This woman is adept at misrepresenting herself in order to obtain a case and the money from unsuspecting clients. Actual Example: In court Trial day 1 she can not come up with what to say and starts asking me (a civilian with no law experience) for advice during breaks of what to say when it is her turn to speak. In the courtroom, she fumbles through her unfinished sentences, and struggles to ask one simple relevant question. Trial day 2, she finally reads the file, (she confesses) thats why she cannot stop yawning and falling asleep. She speaks a little more in the courtroom but has to be asked to speak up repeatedly by the judge, jury and prosecutors. From the benches, one cannot understand why she is so unsure and unprepared. (By the way, she was hired because she first presented herself as an integral Christian lawyer, but you wouldn’t know it after hearing her loosely swear during her closing arguments). At the end of the case, when she loses (of course) she admits she didn’t really believe in his innocence to begin with. That is definitely misrepresentation and frankly unethical. We did not know at the time of the trial that she had no rights to the money until she had fully represented the client. We could have asked for a different lawyer but we thought it was too late because we had already paid. It’s unknown how many clients she has misrepresented up to now. This particular client ended up serving time and is now moving on. However, it was an injustice, and Velia Meza has no place in a courtroom. She should be disbarred just as a doctor would have been for malpractice. Do not vote for this con artist. Save the world from more injustice and grief.