I went to Sam Craig for representation for an unemployment hearing. I was fortunate to win my case despite Mr. Craig. He originally wanted me to pay him more than 3 times what my case actually cost. When I did the math against his hourly billable rate I told him that was unreasonable and we agreed to a lesser amount which I thought was fair. He blatantly went against my expressed wishes and interviewed my witnesses over the phone (even thought they had given written sworn statements ahead of time) and billed me for those hours. After I discussed this with him and told him again, under no terms was he to call my witnesses, he actually called them AGAIN. He also actually refused to let one of my witnesses even testify during the hearing after he had billed me for talking to her and she was on standby to testify and her testimony corroborated mine. Additionally, my hearing was postponed part of the way through due to inclement weather and even though I had almost 2 hours credit in my account with Mr. Craig he threatened that he would not attend the second portion of my hearing if I did not first send him more money ahead of time. I talked to several other attys who said that even if you OWE them money they are not allowed to not show, much less when you have a credit balance. Considering the fact that I had already retained Mr. Craig for my hearing, I was not allowed to go and hire another atty in his place. I basically consider what he did blackmail. Apparently he needed money worse than an unemployed single mother of 3. In the end, I was refunded my credit balance but I was billed for hours that he spent on the phone that I did NOT agree to and specifically told him not to make those calls. I do not believe he is there to help people but rather to milk it for every penny he can.