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03 Sep, 2024 by Madilyn gordon
This place is such a disgrace to humanity. They are not willing to work with you on anything and are quick to get a court date. I’m a full time student and have 0 time for a job because of the specialty degree I am obtaining. I have lost faith in the good of people because of places like this. Remember, karma is real.
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29 Aug, 2024 by Brandon phillips
The guys you see with other guys. Less endowed, I think this is the place. Not for sure but hey what do I know. I do know a hollins and a another guy that both swing hard on the playground😉
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24 Jun, 2024 by Dev brew
Asked them to hold off on trying to collect on a debt that I owe due to medical issues and also finding out I have stage 3a CKD (Kidney Disease) they said they won’t put it on hold! All they want is $800 well they ain’t getting it because I’m on social security for a reason. Looks like I’ll talk to an attorney to get them off my back because I don’t need the stress right now. If there was a zero star rating they would get it!
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07 Sep, 2024 by Dawna daves
I've explained to Lincare I do not have their equipment. The house I was living in while I had the equipment was full of black mold back in 2020. They continued to bill my insurance company Medicaid knowing I could not use the equipment. I am disabled and I'm tired of being harassed by this attorney group and Lincare.
The Lincare company here in my city has been told and came to my home. I do not have the concentrator or small concentrator. I have COPD, they questioned my medical condition. This is an incompetent company that's been sued due to over billing clients insurance company. I'm am contacting Medicaid today again, to let them know they kept billing Medicaid knowing I didn't have the equipment.
You should be investigating Lincare billing Medicaid for equipment I couldn't use, even after reporting the situation to the Billing office.
I will be contacting my state AG.
I'll also be filing a complaint with the BBB and my family attorney. I've seen your reviews which the harassment needs to stop.
Stop harassing and threatening elderly people who are disabled.
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03 Jun, 2024 by Tcuty 10
Sending spam to people's phones isn't the way to go.
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22 May, 2024 by Marina lujan
Spoke to a Stanly rivers. I didn't not know I had a loan from 6 years ago. When I tried to get more information from it, he was rude and took it as a refusal. When I asked to speak to a manager he said they were all busy and it was taken as a refusal again. I just wanted more information because I didn't know if it was a scam or if someone stole my identity.
Called back spoke to Ashley and she was helpful.
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08 Aug, 2019 by Anonymous
He started off pretty good with my divorce, but things went down quickly. He was very unprofessional, did not do his job, and took it upon himself to belittle me on the stand. He didn’t fight for me or finish paperwork for divorce, he was very lazy. He dropped me as a client without any notice and immediately sued me. He was not willing to work with a payment plan. I had to hire a new attorney to finish the job. Would not recommend him at all.
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23 Apr, 2017 by Anonymous
I would not recommend Ross. He was never in the office when I called multiple times throughout the day. His secretary knows nothing about what's going on: like your phone number, what your bill is, and she doesn't make appointments. He seemed to want to do what he wanted and did not listen to me as a client. I had to fire him but still got stuck with a bill for which if it isn't paid in a timely manner a letter is sent to you that they will sue you if you don't pay. Better off retired.
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13 Jul, 2015 by Anonymous
He allowed me to believe that I shouldn't even try for primary custody. He had absolutely no concern for my rights, and gave me ZERO idea of what to expect. He told me to make a list of potential witnesses for court. He failed to mention that I was supposed to tell all those people to show up; I figured he'd tell me if I was. After all, I was paying him an obscene amount of money to work for ME. I found out the day before the hearing. I could only get one witness. My ex's attorney *insinuated* that my witness and I were in a romantic relationship (untrue!), and the judge threw out my witness's testimony. Ross did NOTHING. After I lost residential custody, he looked at me and said, "Well, that's how it goes." before walking away from me. That was it!!
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13 Feb, 2024 by Jennifer diaz
Complete theives
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13 Feb, 2024 by Jenny weir
If I could give 0 stars I would. After taking too much money out of my check for garnishment they wrote the overpayment check to the wrong name and address. Then after a fight they wrote me my check. For the wrong amount. Thank God I have a picture and letter that came with the original check. I suggest you also turn them into the BBB and also file a complaint with the KS Bar so they stop treating people this way. I sure am. Thieves!!!!
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25 Aug, 2020 by One stop computer shop
This firm gets a lot of bad reviews due to the work they do. They were VERY nice to me and helped me get back on track. I owned the money, not them. It was my responsibility, and they helped me.
