After a "Slip & Fall" accident, I retained the legal services of Carpenter & Zuckerman in Beverly Hills.
I provided them with a list of witnesses. John Carpenter, who was handling my case, failed to contact any of those witnesses. When the case went to Trial, the only witness who was available, had been tampered with by the defendants, and turned against me. This would not have happened if my "lawyer" had done his job, and secured my witnesses by making contact, deposing them and ensuring that each witness would be available for testimony at Trial.
The level of incompetence displayed by this law firm, is unbelievable! Legal documents sent out with mis-spelled names, incorrect dates, wrong addresses...
Laurel and Hardy
The Trial was a Circus...!!! The most degrading, humiliating experience of my life. Even the Judge told my lawyer that he should go back to Law School. After a 2 week long trial, what should have been a minimum of $250,000 verdict, was reduced to $64,000, but because my Lawyer had screwed up, by failing to acquire certain important documents, which would have proven crucial elements of my claim, and by failing to contact witnesses, and by failing to Subpeona critical witnesses from the City, this award was reduced to $24,500, and to this day, I have not received one cent.
As a result of the accident, I was unable to walk for several months, the pain was unbearable. I suffered broken bones, bruises all over my body. I lost my business that had taken me 10 years to build. I lost my savings. I was retaliated against by my landlord, and suffered years of abuse as a result of this mockery of a trial. My lawyer lied to me on several occasions, and became hostile and malicious and downright vindictive, when I asked for my share of the award. My credit has been ruined, and years later, I am still hounded by debt collectors, who are pursuing me for unpaid medical bills.
John C Carpenter is an ineffective, negligent, arrogant, incompetent, dishonest individual masquerading as a Lawyer. He should be disbarred from practice, along with his partner, who was aware of the issues at the time, but chose to do nothing.
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