9) or at least the phone numbers of the people where Mark could have easily obtained said information himself (picture four is actually in his own handwriting from a meeting in April 2020, and pictures two and three are from a letter dated June 9, 2020, before this letter was said to have been sent). This June 30 letter from Arthur was supposedly sent via Legal Mail requiring my signature; however, I never signed for it, nor is there any indication that it was ever sent or received by any facility, questionable itself. When I met with Arthur in May, I brought up many things, including why his wife felt like he would never say that my case was not on his radar given what little amount he was making, to which he responded "That's dumb. She can look it up herself!", essentially throwing his wife under the bus as well. I asked why he didn't really follow what I asked and reminded him he works for me and should do what I ask, to which he stated "I was appointed by the state. I work for the state." I asked if I had paid him more would he have cared more, and he simply cocked that arrogant smile in agreement. Finally, when I asked about the letter dated June 30 and how no one knew existed, he stated this was a USPS problem, not his, and when I asked if it had anything to do with why I was not allowed to get my file, he asked me to leave his office and never come back. If you disregard the above scenario, among others, and the fact that I was told had he cared enough and done properly by me, doing his due diligence and finding the Speedy Trial motion that was wrongfully denied by the judge that would have actually led to a mistrial (I have spoken to many lawyers and the state verifying this), and if you want a pompous, crass, better than you attorney who only cares about his bottom line, then Mark is for you, just be sure to remember at the first chance he will throw you to the wolves as soon as you question him. (As a further note, picture five is included to show the difference in signatures between itself and picture four; one is not of his own).

Mark and his staff were a godsend to our family. He took a stressful and unnecessary situation and fought on our family’s behalf which in turn ended with a positive outcome in our favor. He was knowledgeable and took the time to listen to our case. He has a good working relationship with the county prosecutor and is well respected by the court staff. He is someone you can trust in handling your case. His staff felt like family. Thank you Mark and staff.