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20 Jun, 2022 by Corbyn fry
25 Sep, 2021 by Robert whittle
30 Nov, 2020 by Samuel stuckless
07 Mar, 2022 by Matthew
2014 I hired with cash money to help me get my daughter back. I was falsely accused of dmv by my daughters mother. Which she had done one month earlier and 4 other times in another state. My entire life left my life just like that my mental health was never taken into account. Nor were the false accusations she told me take a plea and you can see your daughter quickly. So I did all I heard was see your daughter. Each day that passed was another first I missed with my child. She would continue a set court date back another 3-4 weeks I didn’t know at the time. As time passed I lost it all I started drinking lost my house so I claim my responsibility. I had out that she was on a state board about preventing dmv which is cool but don’t take my case unless you believed me. You allowed her to take a place in a woman’s shelter pretending she could relate with those women. How many didn’t get in because my accuser was taking there spot. She could of done some good out of this situation. Once I found out I called her office and on the last day of the everything she withdrew leaving me there to defend myself. My daughter is being raised by a sadistic crazy person. And I don’t get to see my child except when her mom wants to use her to mess with my head then pull her back for years. I hope you read this ya I messed up failing ua’s but you never thought about what I was going through I lost the woman I thought I knew and I lost my world my daughter. The Alchol was the only one that would help me at that time. I needed you to believe in me more than anyone ever. I didn’t do it and my baby is gone. You quit on me you will never know the damage you helped cause. I hope maybe it might make you take another look at people and see it from their point of view
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26 Apr, 2017 by Dale
Miss Trimble was a court appointed attorney in 2002. She entered into a plea bargain with the county attorney in Wilson County Kansas without authorization. I was left incarcerated while they entered into a plea agreement in the judge's Chambers that I was not made aware of. The journal entry falsely states that I was present, in person, and through my attorney which I was not. She knew not to accept any deal that I would not accept anything. She unlawfully went behind my back and entered into a plea bargain. This lady is a crook. I will turn her into the BAR. Chickens coming home to roost.
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21 Sep, 2016 by Anonymous
She's lazy and basically she just takes your money. She doesn't become an advocate for her clients. She withdrew from my case saying that there was communication issues and basically left me with no lawyer and took my money.
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11 Jun, 2019 by Judy
My husband and I hired Ron when we were going through a custody issue with my step son.
As I read the other comment reviews I was so shocked that I experienced the same thing and I am in 100% agreement with them. Ron comes with a great story, however, he is arrogant and prideful which unfortunately shows through his billing. He tried to bill us 10 yrs ago $350 for a 15 minute consultation. Reading his other reviews it looks like that his arrogance and pride has gone up to $500.
Overall, he's not worth the money or the belittlement. Yes, he makes you feel stupid.
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07 Jul, 2018 by John
After paying the consult fee I hired Ron and went forward. After two months he had charged me outrageous fees for simply responding to the minimal emails of my case. I hired him for a focused, specific hearing but yet he charged me fees for being copied on emails relative to their parts of my case that were not relevant. I expressed concern multiple times to no avail, and then when I stood firm that I needed to cut him out of the irrelevant legal emails he told me he was withdrawing for "ethical" grounds. His story is good, but there's no merit or truth to it. Further, he tried to withdraw without a hearing and my approval, basically trying to skate out of appearing before the judge who eventually called him out for it. Lastly, he withdrew shortly before the hearing I hired him for and after I had spent enormous fees for him to prep for the hearing, leaving me without an attorney and starting over. He ran before the hearing because again, Ron sells an impression of knowledge but went yellow and ran before the hearing. He also directed me not to be on a call with the judge when I found out later i should have been, plus his advice was exactly the opposite of the judge's decision when I finally had the custody hearing. However, Ron walks away with $6,000 o fly money, mostly in "logistical fees", and left me with horrendously bad legal advice.
If he responds to this it will simply be more spin. However, I am a very honest and fairly intelligent person that is stating the exact truth. You have been warned.
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29 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
I hired Ronald to provide a consultation. $500 for one hour of his time. His paralegal required that I submit extensive background information in advance of our telephone consultation. My family law case involves an ex-spouse who abducted our child. When I asked Ronald about a strategic tact for handling the abduction he said that would be illegal and he said that by the tone of my question that I intended to carry forth the plan. This of course was not true.
When I tried to ask him other questions about the case he was reluctant to answer any of the questions. Essentially, he shut down our consultation interview. I was not prepared to pay $500 for 20 minutes of Ronald's time and receive so little information.
