Cellino Law - Rochester, NY

I had a slip and fall injury at Wegmans grocery store July of 2016.... For that reason I had to undergo surgery to have hardware from a previous injury removed that was located in my left knee..the fall at Wegmans grocery store in Canandaigua New York caused the hardware to dislodge were part of the hardware began protruding out of my kneecap visually penitrating the skin...but not breaking through the skin. The first attorney I was working with whom signed the agreement,had left the law firm when It split up. I wasn't aware of this until almost a yr later when I called my attorney to see what was happening with my case. Only to find out another attorney was assigned to it.. !! Now we're into 2017...new attorney and I spoke briefly...he at that time mentioned he didn't know why he was given the case...that if I wanted a different person to take over he didn't have a problem with that. I would get periodical form letters on the progress and to call the office with any guestions I might have. I did have guestions...while calling time and time again throughout the term of my case the attorney never ever would call me back...! I was so upset. The first and last time we spoke was march 2018 at the deposition. After that more form letters came and again no return calls from my attorney when asked for them.. our court date was set for Sept 2019.. mind you he and I haven't spoke since the deposition in March 2018 ... 1 1/2 yrs later....when I received the court date in the form of a letter it said he would meet me at the courthouse the morning of....Again I called to find out more information, speaking with my attorney's paralegal and asking for the attorney to return my phone call I was told...."I don,t know if he'll do that". (Call me) At that time I said.. maybe I should have gotten a different attorney because he never ever has called me when asked to...... I was called a couple days later.. it was the attorney He rudly said he didn't need this case!! Here We haven't spoke for 1 1/2 yrs and he's telling me now that he didn't need my case!!!!! We briefly went over some guestions pertaining to the trial. The day of the trial he didn't console with me on the jury selection, I'D recognized a woman I didn't want as part of the jury...though she was placed on it. Very upsetting to me... That night I called my attorney only left a message for him to call me back. After not hearing from him I left a text... Nothing.. .............. The message I left was for use to meet up 30 minutes before court to go over some things.. that next morning I showed 30 minutes early. He did not! Trail started at 9am He arrives at that exact time..........9am..... I reseved No call no text .... to think I signed an agreement for this attorney to get 1/3 of what was coming to me was pathetic! We had no communication what so ever... At that time I wAs so upset and asked for a different attorney from the judge.. my attorney again at that time said. .. "Your Honor I Don't need this case" same words he said to me over the phone.....I can't see myself paying for his fees or the $$$$ this attorney says I owe him. (over $8,000). My case can be won with another attorney.. the retainer agreement with Cellini and Barns was broke the day the 1st attorney guite and no one from that law office dared to call me to tell me what was happening.... No I will not recommend to anyone unless I am relieved of this $8,000 Attorneys Fee! Stipulations....... I want to be compensated for what Cellini and Barnes should have done but instead neglected their responsibility to me when that retainer agreement was signed!!!