Dale Edwin Sanders

Zero stars! In my opinion a public menace. Sued by several former clients in Alexandria Circuit Court. Do not take my word or believe the reviews on AVVO but check the records at the Alexandria Courthouse for the true story. Go to the records room at the Alexandria Courthouse Room 307, log in to AEGIS and enter name Dale Sanders. A list of his former cases will appear. It is not pretty. Please review his former cases this if you are even considering hiring this individual. He appears to make a great deal of his money by agreeing to represent clients, not pursuing discovery and then suing his clients in Alexandria Circuit Court.
At least 3 former clients have sued or countersued him, several verify his exceedingly unpleasant nature and lack of legal knowledge. Warning: Be very careful with his fee agreement wording. AGAIN-​check his prior cases at the Alexandria Courthouse records room before you hire. Very bad story in several cases with former clients and contradicts his ratings on AVVO. Please please do not make the mistakes I did.
I hired Sanders in 2013 to provide representation for a straightforward discrimination and retaliation complaint before the D.C. Superior Court. He completely mishandled discovery not noticing or scheduling a single deposition, not getting the necessary documents and missed the deadline for the close of discovery. He then spent several thousand dollars trying to reopen discovery and immediately attempted to terminate representation!
I filed a malpractice case which he attempted to have dismissed but the Court denied his Motion.
Update: In my malpractice complaint he was deposed. Sanders refused to provide an unqualified answer if he had ever been arrested and I had to file a motion to compel. In addition, Court records show that this is not the first time he has been sued by former clients.
I also, had to call the police and file a police report — Sanders was sending threatening emails to my employer email account… at one o’clock in the morning! I also filed a Motion for restraining Order and Motion for Sanctions.
Update Aug 2015: Well turns out as an Attorney licensed in DC he was required to arbitrate the fee dispute in accordance with DC Bar Rule XIII. (google BiotechPharma v. Ludwig & Robinson from the DC Court of Appeals Sep 2014.) He knowingly filed a Motion for Judgment in Alexandria Circuit Court in an attempt to illegally evade arbitration and I have spent 2 years and tens of thousands of dollars defending myself when it should have gone to arbitration in DC.
Please please don’t make the mistake I made when I hired this person. My life has become a nightmare of legal filings in multiple Courts in fighting over a multi year period.
Update Dec 2 2015: For many months now Sanders has threatened via email to sue me for defamation for posting my review of his services on
. I have answered these threats by inviting him to sue me allowing me to defend this in Court. In defamation cases the truth is a valid defense and the statements made in my review are not only the truth but every statement is supported by documentation.
However, I took this one step further. In answer to Sanders email demands that I remove the review, I requested Sanders identify comments in the review that he believes are false. I stated that I would provide him with the documentation supporting each statement that he objected to line by line. He refused to do so.
I continue to stand by my original review and each and every statement in that review.
As of this date December 2 2015, there has been no lawsuit against me for defamation.
Sanders instead has provided an answer to my review, which is his right. His first response he withdrew after I objected to several false statements and informed him that I would be filing a defamation action against him.