Richard Franks, Pc

I used this attorney a few years ago, he kept telling me I had a good case and took thousands of dollars from me during that time. We weren't getting any results with the case, but I was still told that we had a good case, meanwhile still paying him. It came to a point that I couldn't pay him anymore and wanted to move forward on a contingency basis. Within 1 week we were talking about settling, that maybe my case wasn't as good as he thought, that we just needed to end this. So, the only money I ended up receiving wasn't even enough to pay my attorney fees. Don't use this guy, he will milk you dry!!!

I was not happy with this attorney. Even though I had everything I needed to prove my case. The defendant didn't have anything. At first he seemed strong and confident, but after he got my second retainer it seemed like all he wanted to do was settle. This was very stressful, on one phone call he told me that in the future he could be called to testify against me because he claims I agreed to settle, before I had even seen the terms that he said he'd let the defense attorney draft. He told me this was going to cost more than max settlement the court would allow after collecting $7,000. He told me that my court date had been canceled, but later said it hadn't been but now instead of being a 1/2 day it was going to be a 2 day trial. I was clear I wanted witnesses subpoenaed but he didn't do that. I was clear there would be no non disclosure or disparaging clause, but he told me not to worry disparaging clauses don't hold up in court and the defendant tried to get me to sign a VERY strong non disclosure clause, I refused! Richard mimumized the importance of these things. I was owed over $23,000 and all I was hoping for was $15,000. I agreed to settle for legal fees because he kept saying he was going to take all the settlement and more, but I didn't even get my legal fees covered, he kept adding cost. I would never use this lawyer again! When I got my documents back, they were EXACTLY as I had given them to him. He told me he needed to re organize them, he barely put a few sticky notes on them, but charged several hours to review, which should have been quick review. The defendant's attorney hadn't even been in town for almost 2 weeks immediately preceeding our trial. I have no idea why this wasn't a slam dunk case in my favor. The case was settled the day before trial, then he told me the defends attorney wasn't even in town. my case ended in mid july 17