I was injured while lifting at work in August. (In September my company sent me to a doctor they had "in their pocket" at Well At Work in Findlay OHIO, a Dr. Habib, who looked at but did not touch the hernia, after leading me to believe she was really going to help me, to "write down everything i could remember" on the 10 page report, then only gave me 5 pages of the report when i asked for copies... Her diagnosis was, after asking me every quesion in the book, to tell me that i am 40 years old, that everyone falls apart when they turn 40 years old, i have a hernia because i am 40 years old. The company won't let me get a second opinion at a work comp doctor because they say they have a doctor's report that says my injury is not work related. That is another issue, however.
Now, back to the lawyer...)
In Nov i was home, and my nephew's neighbor Cora told me about an attorney that she knew, H. Wayne Graves from Johnson City, TN (she actually goes to AA meetings with him) and gave me his number. She said he was very good at workman comp. The number she gave me was 423-929-7338, which is the number on his card. His cell phone number is listed as 423-747-3200. I tried for a week to contact him. When he finally called me back, my caller ID on my cell phone confirmed that he had called me from the number ending in 7338. My phone records also reflect that as well. Thus began the nightmare.
He began to tell me what i should do, and to fax to him my report of the injury. But before i could get his fax number, he "had to go" and i could not contact him again until mid-February when i was home again. All i could do was leave messages on his business and cell phones. Once he learned i was home again, then he finally returned my call. We arranged a time to meet at his home on Mistletoe Ct in Johnson City, TN, on Feb 23rd but he made sure I also understood he only had 45 minutes to talk to him. His office is in his basement.
He is a heavy smoker and i coughed like crazy while in his office, so we moved outside. I presented my case, he presented me with a contract, he asked for $500.00 to retain his services, and that was the last time i heard from him except for March 04th when he finally returned my call to tell me that he hadn't done anything yet. He said he wanted the information i was supposed to send him by email, I said I had sent him several emails beginning on Feb 23rd, ending on March 02nd. He hadn't seen them yet, and said he would get his girlfriend to pull them for him.
That was our last contact.
He knows I am on the road and the only feasible way of contacting me is through phone or email. He has failed to do either.
On March 10 and 11 i called him several times to get a status report, but he was unreachable. On March 17 and 18 i called him several more times to get a status report but he was unreachable. On the 18th i left a message on his phone that he was fired for breach of contract and failure to perform. I also sent an email to that effect to him. I told him to call me to make arrangements to return my $500 and sent emails with that same request. My emails were cc'd to a number of people, including the District Attorney, so they are aware of what he is doing. After he failed to respond, I gave him 4 email notices and 2 phone messages that i would be sending someone who would be duly authorized by me to retrieve my money. Those 2 people arrived at his house/office on April 08 and though he was home, he failed to answer his door. I sent him an email, then left a phone message, both saying that he left me no choice but to seek the revocation of his law license if that is all the better he can treat me.
He called me 5 times in the next 15 minutes, but i did not answer the phone. He had his chance for leniency. I sent him a "Cease and Desist" email, ordering him to stop calling me. I received 5 more calls from him over the next 3 hours while i was on the phone with my new attorney, who is positive that Wayne will lose his law license over this.
On April 10th at 3:10 pm eastern daylight time i received a call from Wayne's girlfriend, calling my cell phone to harrass me, blocking the number (it was the number ending in 7338) and i asked the individual to identify herself 3 times before i hung up on her. A coworker heard my end of the converation, and called her boyfriend who is in upper level security who told me how to find out what the blocked number was. (It's been a long time since I was in law enforcement, before the advent of the PC)
I received 3 more calls from the number ending in
7338 during the day, unblocked these times, as i was trying to make calls to the clerk of court about filing misdemeanor phone harrassment charges against both Wayne and his girlfriend. I also called the Distict Attorney's office again (I had talked to them last week about Wayne) and filled them in again today.
A neighbor of Wayne's whom I know can verify that there has been a lot of wierdness and domestic disputes at his house over the years, made the statement, "how many lawyers do you know who operate out of their house?"
Looking for an attorney? Can I recommend to you someone?
Retaliation? He better not even think of it. You don't steal $500 from me, and get away with it.
John
Erwin, Tennessee
U.S.A.
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