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Complaint Review: Cowling Investigations, Inc - Brandon Mississippi

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  • Cowling Investigations, Inc 1019 Ridgeside Dr. Brandon, Mississippi 39042 Brandon, Mississippi United States of America

Cowling Investigations, Inc Allen Cowling Took Me for $16,000 Brandon, Mississippi

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*REBUTTAL Owner of company: This Complaint is an Absolute Lie

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I too thought I had the perfect guy for the case. After reading Allen Cowlings website I contacted his office, spoke with his wife Brenda who is the office manager. I explained my case to her, she thought they could help so we hired Allen for 10 days. We paid $16,000.00 including, travel, hotel w/ kitchen, rental car.


I met with him once he arrived and got settled in, and I was told he would analyze the case, got to the courthouse for motions, help with inconsistencies and what have you. After 10 days I recieved a 31 page rough draft, consisting of notes. At the end of the notes was one from Allen stating that he would work on my case for no additional charge and he would be completed within a month or two.


When a family member had emailed him asking for an update three months after he left, he just about blew a fuse and his exact words were "if someone agrees to help you at no cost, the best policy would be just to leave them alone and let them complete their work at their own speed." So I let it go for another six months and emailed asking for an update, figuring he had plenty of time to spend with his family, since working on my case had taken away him away form them. His reply was "Clearly I told you I do not do updates- I am more than happy to when I am being paid, but as I told you- I would finish when I finsh." He went on to say "I had planned to do a complete breakdown of everything I found but as I told you long ago, the next time I was asked for an update I would stop." And that he did. He sent everything back to me!


Brenda never mentioned to me that I could never ask for an update, the website does not post anything about shutting down a case due to asking for an update, and Allen himself had never told me in person that I could not ask for an update or he would stop the case.


Now I am out $16,000 that I could have spent on an appeal lawyer, instead of what I got from Allen Cowling, which is my case  somewhat organized with a few personal notes. I believe people should be aware of my situation, and if they want to hire Cowling Investigations for anything, that they need to research and maybe ask for references.

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AUTHOR: Wondering - (United States of America)

POSTED: Monday, March 28, 2011

You should Check to see if Mr. Cowling is a licensed private investigator in the State of New Hampshire. If he is not, he can't do investigations there. Contact The NH State police licensing Unit at Hazen drive, Manchester, NH.

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This Complaint is an Absolute Lie

AUTHOR: ANC - (United States of America)

POSTED: Monday, March 15, 2010

This case was very simple.  I was retained for 9 days to review documents regarding a conviction.  I arrived in New Hampshire and was presented with 2 huge boxes of material which did not even include the second trial transcript.  I spent 9 days, averaging 14 to 15 hours a day going through material and did not come close to reaching the end.  Feeling sorry for the family, I told them I  would continue at no cost to them and when I returned to Mississippi, they sent the transcript of the second trial and other documents, not including what I brought back.  I worked on their case as I could, between other cases and when I returned to Mississippi, for one year, finally finished with the 2nd trial transcript and was about to complete the first trial, then prepare an overall analysis of everything.  Several months after I left, this woman began wanting "updates." Emails confirm all of this.  I told the woman who retained us, "When I am working on my own time, I do not provide updates and is she wanted them, I would complete my work and send it to her.  "Oh no, please go on."  I did and once again, here came a request for an update.  I was out-of-state working and told my office to box up everything and send it to her along with a note telling her to explain to her brother why I had stopped.  I had already explained careully to that family that there was nothing I found that would even assist them in an appeal, but it would possibly in other petitions or as a defense if the man got a new trial.  Again, everything is carefully supported by emails.  I gave that woman 1 year of free work, taking time away from my family, and never got so much as a thank you.  Here is a simple question?  Name a person who could have possibly gone through what they provided me with in 9 days?  It was not possible.  In another complaint, along the same lines as this one, I asked that person to retract and apologize 3 times.  They refused and on March 12, 2010, we filed a civil suit against her asking for $200,000.00 actual damages and $500,000.00 in punitive damages.  This woman who made this unjustified and absolutely false complaint is being giving the same opportuntiy. I will not all someone to trash me or my company when it is them that has the problem.  Once a complaint is made in these RipOffReports, the only possible manner of resolving whether the complaint is legitimate of not is thorugh a Court verdict.  Obviously, that will be the final determination of who was right and who has been wrong here.  In this complaint, "Brenda never mentioned to me that I could not ask for an update and Allen has never told me IN PERSON that I could not ask for an update or he would stop the case."  I have numerous emails saying exactly that.

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