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My Dad lives disabled without food, money, regular medical care, or any human engagement, all thanks directly to Joe. Last year during the Holidays, my Dadās abuser had to play nice and allow visits and food deliveries because Joe was still ignoring my Dadās case, little did I know, Joe doing nothing was far better than Joe doing something.
When Joe did step in after a year of silence, the little work Joe did, only helped facilitate my Dadās abuser to take full control. Joe dipped out when it came to light, he handed the keys over to an abuser who now controls my Dadās wallet, and doesnāt allow my Dad to spend his money on anything including...legal needs. And at this point, even if my Dad could access any of those things, my Dad is way too traumatized & scared of retaliatory abuse to do so
My Dadās mental, physical & cognitive health all rapidly declined under Joeās legal ācareā. Before calling, my dadās outlook was hopeful. He was progressing in all areas of life while recovering from a major brain injury. That is why I called Joe because certain people didnt care about Dadās brain recovery health. They were focused solely on acquiring power to ascertain money, creating unnecessary anxiety and drama. I was protecting my Dad, per his wishes, by calling a lawyer to secure his journey of wellbeing to create a bubble of peace for his remaining years on this earth. Joe was supposed to oversee finances, making them transparent for everyone involved to deweaponize money, he was to be a conduit of communication, and create a trust. This was going to deescalate ongoing financial abuse in a high conflict family, little did I know Joe would help facilitate my dadās abuse to escalate from financial... to mental, medical, and physical abuse. Joe's original spiel sounded perfect, he handles nuanced cases like my Dadās all the time, and has endless resources to get all of that done rapidly, so my Dad could focus on recovery. He did nothing he promised. Later, I was told he never said any of that
My personal experience with Joe is he gaslight me and held no regard for wasting my time and preyed on me using false hope. He took advance of my good faith & honesty, and used it against me to skirt around doing the work, in the process of doing that he emboldened my Dadās abuser to inhumane levels. It's horrifying what he's done. I regret calling LA Elder Law because Joe provided a false sense of security and mislead me that he has the knowledge & resources needed. I would have handled my dadsās issues very differently, if I had not been mislead in putting my trust in Joeās team
Most recently, I got an email from Joe saying āsorry not sorryā after nearly 2 years of Joe exploiting my trust in him. Only after I called him trying to prevent an emergency, which Joe told me itās not an emergency, unless my Dad is in the hospital and hung up. And guess where my dad ended up? The hospital. Before Joe, the prior times I was able to step in, and force my dad to get the care he was being neglected, and pick up the pieces in the background before it reached hospitalization.
I would leave a million negative stars if I could. My Dadās mental & physical health was getting better under the guidance of his trusted decades long medical support team, healthy food, daily PT/OT activities, regular visitors, clean bedding, all these things he had, & was looking to protect when I first called. And now all of these things have been stripped away from my Dad, by Joe. I wake up shocked daily by the new levels of horror my Dad suffers because of Joeās negligence. My Dad declines all help because people like Joe who promised to protect him, failed him
Joseph Girard, is representative of how our current society preys on our elders as $ signs, and not people. Please be cautious & diligent when looking for help & support for your elderly family, there are major predators lurking, Joseph Girard of LA Elder Law is one of them
I am no longer able to help my Dad because of Joe, but hopefully this review helps your elderly loved one by going elsewhere
