Reviews

The one star I gave is far too generous for this man. He belittled his 12 years old client, did not refund the retainer he did not use until I had to report him to the State Bar, and even at that - he only refunded 1/2 the amount owed, and that took nearly 2 years. I had numerous meetings with both Mr. Kretzmer and another attorney - and I timed the meetings as to not go far over my budget since their rates are extremely high. EVERY meeting that the 3 of us had, the other attorney billed me within 5 minutes of the time I had noted. Mr. Kretzmer billed me for as much as 40 minutes more than either the other attorney had billed or I had notated - FOR THE SAME MEETING. I can only presume that there is a high possibility that Mr. Kretzmer padded all of his billed times. Unfortunately, except for the times where there were 3 of us in the meeting, it became his word against mine - and since he already was holding my retainer, apparently Mr. Kretzmer works on the theory of possession of my money is 9/10ths of the law. There are so many better choices than him when hiring an attorney. DO not go to this man unless you do not care if you are over billed, treated poorly, and do not care if you do not get your unused retainer fees back.

If it was possible to have zero stars, that is more accurate. Mr. Kretzmer was lazy and did not represent my needs, only what was in his best interest. He did not even take care of the basics such as transferring my case file to my new counsel. In reviewing his work (or lack thereof) every subsequent attorney who saw it was appalled.