Runamuck
Anytown,#2Author of original report
Thu, April 09, 2009
Once again, Mr Miller is in complete denial of his lack of skill as a competent attorney. When a prosecutor threatens your client with jail time, with no intention whatsoever of recomending jail time wouldn't you tell your client that she is just bluffing and just threatening you? Mr. Miller didn't do that. Rather he lied to me. Wouldn't you tell your client that they can go to trial, and if they can't afford you that they can get a Public Defender? Mr. Miller DID NOT tell me that regardless of what he says here. Rather he told me I would have to pay him another $12,000 to be represented by him to defend these false charges, along with another $2-3,000 to hire EXPERT witnessess to tell this Judge and Prosecutor what an IP address. Mr. Miller knows what an IP address is and I was broke. A good honest attorney would tell his client the truth, however Mr. Miller did not tell me the truth, rather he lied to me and said I would go to jail for 14 years if I did not cop a plea to the FALSE charges against me. The charges were FALSE, regardless of what he says here and regardless of what he thinks of me, in other words there was no truth to them. I was NOT harassing my ex-boyfriend or anyone else. I was ACCUSED of making "phone calls" to this person however there were NO outgoing phone calls on my home or cell phones. This was proven by the owner of the spooftell company who told me what the IP addresses were and they were not related to any computer I owned or used. I relayed this information to Mr. Miller yet he failed to relay it to his "staff" who went to speak to prosecutor Sharon Panian. Panian has her own agenda, she is a liar, she is a corrupt prosecutor, (who cheats on her boyfriend and stalks married men) she withheld evidence of a key witness in my case, before Mr. Miller became involved and I told him this. Panian lied to the judge! I have the transcripts and I know what she told the judge as it pertained to my witness, who is my neighbor and an attorney. Mr. Miller told me the judge had already "determined guilt" therefore I had no recourse but to plea NO CONTEST. Judges are NOT supposed to predetermine guilt, yet this is what he told me. NO ONE had ever spoken to me or asked me a thing. They listened to the prosecutor and the dirty cop and didn't bother to ask me anything. And there was NOT over 1,000 pages of evidence. this is just NOT true. He failed to do a lot of things on my behalf that a competent attorney would have done. He lied to the arbritrator who was a single woman, not a PANEL OF EXPERTS as he lied before, just as he is lying here. He cannot admit that he screwed me over and robbed me blind. I did pay Mr. Miller half of the $5,000 agreed upon fee up front and agreed to make 2 more payments once the case was dismissed, as he promised it would be when he promised he would FILE A MOTION TO DISMISS . Why he keeps saying I never paid him is just more evidence of his inability to comprehend what he is told and given to read. And further evidence of his ability to mislead and flat out lie. After he screwed me over, I felt he didn't deserve another dime so he tried to sue me. Yes we all understand that you are not supposed to LIE to your clients, it is forbidden, however THAT IS WHAT YOU DID, YOU LIED TO ME. We all understand that you cannot predict the outcome of a case and cannot promise you will get a dismissal - but THAT IS WHAT YOU DID! YOU PROMISED TO FILE A MOTION TO DISMISS BUT YOU DIDN'T DO THAT. DO YOU GET THIS????? YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU WERE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO. Your contract specifically states that you were to do "PRETRIAL INVESTIGATION" but you didn't investigate anything! You didn't contact anyone I was with while the false charges were being made. Had you done so you would have seen that the charges were false. I was with friends and family during times "someone' was using a computer to call the fake victim. The fake victim was setting me up along with the ex wife and his x-con friend the convicted felon David Hadjes. They had a business arrangment. The x-con and the admitted liar were the star witnesses for the prosecution. Had I known you did not believe me. I would have gone elsewhere. You should have been honest, but you weren't. Since I was FORCED to "cop a plea" I was told by attorneys that I could not win a lawsuite against Mr. Miller. threatening 14 years of jail time is FORCING A PLEA. He might as well have put a gun to my head. This is criminal, this is negligence, this is fraud. And it's just too bad that this attorney can't admit to his incompetence or his dishonesty. I didn't have the money for another lawsuite. And make no mistake about it Mr. Miller, this was a grave injustice you did to me. This is not something that you just forget about and go on your merry way. Go ask the Duke La Cross boys if they'll ever forget about the injustice they endured when they were FALSELY accused of rape! Sharon Panian's true character is coming out all on her own. Her own staff is reporting her personal and professional conduct as it pertains to stalking a married police officer among other things. I'm sure she'll dig her own grave, she's a disgrace to the city of Long Beach. In fact the entire Domestic Violence community had been made aware of her personal conduct and her professional misconduct as it pertained to my case and others. The California Bar doesn't do anything to lawyers who lie. They just don't you know that. They would have to catch you in the act molesting a small child or snorting coke up your nose to sanction you or have you disbarred. And since I have no evidence of this they will do nothing and you will continue to screw people out of a lot of money. So keep coming back here with your lies, and try to tell people about charges brought against me that are complete lies. It's good for people to see how you divluge personal information about your former clients. I'm sure they'll think twice before hiring you.
