Smith & Vinson Law Firm - Shady, Cowardly, and Obsessed with Silencing Honest Clients Austin Texas

This is a warning about Smith & Vinson Law Firm (Austin, TX), run by Jarrod Smith and Brad Vinson, with backup from Steve Zimmerman, Charlie Falck, and others. I hired them during a legal emergency expecting skilled representation. What I got was total abandonment. After I missed one court date due to a documented personal emergency, they filed a motion to withdraw without ever contacting me. No call. No check-in. Nothing. They dumped me in the middle of a crisis without explanation or accountability. That alone tells you what kind of “advocates” they are.

But it gets worse.

When I posted factual, documented reviews on Avvo and other sites detailing their failure, they were deleted within hours. I rewrote them to follow the rules exactly. Still gone. Then I watched other clients — like Joshua Jerome Scott, who paid $9,500 for representation — leave critical reviews exposing years of judicial abuse in Hays County. His review called out racial bias and judicial misconduct… and it was wiped clean like mine. Smith & Vinson are clearly monitoring review platforms and aggressively flagging anything that shows the truth.

They want to appear spotless online, but that spotless record is fake. It’s a rigged image built on silencing dissatisfied clients. They’re not helping people — they’re taking money, disappearing, and then erasing the evidence of their failure.

They should be disbarred. I have messages, emails, proof of everything. If you’re reading this and considering hiring them, don’t be fooled by the glowing reviews — most of them are curated, and every honest review you don’t see is one they made disappear.