Larry Handley of the Handley Law Firm has hired a company (appears to be Reviewboost) to post and spam fake positive 5-star reviews posted by fake reviewers, not posted by real clients. These same reviews are now found verbatim on many review sites for Handley on the internet, all posted a week apart, all 5 stars. These brief, vague positive reviews have suddenly appeared in May and June of 2013. Checking the profiles of these reviewers shows that they post similar 5 star reviews for many businesses all over the country. Often, they "coincidentally" post reviews for the same businesses which are apparently using fake reviewers. On Google review for Handley Law Firm, they use names that are meant to look real, but when researched, they are not real persons in Iowa or anywhere else. This is unethical and deceptive to potential clients and unfair to the other attorneys who compete for business. So far, the fake reviews are showing on myreviewboost, google, yahoo, citysearch, superpages and judy's book. Handley did a horrible job for me as a real client. He lacked competency and integrity and lacked communication and effort. The Attorney Arbitration Committee forced him to reimburse me for his errors and inappropriate charges. I can't imagine anyone wanting to use an attorney with such low integrity who is willing to deceive and use deliberately misleading advertising. I have filed a complaint with the Attorney Discipline Board in Iowa.
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