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(1 star) - They Ran the Clock to 6 Weeks Before the Statute Expired, Then Dropped Me I hired Alexander Shunnarah's firm in early 2025 for a food poisoning case. The incident occurred January 12, 2025. Attorney James Sullivan and assistant Orosi were assigned to represent me. I had preserved physical evidence from the restaurant, complete medical documentation, and lost wages. For 10.5 months, they did nothing. No lawsuit filed. No demand letter sent. No settlement negotiation. No legal action of any kind. Today, November 25, 2025, James Sullivan sent me a letter closing my case. Here's what makes this absolutely damning: The statute of limitations under Tennessee law is one year. James Sullivan cites this exact statute in his closing letter: "Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. SS 28-3-104, the time period to bring such an action is one year from the date the cause of action accrued." My incident was January 12, 2025. Today is November 25, 2025. I have 6 weeks left. Do you understand what they did? They held my case for 10.5 months--doing nothing--and then dropped me citing the very deadline they let run. They even wrote in the letter: "your failure to timely file a lawsuit or seek the advice of another attorney immediately may forever jeopardize your ability to pursue the claim." They created the jeopardy. Then they warned me about it. As they abandoned me. This is not incompetence. This is the system working as designed. When you call Alexander Shunnarah's firm, they say yes to everyone. Not because they'll fight for you. Because if they have your case, their competitors can't. Then they let it sit. They respond just enough to keep you from getting suspicious. "We're waiting on medical records." "We're working on it." "We'll be in touch." They are waiting for the clock to run. I know they never actually worked my case because in his voicemail today, James Sullivan referred to me as a woman. I am a man. After 10.5 months of "representation," he didn't even know my gender. But here's the truly calculated part: they don't drop you at month 3 or month 6. They drop you at month 10.5. Why? Because at month 10.5, with 6 weeks left before the statute expires, no other lawyer will touch your case. There's not enough time to investigate, file, and serve. You're radioactive. They've made sure of it. They didn't just fail to represent me. They weaponized time to ensure no one else could either. If you are reading this review, you just Googled Alexander Shunnarah. You're hurt. You're scared. You saw the billboards everywhere and thought "they must be successful--they're the biggest firm in the South." I thought that too. Find a small firm that will file within 90 days. Get it in writing. Here's what you need to understand: Big billboard firms don't need to win cases. They need to take them. Every case they take is one their competitors can't have. If 80% of those cases die while the statute runs, it doesn't matter--they've still eliminated the competition. To Alexander Shunnarah, James Sullivan, and Orosi: You will not respond to this review. You will not acknowledge it. You have 10,000 other cases in various stages of this same process. But you will lose clients because of this review. Not today. But over the next five years, at 11pm, when someone hurt and scared is Googling you, they'll find this. They'll read the part about the 6 weeks. They'll understand what you did. And they'll call someone else. And somewhere in your files right now is someone at month 9. They think you're working on their case. They don't know the clock is almost up. In 8 weeks, they'll get the same letter I got today--the one citing the statute, wishing them luck, thanking them for their confidence. This review is for them. When you get that letter and Google "what happened," you'll find this. And you'll understand: It was never about your case. It was about preventing someone else from taking it. And they held you just long enough to make sure no one else could. Don't wait for the letter. Leave now.