Attorney Loyd Byron Hopkins scammed me out of retainer and court filing ee with no intenetions of filing my case Rockville Maryland

  Attorney Retainer  & Court filing Fees fraud/Scam, Attorney Loyd Hopkins tried to be  little me by telling me an African American woman that white women are smart. Took my money and did not do what he agreed to do. Told me to send $495 court filing fees he was filing that day but never did, but kept the money. Now he's refusing to give me all my money back. Told me he would lie if I sue him  by filing a counter suit for FRAUD, which I have never in my life commited FRAUD.  Tried to scare and bully me not to sue or write a review. Convinced me to hire him by saying that he's connected to all the judges in Maryland Federal Court and would stand a better chance with him filing in Maryland instead of Washington DC Federal Court.

Tried to convince me to hire him and give him retainer money by stating  no attorney in Maryland would not take my case because it's a big difficult case and that he's not judgemental as if all the other attorneys in Maryland are. Attorney Loyd is unethical, he tried to convince me to fire an attorney in Milwaukee WI that I hired over my brothers estate case and then hire him. He wanted me to give him $5000 upfront to look for an attorney in Wisconsin that he can hire and work with on that case. He wanted $5000 just to look for a Milwaukee WI attorney. He's not licensed in Wisconsin. When I arrived at his office on 11/22/2024 he  did not come upfront when I entered into his office, he spoke to me from the back area and told me to come back there before coming upfront to meet me. I had to follow the sound of his voice to the back area, and when I got back there I noticed he's wheelchair bound. There's nothing bad about it being in a wheelchair, I just wasn't expecting it.

Then after I paid him $5000 upfront he told me he could easily defend the defendants with my complaint and win against me. I was shocked this was an attorney that was representing me saying this to me. This man should not be practicing LAW.     Here's what happened and I have receipts to prove it.  I would give this attorney a negative below 0 if I could. Here's how I came to know this attorney. Attorney Loyd Hopkins in Rockville Maryland  scammed me out of my money then looked for excuses as to the reason he did not file. I'm dealing with a very big case, I'm being stalked, harassed and the defendants have even targeted my business by any means necessary, they even stoop as low  as throwing dead animals in front of my business. Last year I had enough and seeked an attorney to sue them in court and also get a restraining order. I had found an attorney in DC who I liked but he was dealing with another case before me. After waiting 1 month I started to look for another attorney near my home in Bethesda MD. That's when I came across Attorney Loyd Hopkins. I spoke to him and told him about my case. He asked me if I could pay a retainer fee and I said yes.

He didn't charge me for a consultation and he pretended to be giving me alot of info for FREE. I was impressed that he was helpful and willing to speak to me over the phone. We exchanged a few texts for a week or so. The 1st DC attorney that I was waiting on finally got back to me and said he was ready. I stopped contacting Attorney Loyd Hopkins  and moved forward with the other attorney. That attorney did a 4 page complaint which I wasn't happy with, especially after waiting for him. I recieved my money back from him, it wasn't a big issue, then I called attorney Loyd Hopkins back. I apologized to him for moving forward with the other attorney because I wasn't happy with the complaint that he did, and if he would give me another chance I would for sure work with him but first I would need to hire and pay my paralegals to do the compliant, discovery, and subpoenas.

I didn't want to lose more time by waiting on an attorney's paralegal to file a complaint for 10 defendants. He agreed and told me to contact him when it's done.  Now here's where it gets deceptable. On (date) I called attorney Loyd Hopkins  to confirm that he received my email from dropbox with the compliant, subpoenas, and discovery work in the folders. I asked him to go over the work case files and see if he wants to sign onto my case and file it. He told me no I don't need to do that, I'm going to file it he stated. I told Attorney Loyd Hopkins I didn't feel comfortable with paying attorney fees upfront without him looking over the case to see if he wanted my cse for sure or not. What if I pay retainer fees and you decide not to? He told me that wouldn't be the case, he was going to edit the complaint or even rewrite it if he needed to make sure that it's written correctly. He waived the right to look over it saying he will file it. Our deal was as follows. $10,000 to start and 20% of any money collected from the case. $5000 was to be paid November 22th for him to make correction edits to the complaint and then file it no later than December 1st. He stated he would work during the weekend and get it filed by December 1st. The $5000 remainder would be paid after he filed. Attorney Loyd Hopkins did not want to take my credit card. He did not accept Paypal, he told me he would only take venmo, zelle or cash apps. My daughter got nervous and begged me not to do it, what if he didnt do what he agreed to do . I created the agreement that he will file the complaint by December 1st 2024 and he signed it.   

I paid him $3500 cashiers check and 1500 venmo. After he received the money he told me okay now here's your homework, do this and get it back to me. I rushed to do it in 2 days while I thought he worked on the edits. He never edited anything, he only added 2 conts to the complaint that really didn't say much of anything. I was extremely nervous when I saw that he didn't do what he agreed to do. However I didn't push it, I still just needed to get my case filed. Then he told me he was ready to file, that I needed to send $495 via venmo court filing fee, plus $50 venmo fees to send the money. After I sent him a total of $550 via venmo to file the case he did not file, he kept that money as well (a.k.a. the court filing fee is $405 not $495)  He started making excuses for an entire week past the 1st that the pacers system had changed and he didn't know how to access it and he said he was waiting on a call from them.. I called pacer and the court and they both said he wasn't being truthful that pacer will not call him, he needed to call them. Then the next excuse was he didn't have Microsoft that he needed to add to be able to file. Then he came up with another excuse saying that the federal court does not allow images in compliant which is not true, I called the Federal Court before I added them.

Then he came up with another excuse as to why would one of the defendants, a doctor in Las Vegas, attack me and my daughter and risk losing her license.He asked me why would someone do something, as if the defendant told me why she's doing what she's doing. I had enough and told Attorney Loyd Hopkins to give me my money back or I will sue him, I am going to sue him because this has stressed me out to the point it's all I think about and my my finger because of stress over him scamming me out of my money when I need it for my case, I'm now seeing a doctor for this stress he has caused me.  He scammed me out of my money when I have 10 defendants I'm suing, so another Attorney have to be paid . His response to giving me my money back was "It's Not Happening Captain." He also stated if I sue him he would counter sue me for fraud. SMH fraud for what ? He tried to bully me and scare me into not suing him or writing a review about what he did to scam me out of my money. I will not be bullied and Attorney Loyd and I will have our day in court. My calls are recorded for quality service and also because of my stalking case, Attorney Lod can be heard selling me his services by stating he's connected to the Judges in Maryland and has a better chance because of it. I will be rolling the tape.  To whomever reading this message, unless you have alot of money to risk giving away you need to ask yourself if you should risk giving this attorney your money. I suspect Attorney Loyd Hopkins has money problems because I noticed on his venmo account when I sent him my money for court filing fee he had repaid a personal loan to someone. Not a loan from a bank but a personal loan to a person.

That's not unusual for a regular person but for an attorney it's a reg flag. He should not be representing clients in the court of LAW if he's struggling financially. Attorney fees at your own risk. He's a slick talker and will tell you things to convince you to hire him and give him money upfront.