James M Chesloe

I would not recommend James if you plan on hiring an attorney. I gave him a significant amount of money to fight my case. All he did was postpone hearings and eventually got me a plea deal. I had to plead guilty to a crime that I didn’t deserve.
On the first court hearing he sent his secretary. That day, the state offered me a better plea bargain than the one I agreed to. After four or five hearings, I agreed to a different plea bargain. James didn’t fight for me, in fact he told me to trust him and that he’ll get rid of all the charges.
Overall, I feel like I was stolen from and lied to by James. I was arrested for obstructing an officer. The police officer ordered me out of the car, and I did not comply. He had already given me my traffic citations. Just when I was about to leave, forty minutes after the initial traffic stop, the officer says he smells marijuana. The car did not smell like marijuana, in fact it smelled like chilli from Al’s Beef. I told the officer that he has no probable cause to order me out of the car, eventually they broke my window and dragged me out of the car. This was unconstitutional in every way possible. The officer just happened to smell marijuana almost an hour into the traffic stop. I was pulled over for no reason as well.
DO NOT HIRE JAMES M CHESLOE TO REPRESENT YOU.

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Had to communicate with him multiple times on the same questions/​issues. Doesnt pay attention. Doesnt like to send invoices, despite me asking for them. Seems to drag out what every other lawyer told me was a simple –2 court visit — case. Tells me things that arent true — either blatant lies or incompetence, not sure which.