Do nothing lawyer. Do not hire this guy
DO NOTHING LAWYER-DO NOT HIRE THIS GUY!
I hired this guy who talked a very big tough game. In reality, he wasted 3 months just to serve my defendant and charged me over $2,500. Erik claimed the Sheriff cannot serve someone in a civil matter and must
be served by a Process Server. That turned out to be complete nonsense and a total waste of my time and money. The Sheriff's office can and does serve in civil matters for $85 and does it routinely and quickly not the 3 months it took Erik and his law firm and Process server team. Erik also refused to inform me that there was a problem serving my deranged brother who I forewarned him about. Ultimately, I had to get personally involved to get the defendant served by scheduling appointments with his process server and make countless trips at different times and days to which none were successful. This process should have taken a day to a week by a Sheriff max, not 3 months of hell.
Erik had to be micromanaged each step of the way. He took his sweet time returning communication and went on numerous vacations all over the world while I hired him and his so-called law firm of 2 people. He was made aware that my brother was a narcissistic sociopath and crazy. My brother broke my mother's Living trust and forced her to create a new Will cutting me out entirely with only $5,000 to each of my sons. He was able to do this because he mooched off of my mother for 35 years by living with her in her home and manipulating the hell out of her in a weakened cancer terminal state.
When I became aware that my brother manipulated my dying mother and asked her about her wishes, she demanded her lawyer void her changed Will back to sharing everything 50/50 between my brother and I. Once my crazy brother learned that my mother demanded to correct her will, he proceeded to kidnap her until her death. He was able to do this by gaining a Power of Attorney on her and changing her door locks, which I had a key to. He also closed the cell phone I bought and paid for and dominated all incoming home phone calls. He took control of her home phone by moving it out of her reach and deciding which calls he would inform her about. He precluded my sons and I to visit my mother the last 6 months of her life.
Erik's only court appearance proved he was unprepared and was reprimanded by the judge. He didn't even know the response time permitted to reply. Erik never subpoenaed my brother's finances who never had a nickel to his name. However, mysteriously, my crazy brother had money to burn at the rate of $500 per hour during the 2 years of litigation and swore to never settle with me for a penny. Knowing my penniless crazy brother could not and would not even pay for taxi fare of $5.00 to go from here to there, I knew he swindled the hell out of my mother and got away with murder.
Erik stated I have a very good case to win a lawsuit and regain half of my mother's estate since my brother committed financial elder abuse. This case never got off the ground because the opposing lawyer ran circles around Erik Woodbury and filed demurer after demurer meaning the filed lawsuit had no merit.
Erik then advised me to file a claim with probate courts, not knowing or actively researching that while I was attempting to sue my brother. Meanwhile, my brother's lawyer advised him to file a legal document awarding him my mother's condo valued at $850k at the time of her death. So, filing a claim with the Probate court became a moot point.
The final aggravation was trying to get the $10,000 for my sons from my brother's lawyer. That process took another extra 4 months despite that being in the manipulated Will of my mother. Erik sent me on one wild goose chase after another. First, he claimed I needed to talk to my brother's banker at Wells Fargo, which I did. However, the banker stated I have no right to ask anything about money for my sons. So, my sons requested this information directly from my brother who ignored them. Then Erik said he has nothing to do with bankers and it's my problem. I demanded Erik request the money from my brother's lawyer since he stated he would provide the $10k if he was made aware that Erik was in receipt of a notarized contract stating my sons and I would never sue my crazy brother again. I complied but the opposing lawyer reneged and ignored Erik for 3 more months and refused to return his calls or emails. Sadly, Erik advised me that the opposing lawyer can do whatever he wants. No code of ethics or morals and no ability for me to get him in trouble. They can lie, cheat, and steal and play God and are all mighty and powerful.