I had additional questions I wanted to ask later based on the information he provided in our brief consultation and I had at least 35 minutes of time left. When I tried to contact Ronald's law firm they ignored my requests but they certainly kept my money which they required to be paid in advance by credit card.
I review Ronald with low marks and I question whether he should have taken $500 for approximately 20 minutes worth of questions. Ronald comes across as a judgemental, elitist, arrogant and unresponsive attorney based on my consultation with him. Ronald may, or may not, be a skilled attorney but by no means is he easy to work with and I found he is indulgent in how he assesses his fees based on my experience with him.
In sum, I would not hire him to work for me.
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03 Feb, 2016 by Casey
Her knowledge of the law is so-so and she tends to drag cases out to get more money by continually claiming she needs more information. If you are looking for a lawyer with no Ethics that you just want to give money too then Amy is the lawyer for you. If you want a lawyer that has Ethics, will accomplish settling matters in the quickest most efficient way look somewhere else. I was embarrassed to have hired a lawyer who often acted like she was a teenager back in high school talking back to the teacher. No class and not professional.
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26 Jul, 2015 by Erin
Didn't help one bit or fight anything! She just agreed to what ever the other lawyer wanted! We would have been better off doing this without a lawyer. She said alimony in kansas is mandatory but I found a bunch of articles saying it is not and saying the guidelines for the other to not receive alimony. Amy then changed her story after we e mailed her the articles and said we have to pay because the court ordered it! Didn't try to fight it what so ever! Defiantly finding a new lawyer and starting all over again. Waste of time and money!!
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27 Oct, 2014 by Anonymous
She will pretend to help and care and give you advice so you will pay the retainer and hire her. Then she will do nothing but soak up the money you give her. She never fought for the best interest of my children or family the only thing she did was get money from an already strapped family! Trust me her best interest is her and taking your money. Run Far Away! You will loose with her. She will do no work for you and take every dime she can. She offers a payment plan for her terrible service. Isn't that nice of her?
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11 Apr, 2024 by Anonymous
This guy was appointed to be a lawyer for a client a year ago in Sedgwick County Case No 23 CV 321. Just a few weeks ago the appeal was dismissed, by the District Court, because Wells didn't docket the case in the Kansas Court of Appeals. What makes matters worse is his client had a new evidence/innocence claim that required appellate review.
The other review about him on this page is spot on. This guy was licensed back in the late 60's. Why he has not been forced to retire is beyond me.
Now his client will have to file an ineffective assistance of appellate counsel complaint against him. And hopefully a complaint to the office of the Disciplinary Administrator.
If I could give him zero stars I would. Garbage.
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27 Dec, 2022 by Thomas lessman
Mr Wells was court appointed to represent me for an appeal. His "Communicating with Client" rating is one of the worst I've ever seen - so bad that I had to contact him to introduce myself, almost 4 weeks after he was appointed to handle my appeal. His only response came a week later, insisting that he will only communicate via regular mail and wanting me to explain why I thought my case should be appealed. I mailed him a list of 11 reasons and waited for him to reply so we could discuss the case. And I waited... Waited... And waited, but he never did reply.
Instead I found out several months later that he filed the appeal, but I no idea what grounds he based the appeal on and he never answered any of my letters asking about my case or about any developments. The only other communications I received from him were 2 notices that the court granted motions from him to postpone deadlines because he was too busy with other cases to meet court deadlines for my appeal.
He totally failed to give me any chance to review what he filed as grounds for the appeal, never let me see what his final brief or closing arguments were, and never gave me any more info about it. He didn't even bother to inform me that the court ruled against me; I only found out almost 2 MONTHS after the ruling because I saw a note about it on my county's district court website, published on their public access site several weeks after they made their ruling. I only know what grounds he filed for the appeal because I read the Appellate Court's final ruling rejecting the appeal, and he entirely half-assed it to the point where one could be forgiven for believing he intentionally botched the case. Due to his negligence, he caused me to completely miss my chance to challenge their ruling and continue my fight for justice. And to this day, over 18 MONTHS after the speakers case ruled against me, he still hasn't bothered to to tell me they ruled against me.
In other words, he not only botched my case, but he also ruined my last chance to continue Fighting to clear my name. I don't know if he's just a very terrible lawyer, or a "legal assassin" appointed to intentionally wreck me case, but either way I would recommend not wasting any time or money with this lawyer.
