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Me and my wife hired this lawyer Richard S. Joseph Jr.

off Craigslist. Worst decision we ever made. He had a bad temper especially to the other side, and all that argueing just made it take longer and cost more. He dint really help just kinda made all these promises and did the bare minumum.

We just wanted him to explain like why his bill said he worked 40 50 hours when it looked like 2 3 hours and he would say he had to research then we ask well you said you were an expert so why do you need to research .

and he would lose his temper and say if you dont like my bills get another lawyer

We should have known better he had no office no Linkdin no website just that Craigslist ad but we went ahead anyway and it ended up wasting our time and money. later on he started getting worse snappy and short with us felt like we could not even talk to him.

An expert in 'ethics and legal malpracticehow convenient, considering how effortlessly he flip that expertise on his own clients.

We called the state bar and found out he had been reported before and one complaint had a year and a half invesgation that told us all we needed.

the bar told us we did not have to pay any bill our lawyer refuse to explain, and they would help but we had to file a complaint. we just paid it to be done with the whole thing and another lawyer got it all taken care of in a couple of days.

2121 Lohmans Crossing Rd Ste 504 PMB 261

Lakeway, TX 78734-****

512-263-****

Bar Card Number: 1103****â¨

TX License Date: 05/11/1984

Primary Practice Location: Austin , Texas

Lakeway, TX 78734-****

Practice Areas: Business, Consumer, Ethics-Legal Malpractice, Insurance, Litigation: Commercial, Litigation: Personal Injury, Real Estate, Construction, Appellate: Civil, Arbitration, Contracts

Not let people flag you and I dont think theyre flagging me. I think theres some kind of glitch in the system and I just cant put them and something is just weird and strange.

I dont get it. Ive tried everything and it just nobody can get them in and I need to get them rehomed theyre getting older. This is an accidental breeding. Sometimes my Male he gets them before I can get the females.

Theyre my pets in my house. They dont go outside. I live in a mobile home and I just want them to go to really good homes And if you give stuff free, then people dont appreciate it. Ive learned that.

I have three little Shih Tzu females and one male thats it. because I couldnt find a chocolate and I couldnt find it in reasonable price so I got the mail probably not a good idea. are you flagging me because I dress them up I like to do that theyre my babies, but I cant keep puppies but their moms are small and I put the clothes on the little doggies cause I think it looks cute. Is that why youre flagging me?

I dont get a chance for it even to go online. It doesnt make sense.

I see people that do ads after ads after ads and I even see people that go to community and for sale admitting theyre selling the puppies not rehoming them and its on the page where it says for sale community. I put them on pets.

You had a seller who posted their 2006 Toyota 4Runner for sale at $5,000.00 on 02/24/2025. I contacted the seller, and he stated that he had many offers for the vehicle, so he would be willing to sell it to me if I would give him a deposit of $1,000.00 to prove I was a serious buyer. I agreed to that, and we decided that I would have a relative look at the vehicle the next morning, and if it checked out, we would complete the purchase right then and there. He gave me an address for a Chase Bank in Sun City, and my relative drove there to meet him at an agreed time. John Miller is his name, and his phone number is 480-...-...

Mr. Miller called me approximately 15-20 minutes before the meeting and told me he had a medical issue with his wife and that he was at the hospital, so we could not complete the purchase as agreed, and he would have to contact me later to discuss what the next steps would be. As it turns out, Mr. Miller kept making excuses for where he was and when we could complete the deal. Days passed, and then he told me he couldn't find the title and he didn't know where to find it. Days, then weeks, passed with little correspondence, so we agreed that he would return my deposit. He stated he had spent the deposit money and was unable to come up with the $1,000.00 right away, so I agreed to $500.00 right away and the balance on May 1st. He had since closed the Zelle account used to receive my deposit money and the $500.00 reimbursement and has consistently lied to me about sending me a personal check, which I had agreed to receive because of the closed Zelle account. He has lied over and over, never had the title in hand as he had stated, and does not answer calls or respond to text messages.

I advised him that I would be contacting Craigslist, and he pleaded with me not to do that, stating that he is a man of his word and would make good on his promise to reimburse me. Being a man of my word myself, I agreed and would wait for his check. Of course, nothing happened on his end; he seems to be a habitual liar. I would have contacted you sooner, but I trusted that a retired Army veteran would be a man of his word.

I have contacted an attorney and am in the process of going through small claims court. I realize that you probably cannot assist me in seeking reimbursement at this point, being June already, but I want to have this complaint on file with you as this man is dishonest and needs to be reported to you. I would like to know if this is possible so this man does not try to scam someone else.