Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess - Seattle, WA

they took my $7,000 retainer and never went to court, some attorney's in this firm have been reported to the state bar, very very bad law firm ,don't wast your money

I am writing to share my experience with Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess PLLC, a law firm based in Washington. I believe they have engaged in unethical billing practices and charged me excessive fees for legal services. Overview of the Issue: I hired Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess PLLC back in June 2023. I told Drew I needed a single member S corp and and a single member c corp that owns the s corp created. He told me it was a retainer of $2500 to start. I had them set me up two LLC with the SOS, two Eins with the IRS, draft 2 basic operating agreements, 1 banking resolution, and residential and subcontractor agreement for my roofing company. Despite the relatively straightforward nature of these tasks, the final bill exceeded my expectations by a significant margin. Specific Concerns: Excessive Billing: The law firm charged me over $12,000 for services that I believe could have been completed at a much lower cost. Lack of Transparency: The fee agreement did not clearly outline the scope of services or estimated fees. Unreasonable Charges: The firm charged exorbitant amounts for tasks that should have been relatively straightforward, such as drafting operating agreements and filing for EINs. Anyone who has filed for an EIN knows it doesnt take 1 hour. Template Usage: Most firms have templates yet to reduce time and cost, however I was billed at times suggesting they didnt use templates. 1 Major flag that stick out to me of many is the operating agreements. I have two duplicate single member operating agreements. How did they both take exactly 2 hours on the nose? Lets just say they spent 2 hours creating the first operating agreement why wouldnt they have just duplicated the 2nd saving time and money? instead they billed me for 2 duplicate operating agreements that both took 2 hours. Please someone have this make sense to me. They also billed me $4000 for a basic sub and resident agreement that I could've got off rocket lawyer with a subscription. I noticed the flags when i hired a Missouri lawyer to set me up the same setup. The mount of time it took him was 60% less time. I know all lawyers are different but their are major fags here, which demonstrate that the fees charged by Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess PLLC may be performing mis-practice. I told them last year my concerns and nothing was resolved. I recently got an email from them wanting payment again. I voiced my displeasures and told them we can settle the account but I will not be taken advantage of. I placed this review for anyone who wants to use them to do their due diligence.

He charged me 7k and kept on sending me more bills. Yet he didn't do anything. I still have the dan motion pending.

I paid this law firm over $8000 to do absolutely nothing. I asked them upfront to allow me to do the necessary research on my property to gather history, but then I received a bill for over $6000 for research . It cost over $1200 to write a one page letter which turned out to be useless. They left me in the exact situation with which I started.

I had the exact same expierence as the other review.Tom Dickson talked the talk but didn't do anything but pass my case to his inexpierenced junior team who wasted my time & money!They wasted time doing nonsense reasearch & involed more in house attorneys then squandered my $6500 retaining fee plus charged another $1500 with out talking to me or my authorization!! after over 2 months & $8000 later i am in the exact same position i started plus out $8000! In my mind this is neglect of fidicuary duty & i have no recourse!

Caveat Emptor - If you see this review and still hire Dickson you can't say you weren't warned. Attorney Thomas Dickson is a scoundrel. He will talk a good talk and gladly take your money. In return he delivers nothing. His firms double billing policy will cost you double what you are expecting to pay. He hires inexperienced new attorneys and uses them to do case management. Then, because these junior attorney's have little or no experience they have to consult with Dickson about every little aspect of your case. So instead of paying a reasonable fee of $275 - $325 an hour you end up paying for two attorneys equaling $600+ an hour. I fired Dickson and hired a single attorney and it cost me way less and I actually got work product and positive results for a 3rd of what I paid to Dickson for similar work that had to be redone because of Dickson's junior mistakes and mishandling of my case.