Mason Griffin & Pierson, PC‎

My brother contacted Paul Bishop concerning our mother’s estate and theft by a sibling. The lawyer that did my mother’s will referred him and sent Mr. Bishop information. Mr. Bishop did not even set up a consultation meeting and instead contacted my brother and asked for a retainer which my brother paid. My brother thought that once Mr. Bishop got his retainer he would schedule a meeting. WRONG. All Mr. Bishop did was have 2 quick phone calls between court and several emails, one of which he wrote while in court representing another client. Without even talking to my brother he wrote a draft of a settlement proposal letter which we didn’t agree with. When we questioned Mr. Bishop and told him we wanted a different settlement and basically he needed to do the job he was hired to do, he got all huffy and cancelled my brother as a client in a email without even the courtesy of a phone call. He said he would see how many hours he had in the case and send a bill. When my brother pushed back and told Mr. Bishop that he did nothing with the case in the month”s time he was retained and Mr. Bishop ended up giving him a full refund. I don’t think this is the kind of lawyer that anyone wants to hire. He just wanted to dictate what our settlement would be and never even discussed it with my brother. A lawyer is supposed to be working for you and doing what you want them to do, not the other way around.