J. Michael Phelps

in my opinion this guy is a hack. he seems to be some sort of man child bully type lawyer and one trick pony.
my experience was as his client’s opposition. he racked up plenty of hours (fees) for months on end when he could have simply advised his client to do the right make amends and meet half way. instead his client ended up being fined thousands and thousands of dollars by the city and lost TWO court cases i filed against him and had to pay me thousands as well. phelps is insecure enough to use his undergrad alma mater for his email address even though email wasn’t around when he graduated– this was the first red flag. he was not professional or ethical, but i suppose it doesn’t matter to him because even though his client lost repeatedly (and had to pay tens of thousands of dollars to right the wrongs), mr phelps still got his payday. i never understood people badmouthing lawyers until i dealt with this guy.