Evergreen Products Lance Handel Do not let Lance Handel timber your property. He will take your trees and act like the nicest guy you have ever met. He lies, cheats, and steals. He will promise you anything you want to hear Lexington, Kentucky

My attorney and I subsequently met with Lance. We came to an agreed upon temporary "settlement" amount, pending some further investigation. Still not sure we got entirely what we are entitled to, but Lance did cooperate fully in the meeting.  Let's say this --- I don't trust any of the loggers in KY at this point. There are no real regulations in effect at the "buyers" end (Lance is just a broker for the mills) where the mill that Lance and his buddies dealt with in Ghent actually paid for all of the lumber that was hauled down there. We also got a sworn statement from Lance that he would do the needed reseeding and cleaning up the property that he said he was going to do. Will update further as Lance does the work. I will say that since threatening Lance with prosecution (and I did this personally without my attorney's input after advising me), Lance has cooperated fully so far. Like I said, I will update further as Lance does/does not do the remainder of the work that he said swore with a signed affidavit that he would  do.

Caveat:  People, please get a contract, and not just the contract Lance gets you. It is too vague. And this goes with any contract you deal with. Have your attorney look it over before any contract you sign about anything. You must think things through and put in very specific terms to what you want done and how fast you get paid, etc. 

Lance is, indeed, very slick. We too, think we have been taken by him to some extent. We believe he has ripped us off also. He also works with other people, one of them being Mike Alexander out of Walton (Alexander Logging) and two other loggers (the two guys who actually did the cutting). His corporation has been listed as in "bad standing" with the Kentucky Secretary of State's office and Mike Alexander shows up on the Kentucky Department of Forestry's "bad actors" list. They both are in cahoots with each other. I'm not sure the two loggers (cutters) have anything to do with it and may just be getting paid by Lance for their work, but my suspicion is that they are all liars. I've got the names and phones of the two cutters who worked our property also, and Mike Alexander's phone number also. Mike and his wife own a small piece of property in Walton.  Lance has all of his assets in his wife's name so he doesn't have any equipment/property to put a lien against. We had to threaten to take it straight to the County Prosecutor's office to get any action out of him whatsoever (and I mean strongly threaten).  This is what my attorney advised me to do. I'm still not sure we got what we were entitled to. I have the name of one other witness who also got ripped off by Lance and is who is willing to testify in court about his shady dealings. If you want to talk about this, call me at 513-621-2120 and ask for Liz and we'll chat.