Rachel Marshall

DO NOT HIRE!!!
As of March 27th, 2024, I await to my next facility from Coffee Creek intake facility to begin my 30 month sentence for DUI,obviously with the help of a family member, I am able to post this well deserved review of Ms. Marshall and her services of 5 1/2 months. I'll begin by saying that in no way do I blame her or anyone but myself for putting myself here. However, when we come to the point in life and require professional services and pay a professional
price, seeking the best possible outcome, is far from what I received!
DO NOT HIRE Rachel Marshall!!!!
She was very nice and professional on our first meeting, took my check then went on vacation.First arraignment she appeared by phone which I strongly expressed I needed her in court, in person for every appearance! She did this twice. She was late and texting me in court, could hear her phone ding. She was unprepared and relying on the court to provide documents that she should have brought to court, more than once; two times.She doesn't like for you to use her pen, so bring your own! She will send you to printer service in town to make copies to provide her for your own case! There will be excuses why she couldn't make it to court, such as the weather is too bad, mind you she lives in walking distance of the courthouse, same with her office. She and I met at a local eatery and I experienced the oddest behavior. We were discussing the case when she just up and bolts out to her vehicle leaving behind her glasses and other defendants court documents, initially she handed them to me as if they were my documents but they WERE NOT! I caught up with her at the courtroom and she was very rude, stated I need to "check myself" when I was talking with my fiancée, why the courtroom doors weren't open yet. And yet again, disappears on the 3rd floor of the courthouse. Every time we met it was rushed, every single phone call was rushed. When we did discuss things, I always felt the need to bring her up to speed or refresh her memory on facts. I never felt confident, always leaving our conversations as if it was the first time we ever met. Couldn't even remember how many children I have or other crucial facts to the case. This review needed to be written. The common thread in all of these reviews is whether meeting her for the first time or tenth, you leave feeling that it's her first time meeting you and your situation. She did spend a great deal talking about herself, her experience and paranoid history and thoughts about Lincoln County Judges, sheriff's department, corruption and even drugs and cartel. I can tell you one thing that the judges, district attorney's office very much dislike her and was proven at a court hearing when she was raising her voice and arguing with the judge and accosted the D.A. assistant in the hallway. I've never seen anything like that, with exception Court TV. I brought that to her attention afterwards, and her response was, "Don't worry, the judge won't hold that against me"! Her parting words when I was sentenced, "Damien and family, call me if you need anything". Emailed her a week later to inform that the courts didn't receive documents that needed to be sent. Her response to the email, "Send them to the courts, I am no longer on your case". Overall, not satisfied, not professional at all, she will tell you that you make her angry, she lacks listening and retention skills. You turn around and she is gone in a flash, paranoid and rushed, plain rude and lacks compassion. Don't make the mistake I did. Shop around and interview an attorney that has your best interest. She is well beyond her prime practicing days and it shows. She is looking to move from the county and practicing elsewhere. These are her words. I gather because the courts are prejudice of her and give no breaks/deals or fairness to her or her clients.First offer, take it or leave it and go to trial, lose and off to prison you go! I can only imagine her argument to this review, too bad the efforts weren't used in court, where they were needed the most!

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.