In March of 2014, I first contacted Bryan Adamson to represent me in a Divorce case. During which time we discussed briefly my situation and options. He then advised me of the laws and how they work in regard to my situation.
He seemed knowledgeable and like he knew his stuff. I took all of his advice each and every portion of it. Just as he had advised to do I contacted him once I had moved out of state to proceed with my case that was July 31st, with his plan in motion I retained him and hired him to move forward with the divorce.
I had been being threatened by my husband, and Bryan was all too eager to "take care of him" so he put it. Shortly after paying him. Bryan had a very inappropriate 20 minute conversation with the opposing party, Bryan presented this information to me as "wow you'd never guess who just walked into my office."
Over the next few months the events that took place not only ruined my position in my case it gave a very bad first impression to the judge one I still have to recover from. It was through Bryan's unethical and misleading behavior that ultimately cost me my position and put my son back into his very abuser.
Bryan became completely unavailable within the very first most crucial days, August 1st-August 7th, he did return any of my many calls or emails. On the 8th, I was served by my ex. Bryan remained unavailable for 3 more days, when he did finally call back he explained he was working diligently on the case and he supposedly already filed a response for me, which I later found to be false.
Although he was retained and given all the information to file immediately on July 31st he stalled. I knew the case would get ugly and I was trying to protect my children and myself from a very abusive man. Bryan continued to botch my case by his intentional failure to respond to legal documents submitted against me, intentionally withholding items from me & the courts, his intentional & unethical editing of my statements, withholding information from the judge that he told me he had, and he completely lied to me about his dealings with the courts where he promised me that "the judge would not let him speak at all or submit evidence." Which again I found to be false, Bryan did not try to submit anything to the judge as far as the Judge knew I just disappeared with my son.
All Lies, Bryan intentionally and purposefully assisted my EX in gaining the upper hand. Unknown to me Bryan had already met with my ex 2 years prior to me, and he was also "friends" of his family having worked on my ex-sister in laws divorce. Bryan continuously lied to me about his actions on my case, in which I have solid evidence and proof of.
Truth was that he was not working on my case correctly, he misrepresented me and he never held the best interest of me, his client. He continuously said he filed items when he had not, then lied about which side other factors came from when it came from Bryan himself. He began threatening me through email and text that he would "make my life a living hell" and "make things harder" for me, with my outstanding bill, I will not pay him for services when he violated the law completely. The man is a SHYSTER by full definition and should not be allowed to practice law in any state.
Being my very first time dealing with family law in a divorce case, I had no idea what to expect and what I got was the shock of a lifetime. Until this day I still did not get heard in any hearing for the Ex Parte order issued by the Judge due to Bryan's negligence and absolute disruption of my case. As far as I am concerned he should be paying the $14,900.00 I have already paid for my botched case and the $23,058.00 total remaining bill from my side of litigation and the fact that I was ordered to pay my Ex's attorney fees also, not to mention the cost of my extensive therapy I am paying for just to be able to talk to people in public.
I never thought in a million years one persons extreme dishonesty would completely disable my ability to trust anyone even being in public makes me shake. Bryan should be held responsible for the complete disregard to my case.
