John W. Holton - Raleigh, NC
Attorney at Williams Mullen
Administrative and Regulatory Litigation Lawyers in Raleigh, NC
301 Fayetteville Street Suite 1700 Raleigh, NC 27601
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14
Years
Experience
Raleigh Administrative and Regulatory Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/03/2026
Areas of Practice
- Administrative and Regulatory Litigation
Reviews
Highlights
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0.5 Value
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0.5 Quality of Service
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2.0 Professional Competence
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Hired Attorney 2021-2022First, he was paid in full for his lack of services and expertise. His strategy and negotiating skills were pitiful. He constantly overruled us on strategy until his strategy completely failed. The opposing attorneys ate him alive and manipulated him horribly. He acted more like a gopher for the opposing sides views than our advocate. It was extremely obvious that he was not good at what he was doing. We had an open and shut case that he couldn't close, constantly saying the other side was unreasonable. He rarely kept us informed. We had constantly requested copies of any paperwork which he rarely sent us any. He constantly overruled our opinions and requests. He rarely asked for our input until he was in a bind. Upon receiving the final bill and our demanding copies of the work product, he admitted he had none to forward, $70,000 later and nothing to show for it. He refused to bow out, while showing up to meetings when we asked him not to. At the last meeting, we fired him. He was getting eaten alive by opposing counsel and still refused to be open to a different strategy. We started and continued winning once we overruled all of his suggestions in the last four months. We completely won, and the game was over, when we fired him. The other side knew the fun was coming to an end and our representation going forward would be competent. We notice that his resume is awesome for only 12 years in the business. But, notice, that he has moved from firm to firm very frequently. That should say it all.
Contact
301 Fayetteville Street
Suite 1700
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 981-4042
Fax: (919) 981-4300
Website: http://www.williamsmullen.com
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