Upon hiring Lester, I paid a retainer. However, I quickly learned that the retainer was not for Lester to represent me but as Lester put it ""for his experience."" Within a day or two of retianing Lester, he wanted me to pay him additional funds that my retainer should have covered. Once I questioned Lester on his professionalism, he became aggressive towards me and continued to state that I should find a new attorney. After reqesting and receiving an invoice (5 days later), I realized Lester spent my entire $5,000 retainer on phone calls with the other attorney. I then questioned Lester about the multiple calls and the charges, Lester told me ""that I needed to pay him even more money or he would withdrawl."" I immediately fired Lester and he filed a Motion to Withdrawl. Funny thing, this is the second Motion he filed on my behalf. What was the first? Motion to be the Attorney of Record. \r
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The only positive thing I can say about Lester Van SLyke is that I fired him. He is by far the most inefficent and ineffective attorney that I have ever met. STAY AWAY FROM THIS ATTORNEY!!!!
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