Matthew W. Chapel

If I could give this man 0 stars I would. He is completely incompetent and will lie lie lie just to get your money. I hired Mr. Chapel for my boyfriend who had a theft case in Allen County. After giving him a 1500 down payment (an additional 300 every month after), it took an additional 3 weeks to even visit his client and "look" at his case. I put look in quotes because not at one moment he worked for us did he ever know what was going on with his case. When hiring Mr. Chappel you gain access to all court documents including plea agreements sent to him from the prosecutor. I noticed a week or two after the arrest there was a plea agreement sent over from the prosecutor that Mr. Chappal did not present to his client AT ALL for several months. FOR MONTHS my boyfriend sat in jail waiting to hear from Mr. Chappal about a plea that had already been presented, that he ignored. Mr. Chapel waited until TRIAL to LIE and say he JUST got the plea agreement sent to him. Mr. Chapel then called me to discuss the plea and when I mentioned to him it was presented MONTHS ago he argued with me and then hung up on me. He then called me back to yell at me more. I told him to present to plea agreement to my boyfriend but he then REFUSED to let him sign it until he could lower the cost my boyfriend would owe the company he stole from. My boyfriend was not interested in getting it lowered, was just ready to sign and be done with it all, yet Mr. Chapel still REFUSED to let him sign the plea. So I fired him. After being fired he tried to show up to the jail to see my boyfriend, who refused to see him since he was fired, and then called me to yell at me more about my boyfriend refusing to see him. That was just the main issue with this man. A few times I, and my boyfriends mother, would call and check in with Mr. Chapel since it didn't seem like he was working on my boyfriends case at all and ever single time he would yell at us for disturbing him. Apparently he was too busy coning money out of other people. Like I said before at no time while paying this man did he ever know what was going on with my boyfriends case. He was unaware my boyfriend was on probation at the time of arrest, even though he was told by my boyfriend, myself, and my boyfriends mother on multiple occasions. He lied and said he requested videos from the business and that his team was going over them to see if my boyfriend stole anything, he never requested those videos. The only video he had was body cam footage of the arresting officer. Mr. Chapel is NOT worth your time or money.

I hired Mr. Chapel for a simple modification and paid him $1,500 upfront on Nov. 13th. He knew the severity of my situation concerning my children and needing to get home so I could get my kids back home in my care and he sat on my money for 3 weeks. His staff did all his work and scheduled me a hearing on Dec 5th. On that day, Mr. Chapel walked into the courtroom blind, with no knowledge of my cases at all. He tripped over the microphone and made me looked so stupid. He withdrew my modification all together and never got me back on the calendar. He then never did anything that a modification entails, spoke with the prosecutor for 2 hrs dogging me out, when modifications have nothing to do with the prosecutors period. Then when I tried to explain my situation he told me I need to quit talking. In mid sentence he told me how beautiful I was and told his staff that he likes his coffee like he likes his women. Then he looked me in my face and said he no longer wants to represent me for no reason at all. He refused to give me my money back and didn't care one bit about the importance of me getting home to my children during the holidays or other matters involved. He is a scam and nowhere near what his ratings explain. SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!

Well we had a mix communication with my number so I didn't receive the phone calls but I appreciate the help you gave my son, got the answer I need from the courts