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  • Submitted: Thursday, May 01, 2008
  • Last Posting: Friday, May 09, 2008
  • Reported By:lompoc California
John Hinden
705 E. Main St. Santa Maria California 93454 U.S.A.

Attorney John E. Hinden fails to show up in court and does nothing when he does Santa Maria California


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I joined a legal club and they reported John Hinden to be the only attorney in my area.

He repeatedly failed to show up in court giving a variety of reasons.

ON NO OCCASION did he call me and say he would not be there or after the fact call and apologize. Once was for personal reasons he left the weekend before a case. Twice he said he had other cases he had court dates for as well.

My case just was not as important and he did not think informing me was important. If you retain him I suggest your case might not be as important as someone else's.
When he was in court he said we said everything in the already filed brief and there was no reason to talk or to respond to accusations. He also refused to file my side of the story. I finally had to remove him from the case and represent myself. I had already paid him all monies i had available to me.

Dale xxxxx
lompoc, California
U.S.A.

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#1 Consumer Comment

Something's Odd

AUTHOR: Russ - Brandon (U.S.A.)

You belong to a "legal club" yet you also allege you paid a retainer. Which is it? And in Lompoc, there was only 1 attorney? There seems to be some missing facts. Please elaborate.
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#2 Consumer Suggestion

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AUTHOR: Tim - Valparaiso (U.S.A.)

Russ,

I'm thinking that the reporter was in Pre-Paid Legal or something to that effect. I can't speak in regards to any other organization but, with PPL, you get a 25% discount for using their provider attorneys (depending on what type of case it is and what side of it you're on - in some cases PPL members get legal services for free). That would explain why the reporter was in a "club" but still had to pay fees.

PPL generally has one provider law firm for each given geographic area, which explains why there was only one attorney available. I would imagine that any other "legal insurance" type outfit also only has one provider firm per region.

The "legal insurance" idea is great in theory, but in practice it seems to be of little actual benefit to the average consumer.
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#3 Update By Author

legal club

AUTHOR: Dale welch - lompoc (U.S.A.)

John Hinden is the representative for the legal club in this area.
He tried to get other lawyers to join but the best i can tell they refused.

It is similar to or a type of pre-paid legal where you are guaranteed services for fairly low prices. Though if the lawyer does not bother to show up and refuses to represent you in a decent manner i'm not certain it was low prices.

i only paid $500 but when you are disabled and earn very little each month $500 may as well be $10,000.


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