Robert Miller
Santa Ana,#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, April 06, 2009
I was most concerned to read the respond by this client, which is misguided. This client, in short, has claimed that the services of our firm were incompetent. The facts show otherwise. This client had an opportunity to participate in a full arbitration hearing, which she did. After hearing all the evidence from the client, the arbitrator found her claims unfounded. There was no finding of "inappropriate assistance of counsel", as that was not even an issue to be decided. This client ended up in arbitration because she never paid her fees for services -- in other words, did not perform her part of the contract. This client had the opportunity to participate in a State Bar complaint. The State Bar did not, ever, find any wrongdoing, negligence, or malpractice. This client had the opportunity to file a malpractice lawsuit. She never filed one, ever. This client had the opportunity to bring a motion to withdraw her plea of guilty or no contest, if she felt so strongly that her plea, in open court, to the judge, was inappropriate. Although she was given ample opportunity to do so, she never did. It is a shame that this client has chosen ripoffreport.com to bring accusations, two years after this case was over and done. Ripoffreport.com has allegations that they are an extortion business (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/chris-bennet-on-rip-off-report), and request money from businesses to fix negative information. I can say that Jessica, who was an attorney member of our team, and was hired along with the firm to help on the case, was a fully licensed member of the bar, with no record of discipline before, or after this case. The contract that this client signed stated that she was not hiring one attorney, but the whole firm, and everyone, from the legal assistants up, worked on her case as a team, including participating in weekly meetings regarding this case. Unfortunately, this client had two prior incidents in her past where she was caught criminally harassing ex-boyfriends using technology, and despite her past, she was still given a relatively lenient sentence, considering the many charges against her in this case, almost all of which were dismissed in court. Information about the alleged malpractice claim that the client listed shows that the case involved a bankruptcy claim, and that the case was dismissed, with prejudice, with no admission of guilt, or finding of any malpractice, whatsoever. The State Bar shows a clean record for my bar number, which is 176398, with no record of discipline. The bankruptcy case, which is under a separate business name, and which was for a completely different corporate/business name, is a business repayment plan, which is current. There are absolutely no State Employment or EDD taxes outstanding. Implying that debts in that case were not repaid is not relevant, and certainly not truthful. I fail to see, in any case, how this case matters to the outcome here. Likewise, I am not divorced, but I will be at the end of this process, and I certainly do not hate women, if that matters. If this client wants to persist in the belief that all of her ex boyfriends are against her, and all of her attorneys, past and present are against her, and the prosecutor in this case, and in her past cases, are all against her, and the judge in this case is completely against her, that is her right. I can say, from reviewing the evidence, that such a conclusion is not supported by any facts, or any evidence in this case. I can also say that such a conclusion is unlikely. I can appreciate how frustrating it has been for this client to go through this process three times, and being accused of harassing people through the internet. But her complaints, on this and other sites, do not make that fact less true. For this client in particular, our firm made it our aim to deliver a professional service this and all of our customers. Due to the nature of the business, and since we represent people accused of in some cases horrible crimes, not everyone is going to be happy with the system, or in the results of their case. It is the nature of the service provided. I have now handled over 1,000 cases, and hundreds of trials, and I can assure you that the court system is the cause of much stress for clients, even if a good result, like a not guilty verdict at trial, is obtained. Although this case was over two years ago, thank you for bringing this matter to my attention and allowing your frustrations to be aired. If there was something that the court, the judge, or the prosecutor did in your case, I apologize for the annoyance that this may have caused to you. I always try to shield my clients as much as possible from the negativity of the court system, even though that is not always possible. As a business, our firm is actively working to improve service levels and your feedback is helpful. I wish all the best to you.
