Joseph W. Kaestner, Esquire dirty ripoff liar, slime-ball attorney... ripoff thief. Don't give him any business! Richmond Virginia
When Joe Kaestner was working with Pitney and Jones, I feel he lied to me and cost me thousands of dollars. I never really found out the truth, but I probably should have pursued it. I recently heard that he got in trouble with the State Bar for lying to clients, and it was even his second disciplinary action in a very short period of time.
I did some checking and learned that in fact he had told some of his clients that he had paid the money in time to appeal a case, when he actually hadn't.
I probably should have complained but I didn't and the statute of limitations are probably over. If anyone knows what the statute of limitations is for complaining about an attorney please let me know. I got the impression that I should have gotten a second opinion if I didn't trust him, but who has the money for that? And the way I got screwed by him, he should have paid ME!
If you are considering paying for this guy's services, don't! He's the worst I've ever had.
Sue
Richmond, Virginia
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Michael
Richmond,Virginia,
Holy Chivas, Batman! Loaded Lawyer Leverages Losses Legally.
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, April 06, 2002
I am also a victim of this snake, but also of his ineptitude. We were able to verify that Mr. Kaestner was indeed reprimanded for lying to his clients, as mentioned by Sue. I should hasten to point out that where there is smoke, there is fire. Reading on, however, the consideration of his Suspension by the Bar was mitigated by the efforts made by Mr. Kaestner to deal with his ALCOHOLISM!!!
Now I understand why he didn't do a very good job for us. Laws should require/guarantee we get the best service for our money. Lemon Laws protect us from lousy cars, but they don't protect us against lousy lawyers. Perhaps it's because lawyers make the laws.