In 2007 I hired attorney John Paul Chidgey, Jr., to represent me in a juvenile court case in Fort Worth, Texas. We met me at a restaurant and he would not look at previous history I had twenty five years ago in custody court with ex husbands. He essentially was not attentive. I had all the information collected and was ready to present it to him. The next day, in the 323rd District Court, Judge Jean Hudson "Affluenza" Boyd presiding, he was unable to get her to acknowledge me. He appeared to be attentive, however, I was to find later, he never even filed a "Notice of Appearance". In fact, years later when I examined the files at the Texas Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, Texas, there was no filing done by him on my behalf, in this case. He lied to me two weeks after the court date that he had spoken to Guardian Ad Litem, Patricia Summers, and she said if I provided one more psychological evaluation that was positive, she would give me my grandchildren. I resided in Salt Lake City, Utah. Upon this same examination of the files at the Texas Second Court of Appeals, in Fort Worth, I was able to see everything that was filed. My five favorable psychological evaluations that I filed, were missing. My I.C.P.C. background check was in a "Report to the Court" that was filed by the C.A.S.A. volunteer, Cyndee Hopkins, reported as my having an extensive history with child protective services. This was not true. The case worker in Utah endorsed me to get custody of my grandchildren. I have filed in the United States District Court Fort Worth unsuccessfully. The fifth evaluation was given to Chidgey and Patricia Summers. In reality, they were adopting my grandchildren out to a couple involved with the Court Appointed Special Advocates, which is illegal. Chidgey knew this. His purpose was to stall me so I did not file an appeal in time. Now, my case in the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals needs to be reopened. I am waiting for a United States Supreme Court case recently filed, Atkins vs Atkins, to win, in order to be found credible about how unconstitutional our family courts in the United States have been operating. If JOHN PAUL CHIDGEY HAD DONE HIS JOB, I WOULD HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN TODAY. DO NOT HIRE HIM AS YOUR ATTORNEY. HE IS A LIER AND USES THE WORST LANGUAGE I HAVE EVER HEARD. JUDGE JEAN HUDSON "AFFLUENZA" BOYD WAS FORCED TO RETIRE.
DEBORAH LYNNE CONNOR 801-654-3140
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nope,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, February 03, 2017
The fact that this imbecile is even allowed to practice law just goes to show that nothing is taken seriously. He is about as competent as my toddler.
Where to even begin is hard to decide. For starters, when I was initially "lawyer shopping" I met with many attorneys. Narrowing it all down to decide the fate of my situation. When I met with them, they invited me to their office and sat with me in an office setting. Reviewed everything I had pertaining to my case, and let me know what the next steps would be.
I know that attorney's are nothing more than overpaid sales people. They sell themselves to you, and then sell themselves to the court. I get it. So, upon meeting Mr. Chidgey, let me just start by saying I was a young, easily influenced, single mother at the time. (10+ years ago)
He asked me to meet him in a bar. Yep, you read that right, a bar, like the kind that serves drinks and occasionally food. I agreed, again, I have no excuse for myself. This SHOULD have been my first red flag. His fees were much lower than all the attorneys I had met with. Being a young single mother, this was something I had to take into consideration.
When I hired him it got even weirder. I would ask to meet with him and try to get the address to his office to sit down with him. He would NEVER let me come to his office. Instead he came to my house. Again, no excuse for myself. SHOULD have been red flag number 2.
When we would go to court hearings, he would always have a stupid excuse as to WHY nothing was resolved. In our second hearing, he came to the lobby and told me that the other parent had gotten married. He did this to make his home look more stable than mine. He tells me I need to go find someone to marry and get married within two months. Before our next hearing.
It just kept getting weirder and weirder. So, eventually he and I have a falling out. He comes to my house and tells me if I don't get married to someone I would lose my kid. I disagree and tell him to move forward regardless of my marital status.
This point he gets hostile with me. He begins cussing at me and insulting me. This is in MY HOUSE! I eventually make him leave, he goes. I filed a greivance, which did nothing. I really wanted some of my money back. That never happened. I had heard that his license was suspended, which was great news. He got it back apparently and he is practicing law again.
No matter what is said about him or to him, he will always blame the clients. It is never his fault. Now that I am older and more educated in this. I know what I did wrong. I trusted this joke of an attorney. It would be nice if one day someone would finally revoke his license and he would never be allowed to tear another family apart.
Deborah, I am sorry that you had a similar experience, and I hope that you also lived and learned from it.
#3Author of original report
Tue, May 03, 2016
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Fort Worth,#4REBUTTAL Individual responds
Fri, February 19, 2016
The person that has filed this action has not told the truth in her story and is a bold face liar. She reports her name as Sandy as the author of the story yet she says that she is Deborah Lynn Connor in her report. She failed to pay the fees she agreed to pay in this case. She filed paperwork with the court that made racial slurs and degradations against sexual orienations of the officials involved in the court proceedings, including the judge and the attorneys and the case workers, which has nothing to do with the fact hat her daughter and son in law abused their children to such a degree that they were in danger. She actually blames everyone but herself for being responsible for what she did. She wanted to give her abused and neglected grandchildren back to the abuser. She is not safe. She manipulates the facts and leaves out information. She is a deceptive individual and if you don't agree with her, then she will try to use her position to manipulate others against you. She is currently in hiding and will not provide an accurate address of where she is currently living. Any address she provides, it is inaccurate and/or flat out wrong. How can you trust a person like that?