2 close friends advised me to file a report on this website, as I do not know what to do anymore.
4 months ago (Oct 2016) I hired John Cowan, a lawyer based in San Francisco, for a legal case with my company. I was referred to him while browsing Yelp, and he had good reviews. I paid him a substantial deposit ($14,000 USD), he insisted on getting that amount because my case needed a lot of paperwork and hours...as he said. I paid.
During these 4 months, he did not do much work and I was becoming impatient. He said he was too busy with other cases, he said he filed some documents, he said he made some calls, he said he did this and that.
I found out he was lying to me, and some papers he said he filed were in fact not filed...He lied and he sent me more invoices.
I received invoices for work not done. He stopped answering my calls.
And now, I have had enough and I asked him for a refund. He said he does not have anymore money from my deposit, that he worked a lot on my case and that I owe him money...! He said if i continued to call him to get a refund, he would file a lawsuit for ...harrassment...!!
Total waste of time and money with Jom Cowan. This lawyer should not be allowed to practice law. I saw a few other websites about him, and a few reports about him, and on his Yelp profile there are many negative reviews which show up at the end of his reviews, a bit hidden.
Be very careful with this lawyer, John Cowan is stealing from his clients and he lied to me on numerous occasions. I feel totally ripped off and I cannot even get the money I paid him first.
JOHN COWAN ATTORNEY Reviews
2 close friends advised me to file a report on this website, as I do not know what to do anymore.
4 months ago (Oct 2016) I hired John Cowan, a lawyer based in San Francisco, for a legal case with my company. I was referred to him while browsing Yelp, and he had good reviews. I paid him a substantial deposit ($14,000 USD), he insisted on getting that amount because my case needed a lot of paperwork and hours...as he said. I paid.
During these 4 months, he did not do much work and I was becoming impatient. He said he was too busy with other cases, he said he filed some documents, he said he made some calls, he said he did this and that.
I found out he was lying to me, and some papers he said he filed were in fact not filed...He lied and he sent me more invoices.
I received invoices for work not done. He stopped answering my calls.
And now, I have had enough and I asked him for a refund. He said he does not have anymore money from my deposit, that he worked a lot on my case and that I owe him money...! He said if i continued to call him to get a refund, he would file a lawsuit for ...harrassment...!!
Total waste of time and money with Jom Cowan. This lawyer should not be allowed to practice law. I saw a few other websites about him, and a few reports about him, and on his Yelp profile there are many negative reviews which show up at the end of his reviews, a bit hidden.
Be very careful with this lawyer, John Cowan is stealing from his clients and he lied to me on numerous occasions. I feel totally ripped off and I cannot even get the money I paid him first.