Law Office of Terrell Leo James

After a look at the reviews on Unilocal,it should be clear that in spite of his claims to be a «Fair and balanced Civil Rights attorney», Mr. Terrell is neither! Most of his time is spent on Radio as a host. If you want to be in entertainment Leo, by all means go for it!
If there was an opposing positive view of «All The Good Work Mr. Terrell has done» WHERE IS IT? Not a single positive review…

This guy is awful on KABC. «Fair minded»??
More like a racist and not that bright.
Full on shill for the failed Obama.

Leo Terrell should have gone to jail and been disbarred permanently for what he did.
Leo Spent $ 250,000 on my case, paid for 10 days of court, confidently passed summery judgment & abandoned 5 days before trial
Antisemitism by a new manager at a fortune 100 computer company ruined my 15 years of company documented exemplary service. The company covered up my requests for help against the manager. 4 Independent examiners sided 100% in my favor in the underlying workman’s compensation case leading to a civil case in which Leo Terrel was hired.
Leo Terrel Spent $ 250,000 on my case over 3 years. He conducted 33 depositions. He paid for 10 days of court and confidently passed summery judgment, and then he abandoned my case 5 days before trial. To leave the case he told the judge that he did not know of the 11 tape recordings I had of the defendant, when in fact he used the recordings during some of the depositions.
Later, another attorney estimated that Leo Terrell spent $ 200,000 of his own money and $ 50,000 of his time in preparing my case over 3 years. He said Terrell even paid $ 13,000 for 10 days of court time for trial, just days prior to suspiciously removing himself from the case. I only paid a $ 5,000 retainer when I hired Terrell.
Worthy of inspection are:
1. How can a judge approve Leo Terrell’s request to leave me just days prior to trial when in fact he knew that Terrell used the tapes while deposing witnesses? This approval was done in Santa Monica court on record.
2. I had witnesses (my brothers and their wives) sitting in the court room ready to testify that at the start of the case, Terrell instructed them to listen and categories the tape recordings, but the judge did not allow their testimony, telling me that the appropriate introductions were not made. Considering the fact that I’m not an attorney, plus I didn’t even know why we were in court, one would expect an HONORABLE judge to delay his judgment and give me time to bring witnesses forward the right way. But instead the judge granted Mr. Terrell’s request to leave my case just 5 days prior to trial.
Another judge in downtown Los Angeles who found out about this, told me that I should sue Leo Terrell for malpractice. He said this on record in his court room in front of an audience.
I couldn’t find an attorney to take over my case because I couldn’t reopen discovery.
Multiple indisputable stenographic court records exist that catch him red handed in his lie to the judge on record. Witnesses to this atrocity include Judges, Lawyers, Stenographers, His staff.
Leo Terrell is not fit to be a leader in the courtroom, via the radio, at the EEOC or public office.
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I hired this so-​called «civil rights» attorney to handle an employment matter for me. Leo knew that my job was important and that I wanted to remain at work– I just couldn’t overlook what was happening there.
My case (LA Superior Court BC377895) involved misconduct and fraud that was being committed in the Los Angeles County’s Lancaster In-​Home Supportive Services (IHSS) offices by both co-​workers, management and «IHSS caregivers.» I appeared before the civil grand jury and they verified some of my concerns in their ²⁰⁰⁷⁄₀₈ report. I reported my concerns to administration and they retaliated against me by pulling my cases from me.
I retained Leo when the SEIU union Local 660 merged into Local 721. I only did do after my union rep was fired after the merger. I was left alone with no union rep and I felt that I had to protect my rights and address the wrongdoings that I saw daily at work. It did not work that way, however, because in the end I lost my job for reporting fraud due to the deceptive practices of this «civil rights» attorney.
Leo is a dismissive individual… He never answered any of my questions. He would simply give me a verification page to sign via fax. This meant that I never read the content of what he was submitting to the court. As a result, there were many mistakes and omissions. If Leo felt that something wasn’t «sexy» enough he would exclude it. I submit to you reader what on earth is sexy about abuse and fraud?
He would also ignore my calls. Once, his business line was even disconnected. When I called him on his cell phone and told him… he was pissed. His office shows that little is spent on décor and its piled with boxes of paperwork. I could easily read another client’s paperwork. Disorganization is evident and reveals that cases are essentiallly handled in the same way.
Leo must have hated me as a client because I asked questions and wanted to know detail. I could tell that he was getting more and more frustrated with me. I was frustrated too and attempted to replace him with another attorney.
So, I went to Bradley Gage’s office in Woodland Hills and met with an attorney named Le’Roy Travelle Roberson. I left my case with him for review. However, he was suddenly no longer working there the next day and my case went missing for two weeks. I was besides myself. Later I learned that Gage contributed to Terrell’s campaign for office, Coincidence… I don’t know. I can’t swear but I believe that Gage likely told Leo about my visit to his office.
So in an attempt to end my case quickly, he scheduled a private mediation with opposing counsel and they selected a mediator. I believe that the mediator (Gig Kyriacou) was actually recommended by opposing counsel (Douglas Fee).
When I asked about the mediation he said that we would only be there for ten minutes. And this was only after I was calling and calling the day before to get detail about it. I was still on the job and was getting more and more stressed because my administration was riding me even though I still received very good evaluations. On top of this I also had a shady and racist attorney who clearly hated who I was. He even said that my native language sounded «ugly.»
Ugly is you… Leo…I can swear and attest to that.
During the mediation, he yelled and belittled me. I was absolutely floored. He would not let me talk to Gig or Fee. He told me I would be fired for releasing confidential information.
He never told me that I had a right to a Skelly hearing as I was a civil service employee. When I asked what the confidential information was that I allegedly released… he would not tell me. To this very day, I still do not know.
Naturally, I wanted to leave the mediation. He said he would walk out on me if I left. Somehow, I felt that I couldn’t leave… I felt so trapped and alone. After hours of crying and being under an inordinate amount of stress, I simply couldn’t rationalize any of it and shut down. I felt like I was in a battlefield. I finally signed the agreement in the parking lot of the mediator’s office. I left without a copy of it. I had to get away… It was now about nine at night and I still had to pick up my child.
So much for ten minutes…
DO NOT USE THIS UNETHICAL AND DISRESPECTFUL ATTORNEY.
FOOTNOTE: If you want to to have your rights protected as a county, state and/​or federal employee know you have the right to a Skelly hearing. I never knew about this right because I was not getting into any trouble at work I did my job. I was just reporting what I saw and it was wrong. Something’s profoundly wrong when your own attorney isn’t advising you of these rights… No, Leo Terrell was only thinking about the money. Maybe he was late on his phone bill again…