Brett R. Leland - Portland, ME
Attorney at Verrill Dana LLP
Appellate Lawyers in Portland, ME
One Portland Square Portland, ME 04101
Portland Appellate Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Appellate
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Consulted Attorney 2021I was contacted by him on a referral on a discrimination case from his firm. He sent me an email and said he would call me. When we spoke, after my giving the firm a detailed email of the case, he thought I was seeking help in APPEALING an application for social security, which I had clearly stated in my email to the firm was NOT THE CASE! He Didn't listen to what I said was the case, just assumed because I am disabled it was an SSA appeal and suddenly had to get off the phone, because he said he CAN'T do "those cases", meaning SSA disability appeals, when that was NOT The case! I didnt get back to him for a couple of months, as I was busy with other things. When I DID call him back, he spent less than 2 minutes talking over me like I had three heads and fangs, so he didnt have to listen to me and hung up on me without even the least explanation for his actions, like I was just dirt!! I wouldn't hire him to write a demand letter to a sewer or trash pick up utility, or litigate a five dollar parking ticket if I were you!! He was SERIOUSLY INATTENTIVE, and spoke down to me like I was an enemy of the state, like he would get in trouble for even speaking to me! He got off the phone so quick the breaze almost blew me over! And he doesn't even know me, and I never spoke to him before!!!
Contact
One Portland Square
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 253-4556
Fax: (207) 253-4557
Website: http://www.verrill-law.com
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