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Updated: Monday, 19 Jan 2009, 6:47 PM EST
Published : Monday, 19 Jan 2009, 5:55 PM EST
New Haven (WTNH) - Clients of a Stratford attorney John Rodia want to know where he is and why he has left them in a legal lurch.
Debi Hirth has known Attorney John Rodia for 20-years and considered him a friend. But for months now she's been unable to get in touch with him despite the fact she had an upcoming court date in connection to a law suit she's involved with. Last week she went to his Stratford Office.
"I asked a young gentleman if John was in. He said to me 'No'. I felt bad for this kid because all of a sudden he got this perplexed look on his face and he said he didn't know where John was and he didn't know when John was coming back or quite frankly whether he was ever coming back," Hirth said.
Also missing from the office - her case file.
Last week, News Channel 8 found Rodia's office locked up and dark. We went see Rodia after interviewing a Prospect couple who have also been unable to contact the attorney. Thomas and Deborah Turner allege that Rodia failed to pay off their old mortgage after a refinancing and the couple is now in danger of losing their home.
Today, we went to the Seymour home of the attorney. No one was there, but from the front door we were able to see through a window what appears to be stacks of legal files.
Where is John Rodia? We tried asking his sister who worked at his office as a paralegal, but she is not talking.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has begun investigating Rodia's law practice and he's also contacting different law enforcement agencies to find out what happened to Rodia himself.
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