E Gilmore Maxwell PC - McDonough, GA

E. Gilmore Maxwell was referred by a friend so I had no previous knowledge of his representation of his clients. In the beginning, he appeared to care. My Son was charged with a Felony but he had no previous criminal history other than traffic violations. At the first appearance, the family request that he ask for bail. He never asked the judge which resulted in my son remaining incarcerated during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. On the second appearance, we were waiting in the courtroom for a 9am hearing but Mr. Maxwell never appeared. I finally got him to answer his personal cell phone. I was told that he had postponed the hearing because his Partner's son had came to his home the night before under the influence of Crystal Meth and according to Mr. Maxwell his Partner's son started beating his Partner's 78 years old father. Mr. Maxwell tried to intervene on his Partner's father behalf and received a black eye and resulted in him calling the police to resolve the situation. Therefore, he postponed the hearing again because he did not feel safe driving from his home in Clayton Georgia after being up so late. He and I had words on several occasions! He meet my son in October when he received the initial payment. He told my son he would come back once he had a chance to get discovery information. He never spoke with my son again until the day of the trial and he tried to get me to have my son to plead guilty. During a conversation about the type of representation he was providing my son Mr. Maxwell stated his views on Black Women, "I've been practicing law for of 30 years and it never fails that "you black women are always stating that your sons are innocent!" He presented the documentation from the prosecutor, I told him to have my son plead "NOLO." He told me that the prosecutor would not accept that which was not true! After showing me the documents, he added a restitution fee at the bench of $5000 after my son sign. My son was transferred to another county due to traffic violation. We are still fighting the fine with the county. My son can't get off probation until it is paid . Mr. Maxwell was located in Gwinnett County when I retained him. He has since lost that office. He works out of his car. PLEASE BE AWARE! THIS MAN IS RUDE, CONDESENDING, UNTRUSTWORTHY, AND A SNAKE!

Gil is very rude, not reliable, money hungry, very unprofessional, and will mock your loved ones in your face. He joked to my husband about how he won’t see me out before Christmas and don’t expect me to be sitting at the dinner table. He cursed out my husband when he called Gil because he wanted to check my status and Gil wasn’t replying to none of his messages let alone answering his or my calls. I would never recommend him to anyone. He kept talking over my judge after she asked him to stop repeatedly. He got smart with her and luckily she wasn’t the type to sentence you off your lawyer because… smh. He’s just not a good person at all.