Rachel Marshall

DO NOT USE THIS PERSON!!! I called and left a message; I had accidently taken the change ($40-$60) of the person in front of me after I checked out at a self check out. The DA is ACTUALLY charging me criminally, even though it was an accident (everyone I have told this to has had the SAME reaction you are having right now!) and I did not intent to do it. She told me that she didn't return my call because " the sound of my voice told her I couldn't afford her services of $2200" SO THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE DETERMINES IF SHE WILL HELP YOU OR EVEN CALL YOU BACK!!! WHAT??? I happen to own 3 commercial real estate units and a corporation in town, more than capable of her fee. I told her to basically shove it and hung up. Oh BTW, I was the one to call her back after waiting 3 DAYS to get a return phone call from her initially. JUST DON'T USE HER. SHE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOU AND ONLY CARES ABOUT MONEY...Oh, and the "sound" of your voice apparently!!!

Ali S

At the end of each year I take two weeks off at
Thanksgiving and two weeks off at Christmas. So that would leave less than three weeks before a "first appearance" to get discovery /evidence. Actually only 15-20 business days not counting weekends. I do advise all clients of my vacation and let them know I won't be available then. The court is pretty much shut down then too. That is the only vacation I have all year.
Evidence that the state intends to use against a client at trial is what discovery is. If multiple agencies are involved, or multiple officers, or multiple witnesses, and/or documents the State has subpoeaned are involved they rarely provide it that quickly and it does trickle in slowly. It is not prudent to make a lot of judgments about a case prior to seeing all of the discovery. Sometimes a motion to compel is appropriate, but before filing that you do need to give the state time to comply. When I withdraw as counsel for a client, I refund monies I have not earned. You did fail to mention that. It is also hard to give a client a trial win rate. Each case is extremely different and without seeing all the evidence, and even after seeing all their evidence, I can rarely assure a client they will win at trial even in the most promising cases. The word impossible comes to mind. Although some attorneys do that. It is not my practice. I do see where doing so can sort of tell the client what they want to hear and maybe help some clients feel at ease especially if a client is extremely anxious and just wanting to hear their case is a winner no matter what the facts. I do reserve the right in my fee agreements to withdraw from representation if I decide I do not want to take a case to trial. If the client wants me to make the decision about whether I will take a case to trial before I see all of the evidence, then my decision will most likely be no.

Also you make no mention of the fact that I refunded your retainer either. It seems strange that you indicate your dissatisfaction that I "withdrew from your case", however your entire post seems to complain about my services. If you were so dissatisfied with my performance and services why would you be so upset that I "withdrew" according to your post. The fact is I had your case for about 3 weeks total time and was on vacation for two of those weeks. Yes I cannot resolve serious cases that quickly. I do not make outlandish claims and promises that I can do that. Resolving cases properly takes time. It doesn't make sense at all that you complain about my services but then are also upset that I "withdrew" It looks like you also did not get the result you wanted with your new attorney at your trial either. It seems even getting your case to trial took almost 1 year not even close to the 3 weeks you gave me.

Called for a simple consultation. Was then drowned out with drool about how complicated the law is and quick double talk. Avoid