He committed the same items of violation against me and my case, that he was reprimanded for in 2012 plus some more. See below:
Public Reprimand against Bryan T. Adamson, for violation of Rules 1.4(a) (Communication), 1.5(b) (Fees), 1.15(d) (Safekeeping Property), 7.1 (Communications Concerning a Lawyer’s Services), 7.2(c) (Advertising), and 8.4(a) (Misconduct) of the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct. In summary: Mr. Adamson and his client entered into a contingency fee agreement wherein Mr. Adamson agreed to represent the client in a medical malpractice case. The client paid Mr. Adamson an advance to cover filing costs. The client later sent Mr. Adamson an email terminating the representation and requesting a return of the filing costs. Mr. Adamson responded that he would not refund any money because he had spent significant hours on the case. Mr. Adamson further told the client that he would place a lien on the case if she took the case to a new attorney. Mr. Adamson told the client her case was not worth pursuing. The client sent three follow up requests for Mr. Adamson to provide an itemization of his fees. Mr. Adamson refused to provide an itemization of his fees. The client again requested that Mr. Adamson document his lien claim so that she could make a decision about whether to proceed with her case. Mr. Adamson did not respond to this request. Mr. Adamson had not done the amount of work on the case to justify the figure he used when threatening to place the lien. Mr. Adamson’s yellow page advertising included a guarantee that he would pay a client $1000 if they did not win their case. Mr. Adamson’s firm website did not contain his name. Mr. Adamson was informed by the OPC that the website did not contain his name, but he failed to take steps to correct it. PUBLIC REPRIMAND: On April 9, 2012, the Chair of the Ethics and Discipline Committee of the Utah Supreme Court entered an Order of Discipline: Public Reprimand against Bryan T. Adamson, for violation of Rules 1.4(a) (Communication), 1.4(b) (Communication), 1.5(b) (Fees), 1.16(b) (Declining or Terminating Representation), 1.16(d) (Declining or Terminating Representation), and 8.4(a) (Misconduct) of the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct. In summary: Mr. Adamson was retained to represent a client in a divorce. The fee agreement was signed by the client’s mother, who also paid the fee. The fee agreement was entitled “Stipulated Divorce Flat Fee Retainer Agreement.” The fee agreement provided that the case would be handled on a flat fee basis, but in the event of trial, the client would pay an hourly rate. Mr. Adamson filed the Petition for Divorce and later sent the client an invoice for an amount over and above the flat fee already paid. Prior to sending the bill, Mr. Adamson did not communicate to the client that he had converted the case from a flat fee to an hourly rate. Later Mr. Adamson told the client he would not complete the case until the fees were paid. Mr. Adamson eventually withdrew from the case. Mr. Adamson admitted that when he withdrew from the case there was only about thirty minutes of work left to do on the case to get the divorce finalized. This information was copied directly fromhttp://www.utahbar.org/category/utah-bar-journal/bar-discipline/
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In March of 2014, I first contacted Bryan Adamson to represent me in a Divorce case. During which time we discussed briefly my situation and options. He then advised me of the laws and how they work in regard to my situation.
He seemed knowledgeable and like he knew his stuff. I took all of his advice each and every portion of it. Just as he had advised to do I contacted him once I had moved out of state to proceed with my case that was July 31st, with his plan in motion I retained him and hired him to move forward with the divorce.
I had been being threatened by my husband, and Bryan was all too eager to "take care of him" so he put it. Shortly after paying him. Bryan had a very inappropriate 20 minute conversation with the opposing party, Bryan presented this information to me as "wow you'd never guess who just walked into my office."
Over the next few months the events that took place not only ruined my position in my case it gave a very bad first impression to the judge one I still have to recover from. It was through Bryan's unethical and misleading behavior that ultimately cost me my position and put my son back into his very abuser.
Bryan became completely unavailable within the very first most crucial days, August 1st-August 7th, he did return any of my many calls or emails. On the 8th, I was served by my ex. Bryan remained unavailable for 3 more days, when he did finally call back he explained he was working diligently on the case and he supposedly already filed a response for me, which I later found to be false.
Although he was retained and given all the information to file immediately on July 31st he stalled. I knew the case would get ugly and I was trying to protect my children and myself from a very abusive man. Bryan continued to botch my case by his intentional failure to respond to legal documents submitted against me, intentionally withholding items from me & the courts, his intentional & unethical editing of my statements, withholding information from the judge that he told me he had, and he completely lied to me about his dealings with the courts where he promised me that "the judge would not let him speak at all or submit evidence." Which again I found to be false, Bryan did not try to submit anything to the judge as far as the Judge knew I just disappeared with my son.
All Lies, Bryan intentionally and purposefully assisted my EX in gaining the upper hand. Unknown to me Bryan had already met with my ex 2 years prior to me, and he was also "friends" of his family having worked on my ex-sister in laws divorce. Bryan continuously lied to me about his actions on my case, in which I have solid evidence and proof of.
