James, Vernon & Weeks, P.A.

Summer 2018 we had an ILLEGAL TRESPASS on our 120-year-old property that had been in our family for five generations, when Sandy Young aka VERDIS hired Jeff Woods aka Alamo Excavation, to illegally tear up a 60-foot wide by 3000 sq. ft. long area of our land to put in a road. Ross Kimball aka Kimball Logging was hired by Sandy Young to cut down 70 large fir trees in the path of the illegal road. David Callahan, supervisor with Kootenai County planning and zoning department approved the permit for the illegal trespass. WE WERE DEVASTATED! We hired attorney Susan P. Weeks with James, Vernon & Weeks, P.A, in July 2018, to sue Kootenai County, Sandy Young aka VERDIS, Jeff Woods aka Alamo Excavation, Ross Kimball aka Kimball Logging on our behalf as we estimated over two million in damages! Susan Weeks agreed to assist us in litigation and charged us a hefty fee to do so. We asked Susan Weeks to submit an injunction to prevent further damage on our farm. Susan Weeks FAILED to secure an injunction, which resulted in another 30 trees being illegally cut down under Sandy Young aka VERDIS instructions. Susan Weeks FAILED to proceed with a DEFAULT JUDGMENT in our favor when the defendants failed to timely answer our Complaint. Susan Weeks FAILED to name Sandy Young aka VERDIS, Jeff Woods aka Alamo Excavation, and Ross Kimball aka Kimball Logging as Third Party Defendants in order for us to pursue damages against each party individually in our lawsuit. Susan Weeks FAILED to pursue Kootenai County planning and zoning department as we had discussed in our first discussion. We later discovered she had a conflict of interest with said party. Susan Weeks FAILED to secure any experts to testify on our behalf pursuant the pretrial ORDER, which was detrimental to our quest for damages at TRIAL. Susan Weeks FAILED to finish discovery pursuant the pretrial ORDER. When we questioned Susan Weeks about her obvious blunders…she quit just prior to TRIAL leaving us in a horrible state of mind with devastating consequences. We won the trespass issue but were DENIED any compensation for damages and ended up losing our sacred driveway as Judge Richard Christensen DECIDED that it should become an easement for anyone needing access to our land that was never used other than a driveway for us! UNBELIEVABLE! We still have 10 large slash piles left behind that neither VERDIS or KIMBALL LOGGING cleaned up! The Idaho Department of Lands ignored our request to have Ross Kimball (a mandate for all logging operators) clean up the slash piles he illegally deposited on our land, while Ross Kimball went to Hawaii when he cashed in on our logs (trees) he sold to the Chilco Mill. David Callahan refused to enforce the part of the permit he gave VERDIS that stated Sandy Young must comply with said permit by removing the huge illegal road she built by replanting and removing all gravel, etc. Susan Weeks stole our money and did nothing to help us! Susan Weeks cannot be trusted to litigate on your behalf.

I cannot begin to explain my experience with this law firm. Over the past several years they have been so sensitive to my fears, feelings and my future. By far this is an A+ law firm along with their incredible paralegal Lucia Saitta. I cannot remember a time they did not respond to a question, concerning my case within 24 hours. Their success in bringing my case to a stunning positive conclusion left me breathless. I am forever in their corner and only hope others in need will seek them out. Mr. James is the most hardworking brilliant attorney always available to take my call. Thank James, Vernon and Weeks. You are one in a million!

I would like to sincerely thank Mr. James and his team for their outstanding work on my case. Their effective, compassionate, and meticulous approach produced an excellent result.

Although the process was lengthy and involved many hurdles along the way, their persistence, professionalism, and tenacity carried everything through successfully. Communication throughout the process was exceptional, and it was truly a pleasure working with the firm from start to finish.

I greatly appreciate everything they did for me and would highly recommend their services to anyone in need of experienced and dedicated legal representation.

— John Orlando

JVW represented me through a long tough process. There were many long court battles, and I’d can’t overstate my frustration. I had a chance to meet Leander at a couple of hearings, and as bad as it was he was always positive. There was no giving in to the lawyers from the insurance companies and I appreciate the fight to the very end. Thank you Leander for everything.
A special shout out to Lucia. She was, for me anyway, the one that kept me going. I can only imagine the amount of emails she had to reply to. I just know I was a kind of a pain, but she responded to me quickly regarding all my concerns.
Thanks to the whole team for everything!
Dave

There are not enough stars to express my sincere gratitude in how Lee, Brianna and Lucia handled my father’s cases in civil court. They have been by his side every single step of the way in what could be viewed as a traumatic journey. Without their support he would have never been able to stand strong and take on the monsters of his nightmares. Our family is forever indebted to how you procedurally conducted these cases. As someone now in trenches in the federal prison system, all to often the complaints begin with the attorneys. They leave once the gavel hits and the room empties. With this firm you get litigators and paralegals that walk you home and forever stay a positive reinforcement. From all of us, but most importantly our father Mike Polito we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! This is how law should work.