In September 2018, I contacted Jack R Sturgill Law Offices seeking counsel for a lawsuit against an appraisal company. I emailed Mr. Sturgill an explanation of approximately 200 words describing how I was a victim of appraisal fraud, including a copy of the fraudulent 2007 appraisal. This is a cut-and-dried case where the appraiser misrepresented property as a "legal 3-unit" when property was zoned single-family. Mr. Sturgill replied with a Retainer Agreement which stipulated I start by paying him a $1500 retainer fee and his appraiser $500 for "investigation" of the fraudulent appraisal. In a final attempt to avoid litigation, I contacted the fraudulent appraisal company which claimed statue of limitations had expired -AND- that they only had an obligation to my lender because, despite the fact that I paid for the appraisal, my lender ordered it. I then asked Mr. Sturgill what his rebuttal would be to these claims and whether or not his firm would take the case if the zoning misrepresentation I found was the only flaw he and his appraiser found. His reply was "I must decline representation of you in this matter. Since I have not read all of the information concerning the case, I express no opinion as to the causes of action or whether your case will be successful or not. Please be aware there are various statutes of limitations in these matters. The general statute of limitations is three years." Good thing I didn't pay the $2000 before asking Mr. Sturgill those 3 questions, right?