Truth was that he was not working on my case correctly, he misrepresented me and he never held the best interest of me, his client. He continuously said he filed items when he had not, then lied about which side other factors came from when it came from Bryan himself. He began threatening me through email and text that he would "make my life a living hell" and "make things harder" for me, with my outstanding bill, I will not pay him for services when he violated the law completely. The man is a SHYSTER by full definition and should not be allowed to practice law in any state.
Being my very first time dealing with family law in a divorce case, I had no idea what to expect and what I got was the shock of a lifetime. Until this day I still did not get heard in any hearing for the Ex Parte order issued by the Judge due to Bryan's negligence and absolute disruption of my case. As far as I am concerned he should be paying the $14,900.00 I have already paid for my botched case and the $23,058.00 total remaining bill from my side of litigation and the fact that I was ordered to pay my Ex's attorney fees also, not to mention the cost of my extensive therapy I am paying for just to be able to talk to people in public.
I never thought in a million years one persons extreme dishonesty would completely disable my ability to trust anyone even being in public makes me shake. Bryan should be held responsible for the complete disregard to my case.
He committed the same items of violation against me and my case, that he was reprimanded for in 2012 plus some more. See below:
Public Reprimand against Bryan T. Adamson, for violation of Rules 1.4(a) (Communication), 1.5(b) (Fees), 1.15(d) (Safekeeping Property), 7.1 (Communications Concerning a Lawyer’s Services), 7.2(c) (Advertising), and 8.4(a) (Misconduct) of the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct. In summary: Mr. Adamson and his client entered into a contingency fee agreement wherein Mr. Adamson agreed to represent the client in a medical malpractice case. The client paid Mr. Adamson an advance to cover filing costs. The client later sent Mr. Adamson an email terminating the representation and requesting a return of the filing costs. Mr. Adamson responded that he would not refund any money because he had spent significant hours on the case. Mr. Adamson further told the client that he would place a lien on the case if she took the case to a new attorney. Mr. Adamson told the client her case was not worth pursuing. The client sent three follow up requests for Mr. Adamson to provide an itemization of his fees. Mr. Adamson refused to provide an itemization of his fees. The client again requested that Mr. Adamson document his lien claim so that she could make a decision about whether to proceed with her case. Mr. Adamson did not respond to this request. Mr. Adamson had not done the amount of work on the case to justify the figure he used when threatening to place the lien. Mr. Adamson’s yellow page advertising included a guarantee that he would pay a client $1000 if they did not win their case. Mr. Adamson’s firm website did not contain his name. Mr. Adamson was informed by the OPC that the website did not contain his name, but he failed to take steps to correct it. PUBLIC REPRIMAND: On April 9, 2012, the Chair of the Ethics and Discipline Committee of the Utah Supreme Court entered an Order of Discipline: Public Reprimand against Bryan T. Adamson, for violation of Rules 1.4(a) (Communication), 1.4(b) (Communication), 1.5(b) (Fees), 1.16(b) (Declining or Terminating Representation), 1.16(d) (Declining or Terminating Representation), and 8.4(a) (Misconduct) of the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct. In summary: Mr. Adamson was retained to represent a client in a divorce. The fee agreement was signed by the client’s mother, who also paid the fee. The fee agreement was entitled “Stipulated Divorce Flat Fee Retainer Agreement.” The fee agreement provided that the case would be handled on a flat fee basis, but in the event of trial, the client would pay an hourly rate. Mr. Adamson filed the Petition for Divorce and later sent the client an invoice for an amount over and above the flat fee already paid. Prior to sending the bill, Mr. Adamson did not communicate to the client that he had converted the case from a flat fee to an hourly rate. Later Mr. Adamson told the client he would not complete the case until the fees were paid. Mr. Adamson eventually withdrew from the case. Mr. Adamson admitted that when he withdrew from the case there was only about thirty minutes of work left to do on the case to get the divorce finalized. This information was copied directly fromhttp://www.utahbar.org/category/utah-bar-journal/bar-discipline/
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