Community Update

When someone hires an attorney they expect complete disclosure and honesty. My experience with Michael Kennedy McIntyre & Associates an attorney who practices in field of post conviction law in Atlanta was complete dishonesty. If you are considering hiring a post conviction attorney read my story so you don't spend $27,618.70 for dishonest representation.

Mr. McIntyre was retained to obtain and review relevant documents, and to identify the appropriate course of action for a family member to receive relief from her conviction and sentence with Georgia Department of Corrections. Upon Mr. McIntyre's review he made the determination to represent my family member with the Georgia Pardons and Parole Board. To that end, Mr. McIntyre submitted a letter to the Parole Board, informing the Parole Board that his firm has been retained to represent my family member's case for parole, which at that time a parole date "was not" established.

Throughout July, August, and September 2011 Mr. McIntyre was paid $18,143.70 to appropriately prepare and present my family member's case with the Parole Board. In late November 2011, I contacted the Parole Board and found out that my family member had already been issued a parole date in October 2011, meaning Mr. McIntyre never prepared a case that he was aptly paid to prepare. In addition, Mr. McIntyre billed me another $9,475.00 to continue to prepare the case even after he was made aware from the Parole Board that this family member already received a parole date. Mr. McIntyre maliciously withheld this information from me until I personally notified him of the parole date being issued, without any input from his firm. It is my belief that Mr. McIntyre duplicitously withheld information regarding the family member's parole date for his own personal financial gain.

In closing, Mr. McIntyre was paid the amount of $27,618.70, failed to file a parole application, and maliciously withheld information for his own personal financial gain. I "would not" recommend his services! This review is based upon my experience with Michael Kennedy McIntyre & Associates and you may experience a different result.