Joseph D Lento

No Updates, Little Results, Not Satisfactory! I had a very negative, unprofessional, and unsatisfactory experience with Mr. Joseph Lento. In August 2024, I had two private phone calls with Mr. Joseph Lento, who assured me that he would be able to take my cases and provide legal representation. I later paid him a total of $20,000 for legal services in Washington DC. He charged me flat, non-refundable fees, which is already not allowed under the DC Ethics Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC), which is where both my matters took place. He also did not make it clear to me, at any point, that he was not barred to practice law in Washington DC. Because I was not kept informed and up to date, I sent numerous emails to Mr. Lento over the course of a few months, which were left unanswered. I finally had another (in retrospect, unproductive) call in November 2024 with Mr. Joseph Lento; he did not communicate and participate in the call as much as I expected. Further, as requested, Mr. Lento made a comment to the media regarding my case; but, Mr. Lento proceeded to publish the article with sensitive details about my case on all his websites, something that I never consented to. Some things I wish I could have done differently during this process is conduct better research on who I retain for legal services, such as seeing which states attorneys like Mr. Lento are barred in, and if attorneys like Mr. Lento have any current and/or previous disciplinary history with their State Bar. View More