R Bret Beattie ESQ

My purpose for seeking an attorney was to deal with an issue of fraud involving the sale of solar panels to my business. Mr. Beattie emailed me back that day, and after a little supplemental info in response to his questions, he believed it “sounds like fraud”, or “maybe breach of fiduciary duty.” After a brief phone call to discuss the issue further, I paid him a 5 hour retainer at his specified hourly rate of $350/hr, which was to cover the initial legal work to draft a letter to the individual that had defrauded me. We met at his office on February 5th to devise a plan. During the meeting at “his” office (he rents space from another law firm), he seemed frenetic and argumentative over seemingly trivial details, but I chose to overlook these issues because I was eager to address this legal issue. He emailed me on February 8th asking for any correspondence that would be helpful to the case, and indicated he would have a draft ready in a couple days. I sent the requested info to him on February 11th. After multiple emails from me asking if the draft letter was ready for review, and multiple emails from him with excuses about being unusually busy with court dates, he finally sent me a draft on February 25th. Despite Mr. Beattie’s claim that letters of these sort aren’t boilerplate, it was a fairly simplistic letter with multiple errors, including my name and the name of my business. The fact that I had to proofread the writing of someone I was paying $350 per hour was frankly insulting. Mr. Beattie received the response to our letter and forwarded it to me on March 11 (he indicated he was once again swamped with trial work and had not yet reviewed it). I reviewed the letter and sent him a detailed response the same day, highlighting the multiple areas in which I believed the response letter was factually incorrect. Since the email from Mr. Beattie forwarding the response letter to me, I heard nothing from him for 3 weeks. I emailed him on March 25th asking if “I need to hire another lawyer,” which went unanswered. I left a voicemail for him on March 29th which also went unanswered. I emailed him on April 1st and said I was now operating under the assumption that it was his plan to take my retainer and disappear, and if it isn’t he should respond to me immediately, which he finally did. He explained that he was once again overwhelmed with trial work, and had also recently dealt with a divorce and some behavioral issues with his son. He indicated that he hadn’t done anything regarding the response letter at that point (including even reading it, presumably). He suggested we speak briefly later in the week, and he agreed to “squeeze it in” Friday morning around a school meeting regarding his child. He never called. Another week passed without hearing from him and I emailed him the following Friday asking why he had not contacted me yet again. His response was, “you can call me too.” He indicated that he had finally read the response letter, and only I could tell him what an appropriate response would be to the defensive claims (I did exactly that in the email I sent Mr. Beattie the same day I received the response letter, which he very clearly did not bother to read). He said he would be willing to speak for a few minutes to discuss whether it made sense to move forward with any legal action, and I told him I could be available anytime during that week, just let me know when. He didn't. After a final email to him to voice my displeasure with his work, he made a last-ditch effort to save face, which I refused. I don't believe I've ever experienced more unprofessional behavior from a so-called professional.

Bottom line is Bret and his team saved my company! We were sued by software giant Microsoft Corp. with some pretty nasty allegations. His business savvy and high-stakes litigation experience brought my small company through a difficult and terrifying challenge. We reached a mutually acceptable resolution and Bret made sure our insurance paid what they owed after ignoring our claim. We needed Firepower and Bret delivered it. Go to him for difficult legal problems for your business, period.

Bret, Is the greatest. Bret is a very talented attorney. He is an attorney that will stick by you to the end. He won my case! Thanks Bret

If you are in a business that requires errors and omissions insurance, sooner or later you will be sued. There are people who make thier living suing insurance, and your insurance company will appoint some hack who probably plays in a rock & roll band with the palintiff's attorney. Bret and his team shut them all down. I definately would recomend him

I dealt with Bret in Person and some lady on the phone. I explained my case he told me I had a really good case and come see him so we can go over all the specifics. I set the date 2 days later I ended up in I C U .....from a not at fault accident! Hmm Big case against Broadmoor hotel for discrimination of religion. He went out the back door and against me. This guys evil. He I swear he seen more money on the other side or something cause he made me drive over 3 hours to his office and he rushed me and claimed he had to do something with his son but I had a case.....but he didn't do nothing! Said he'd call me Friday....didnt call me at all so I called him 3 weeks later....he said Oh hi that's it dude....really? I fired him....he even claimed he was a Christian and had the holy spirit in him and he was proud to represent God in my case! He fully lied and tryed to get the case to lapse expire'...so you tell me? God Bless Guys please be careful.