Law Office of Rick Montalvo, PLLC

Dear Dear Mr.Montalvo, I am writing to express my extreme disappointment with your services as my attorney. I hired you to represent me in a criminal case. I paid you $5,000 in advance, and you assured me you would do everything possible to get me a favorable outcome. However, your representation was utterly inadequate. You failed to appear on two of my 3 scheduled court dates, and you sent your friend to represent me on my judgment day. You also failed to return my calls or emails, and I could not reach for months. a result of your negligence, I was forced to continue on probation way after six months, and mind you I had already paid all my fines and completed everything early. I had already paid my debt to society, and I was ready to move on with my life.However, because of your incompetence, I was forced to stay on probation longer than necessary. I spoke about this to my probation officer I told him that my Atty refused to answer my calls and my probationary period was hitting a full year He is the one who told me to not stop calling until he answered me. He had never even filed my paperwork.My motherMrs.******is my witness. lam filing a complaint with the State Bar of Texas lam filing a complaint with the State Bar of Texas against you.I believe that your actions constitute malpractice, and I am demanding that you refund my $5,000. I will see you in court

Horrible attorney stay away from him! My brother hired him to defend him on a case and not only did he do nothing he also wouldnt answer calls or texts he didnt defend my brother infront of the judge which made him get his bond revoked. I will also be filing a complaint with the state bar of texas and demand our money back. He will answer your calls at first but once u hire him hes rude and u wont even hear from him anymore so BEWARE

Beware! This attorney does not have the backbone to fight the federal govt. Very easily pushed over. When our attorneys asked him questions about our case, he said "i dont remember" . I honestly thought he is a Good guy, but not the attorney you need to defend you. Im glad we seeked other counsel. I dont know if this attorney has changed the way he may fight, but i strongly recommend that he fight for his clients. This is all i want to say. Good luck in your trials bd:cause this govt here in mcallen is definitely complacent and in my opinion they all back each other up regardless of innocence.

he is a very bad lawyer, he made me waste time and money, he does not care about the client or do his job, he only cares about making your case longer so he can get as much money as he can, I don't recommend it at all

Explained everything clearly and did not mislead me or make any false promises or guarantees we were very much pleased with our dismissal. Highly recommend him.