Reviews

Stephen Cawelti is one of the best attorneys in Family Law. He’s not just intelligent, competent and knowledgeable, but he’s ethical and has a brilliant way of explaining the nuances of the situation to his clients. Stephen really listens to his clients and looks for the best way to approach their goals to achieve the best outcome. He is great at litigation, mediation and is amazing at navigating the waters of the very difficult time you are going through.

Solid advice and planning helped me through a very difficult situation to the outcome I was hoping for, Stephen and his staff are great!

Stephen has shown nothing but professionalism and was able to mediate in a very difficult situation. I would gave 50 more stars if I could and can highly recommend him!

Highly recommend if you want an experienced attorney that will fight hard on your behalf. And believe me when I say he goes WAY "out of his way" to support you. There are no issues involved that are ever left out of his review. This firm gave me the best representation I could ever have asked for. I am advising you to call this professional team. Our judge said his paperwork "was the only time he's seen it done 100% correctly".

The process of Divorce is difficult. I had talked with other Lawyers before I chose Stephen Cawelti. He was patient in explaining what to do. He was always available to answer my questions. Stephen was able to negotiate an amazing agreement for me. I was working 2 jobs since my Ex Husband had not worked in years. We have 2 children and I was trying to pay all the bills. I was worried about needing to pay Spousal Support to my Ex, on top of everything else. Stephen wrote a stipulation that I would not pay Spousal Support and my Ex signed it! I'm so grateful! I highly recommend Stephen Cawelti for any family law matter.

I first met attorney Stephen Cawelti when my ex filed to change our visitation schedule a few years ago. Stephen was amazing - he explained everything so that I could make the best choice from the available options, kept me informed and kept me from panicking in court. He handled my case again about a year later when I needed to request the exchanges be moved to a police station. Both times the outcome was even better than I had hoped. By now my ex has taken me back to court several times, always seeking to reduce or eliminate his child support obligation. At the most recent hearing, Stephen not only prevented my ex from reducing his support, he got the child support nearly doubled and no reduction in the childcare amount. Amazing! I can’t say enough about Stephen’s professionalism and honesty. He also has quite a presence in court during the hearings, which makes him the very best advocate. I genuinely hope this is the last court go around. Hopefully my ex has had enough. If not, I know to call Stephen Cawelti!!

I came to Simpson Cawelti when my ex got into a physical altercation with our 14 year old and then filed to increase child support. Previously, we'd gotten along okay but the drama was getting worse and then she had a meltdown. My attorney, Stephen Cawelti, managed to establish a rapport with her and guided my case through the system. He helped me switch custody and get child support at a reasonable amount in spite of her resistance. I'm so grateful that I had Stephen on my side, it made all the difference.

I was a pro se litigant who needed assistance in preparing paperwork for an upcoming exparte hearing with my ex-husband and his lawyer. A friend told me about Stephen, and I contacted him and explained my situation. He was very helpful and understanding that unfortunately I could not hire him to take on my entire case, but did need the assistance in completing the reply document I needed for the hearing. Stephen helped me write an outstanding reply document that explained to the court my position, assisting with the relevant statutes and cases that supported my position. Because of Stephen's assistance, my exhusband's exparte request was denied. Stephen is very knowledgeable in the family law area. He takes the time to understand your case and will respond quickly either by phone or email when you have a question. We had a tight turn around to have my reply ready for the hearing and Stephen was available to help walk me through every part of the process. I have and continue to highly recommend Stephen.

Stephen handled my case for child custody/visitation issues a few years after my divorce and then again when I needed to request visitation exchanges to be at a local police station. It was a really difficult time and he made everything so much easier. Stephen is by far the best attorney I've ever worked with. Through my job there are about 100 or so attorneys that I've worked with in the past and still do. There is a big difference between the other attorneys and Stephen. Stephen actually LISTENED. Not just superficially, with the "Yeah - I got it" and brush off I'm used to, but he really made sure he understood the situation fully. He explained everything, including options and probable scenarios, kept me informed, and kept me from panicking at court. The outcome was even better than I anticipated. I actually can't say enough good things about my experience. I hope I never need to go back to court, but if I do I will certainly call Stephen. I know that I don't have to worry as long as he is representing me.

For a simple divorce: no kids, no assets, and an already drafted agreement from my ex and I, I paid $2500 for my divorce and it took two years. I so badly regret ever going to Stephen, not only did he disclose my address to my psycho ex (which I specifically asked him repeatedly not to) until I threatened to sue him, he clearly sent my case over to his legal assistant to deal with and took forever in responding to me. My aunt paid the same for her extremely complicated divorce and it took six months. At my final court date Stephen had not informed me (or did not know/failed to do himself) that my agreement needed to be notarized. So after two years I was finally divorced but my lawyer failed to even notarized my agreement with my ex. What a joke, please if you value your money stay away from him.

I normally don't give reviews for anyone unless they're superb or poorly portray themselves. Stephen needs to go back to the basics and study up on family law. He does not to return your calls nor can you trust what you tell him because he shares incorrect info with the other lawyer's. Which tells me he isn't listening. I can only say that he was fairly cheap and dressed professional but you get what you pay for I suppose.