Robert Miller
Santa Ana,#4REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, April 06, 2009
I was most concerned to read the respond by this client, which is misguided. This client, in short, has claimed that the services of our firm were incompetent. The facts show otherwise. This client had an opportunity to participate in a full arbitration hearing, which she did. After hearing all the evidence from the client, the arbitrator found her claims unfounded. There was no finding of "inappropriate assistance of counsel", as that was not even an issue to be decided. This client ended up in arbitration because she never paid her fees for services -- in other words, did not perform her part of the contract. This client had the opportunity to participate in a State Bar complaint. The State Bar did not, ever, find any wrongdoing, negligence, or malpractice. This client had the opportunity to file a malpractice lawsuit. She never filed one, ever. This client had the opportunity to bring a motion to withdraw her plea of guilty or no contest, if she felt so strongly that her plea, in open court, to the judge, was inappropriate. Although she was given ample opportunity to do so, she never did. It is a shame that this client has chosen ripoffreport.com to bring accusations, two years after this case was over and done. Ripoffreport.com has allegations that they are an extortion business (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/chris-bennet-on-rip-off-report), and request money from businesses to fix negative information. I can say that Jessica, who was an attorney member of our team, and was hired along with the firm to help on the case, was a fully licensed member of the bar, with no record of discipline before, or after this case. The contract that this client signed stated that she was not hiring one attorney, but the whole firm, and everyone, from the legal assistants up, worked on her case as a team, including participating in weekly meetings regarding this case. Unfortunately, this client had two prior incidents in her past where she was caught criminally harassing ex-boyfriends using technology, and despite her past, she was still given a relatively lenient sentence, considering the many charges against her in this case, almost all of which were dismissed in court. Information about the alleged malpractice claim that the client listed shows that the case involved a bankruptcy claim, and that the case was dismissed, with prejudice, with no admission of guilt, or finding of any malpractice, whatsoever. The State Bar shows a clean record for my bar number, which is 176398, with no record of discipline. The bankruptcy case, which is under a separate business name, and which was for a completely different corporate/business name, is a business repayment plan, which is current. There are absolutely no State Employment or EDD taxes outstanding. Implying that debts in that case were not repaid is not relevant, and certainly not truthful. I fail to see, in any case, how this case matters to the outcome here. Likewise, I am not divorced, but I will be at the end of this process, and I certainly do not hate women, if that matters. If this client wants to persist in the belief that all of her ex boyfriends are against her, and all of her attorneys, past and present are against her, and the prosecutor in this case, and in her past cases, are all against her, and the judge in this case is completely against her, that is her right. I can say, from reviewing the evidence, that such a conclusion is not supported by any facts, or any evidence in this case. I can also say that such a conclusion is unlikely. I can appreciate how frustrating it has been for this client to go through this process three times, and being accused of harassing people through the internet. But her complaints, on this and other sites, do not make that fact less true. For this client in particular, our firm made it our aim to deliver a professional service this and all of our customers. Due to the nature of the business, and since we represent people accused of in some cases horrible crimes, not everyone is going to be happy with the system, or in the results of their case. It is the nature of the service provided. I have now handled over 1,000 cases, and hundreds of trials, and I can assure you that the court system is the cause of much stress for clients, even if a good result, like a not guilty verdict at trial, is obtained. Although this case was over two years ago, thank you for bringing this matter to my attention and allowing your frustrations to be aired. If there was something that the court, the judge, or the prosecutor did in your case, I apologize for the annoyance that this may have caused to you. I always try to shield my clients as much as possible from the negativity of the court system, even though that is not always possible. As a business, our firm is actively working to improve service levels and your feedback is helpful. I wish all the best to you.