Barbato, Matthew J - Rion Rion & Rion

12/17/08

Bait and Switch

by felony5

Don't be taken in by the dog and pony show! I interviewed with two of the companies top dogs. They asked question about my case. I had about 2 seconds to answer each of their questions. Little did I know I would never answer or discuss my case again with either one of those top dogs. The firm makes you thing that you are hiring one of them. During that interview the senior dog finished up his questions and then left the room. Leaving me to believe that my attorney was the one sitting behide the desk who quoted me a price to handle my case. I was feeling pretty good at that time. The firm wants you to believe that by giving you multiple attorney's is a great thing. It is not! I hired this firm based on the reputation of the top dogs. What I got was everything but. If I wanted my case handled by multiple people and no one really spending anytime on my defense I would have allowed the public defender to represent me. My family and I both were taken in by this dog and pony show. With that said I believe if anyone does hire this firm you need to demand for your case too only be handled by the attorney you are interviewing with. At least know who all is working for you. I would not recommend any other arrangement. You don't want to be represented by an attorney when you don't know their name or which one is going to show up for court. The office staff is very polite, which I give a five star too. I would have lost my mind completely if the office was rude and uncarry also. I wanted an attorney who carried and who would spend time on my case. (Time) - meaning preparing to defend me not to spend the time and money preparing me too plead quilty to a crime I did not comment. Now that the case is over and its over only because I couldn't take it anymore and pled quilty to a lessor crime. Also paying restitution at which time now the court system does not know who to pay the restitution too. But they have the check. Maybe thats when the top dogs step in.

• Pros: Polite office assistants
• Cons: Bait and Switch