Oct 3rd, 2024.
I made the mistake of not reading all the bad reviews before signing a $12,000 contract for 3 charges. He didn't answer the phone or respond back (for days) 75-90% of the time, plus no staff answering HIS phone for him when he was "in court", so genuinely good luck setting an appointment after you sign a contract.
I was told he would fight for me if I chose to go to trial, but he didn't provide specifics on a defense. He failed to obtain all of the available/ potential evidence I asked him to collect during discovery which I feel is crucial for trial.
When the county changed my indictment, raised my bond, put a (secretive) sealed warrant out, and raised the charge from 3rd degree to 2nd degree... I asked him what was going on and why I had a warrant when I followed all bond conditions: I was told it was "the same charge" which is less than accurate.
I was also told I had no court dates yet, when in fact my next court date had been re-set for less than 90 days away because he didn't appear in court for me on my first court date. He knew of the first court date the day I signed the contract 3 months prior. I fired him about 1 month after I signed the contract, then re-hired him when he finally called me back a few days later. 2 months after this he claims his name wasn't on the docket of the first court date because he 'quit working on the case when I fired him'. I would not have re-hired him if I knew he would pull such a lame excuse for waiting so long to add his name to the docket. Weeks prior I was told 'don't worry about that court date' and if I had taken his word for it then and trusted that he would add himself to the docket before the deadline, than I would've missed the first court date by trusting him to appear for me when his name wasn't on the docket the day before the court date; it wasn't until my mom called him from out of state and had a word with him, did he send the paperwork (this was the day before the court date around 4:00pm). Then he claims he made the docket deadline before the court date, yet he didn't appear in court to represent me on said court date when I was re-arrested and unable to appear myself? Make it make sense... Ironically if I hadn't been re-arrested the day before the court date and I had taken my lawyers word to 'not worry about that court date' the judge would not have re-set said court date or the county would've revoked my bond for failure to appear which would've been worse.
I feel I gave him $5,000 out of $7,100 for little to no legal advice, or peace of mind. I almost wish I'd hired my MOM to represent me instead! Like how is it that my own mom found out what was going on with a sealed warrant before he did? Why did it take my mom to inform Mr. Hill I had been re-arrested for 'the same charge' shouldn't it be the other way around?? Why did he only chose to send in the docket/ court paperwork stating he would represent me after my mom called him? I wanted to like this lawyer and I really tried to maintain a good relationship, but the subliminal signs of a lack of passion in representing me was obvious at times. So I fired him, re-hired him and fired him again after months of numerous red flags in my opinion.
I was told he was 'doing me a favor by giving me back $2,000' of the $7,100 i'd paid. He did subpoena a Tuberculosis record from county jail, and he did take the time to listen to me past dark at times but at $400/hr it felt more like an expensive therapy session than legal advice.
Call me a disgruntled client if you want but this is my honest experience. I was a fool to put 100% faith in Jeff Hill the second day I met him. Please don't make the same mistakes as me when it comes to choosing someone to rep you for trial.
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