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21 Nov, 2018 by Maggie
Absolutely horrible. She handled my divorce and NEVER returned phone calls. Because of her, I missed a court date because she didn't tell me about it. What does she do all day? I literally left dozens upon dozens of unreturned messages. Once she was paid, she was done.
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07 Oct, 2017 by Anonymous
Does not answer phone calls, or even return them. Poor communication, does not pursue anything you ask. Never once showed and itemized statement of where my money went. Still my current attorney who hasn’t returned my email in months. Child custody cases are very important, and life changing to some and she truly does not care or try. Once she’s paid it’s hard to get a response from her.
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07 Apr, 2015 by Anonymous
Horrible lawyer!! He fails to return calls, emails, etc. When he finally does email you back he alwYs has excuses as to why he didn't get back with you. The only way I can get an email back from him is if I threaten to fire him. He has been "working" on my case for 2 years now when it should have only taken apx 6 months to get it settled. I do not recommend going to him for anything.
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14 Nov, 2014 by Keith
I used him for a child custody case this guy failed to return my phone calls and the other lawyer in the case was not able to speak with him. He missed court dates and gave bs excuses as to why he was not able to resolve issues
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23 Oct, 2019 by Anonymous
I saw the other review on Shawn and his firm Cordell and Cordell and it is spot on to my terrible experience. I kept hearing the ads on radio and TV about how Cordell and Cordell fought for the rights of the fathers---so thought I was "stepping up" from my previous attorney to hire this "credible" firm and was given Shawn as my attorney. He is NOT a trial lawyer---I needed someone to fight for me---not try to make friends with the court. He was worried about how things would be perceived and to not upset the Judge in my case and didn't advise me properly. He let my ex wife's attorney who was a basic Ambulance Chaser complete make a mockery of me and my situation. For prior attorney had it easy---I gave them all of the ammunition and knew what my ex would want and try to do ahead of time! We were always ready contemplating the next move. We didn't win---nobody wins in a divorce, but at least I came out with a judgment of Joint Physical custody. After hiring Shawn---I slowly lost everything including being able to see my kids based on a phony bunch or circumstances my ex dreamed up. Instead of taking it to them and bringing up some criminal past of the other person---he failed to submit the evidence saying that the judge would dismiss it and then we would be silently punished. I hope he can't sleep at night for what he failed to do. I couldn't stomach knowing that I failed to keep a custody situation with a good father in check with what the courts really want----joint custody. Instead now many years later we still have family issues because of how he didn't handle business. Cordell and Cordell should also be ashamed of themselves for how they milk people for all of their hard earned money and in return reduce what they once had with their family. It makes me sick as I type this out thinking back upon the darkest days of my family life. I plead with anyone reading this to make sure that neither Cordell and Cordell or specifically Shawn Riley are never entrusted with anything important in anyones life to defend ever again!
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01 Feb, 2012 by Anonymous
Only use this man and Cordell and Cordell if you want to lose your money . I lost $70,000 to them and they told me I won because I did not lose the right to see my child. Simple fact I had 50/50 before and still had it when they where done. I am not a grug addict or abusive, they love to drag it out and get nothing decided . They did not defend me but told me we can not make the mother look bad all the while the ex's lawyers drug me through the mud and made me look like a monster and Mr Riley just kept it from looking like I was a murderer
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28 Feb, 2024 by C fa
Horrible!
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22 Jan, 2024 by Marc studebaker
I called this establishment, and left a message 3 or 4 times, 3 weeks ago, still no call back.
I cannot give zero stars.
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05 Jun, 2014 by Lisa
My mother hired him as an attorney almost 2 years ago to represent her in her divorce. After taking her money, and doing ABSOLUTELY nothing for her, she is out $1,000 and still not divorced. The last I heard from this useless, he guaranteed me that my mother would be divorced by the end of March. Well, it's June and my mother still isn't divorced.
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29 Mar, 2019 by Edgar
The hiring procedures, were the usual letters and meetings with the ambiguous "I’ll put a call into the county attorney and see what I can figure out." If only the county attorney could have helped handling those matters then.
All that time we could have cut to the chase; and saved lawyer Dan's negotiating forte, the lecture to, us HAYSEEDS by an appraiser and our own personal civics course dealing with county commissioners and planners etc.
And maybe it was our (the clients) fault, to want an argument for a better purchase price, or delay for a skilled arbitrator and concessions on a 5th generation legacy property.
We eventually informed lawyer Dan his services were no longer needed, payments in full were satisfied, and a lengthy period of time passed.
After all was said and done the county had their way with us and our counselor. They did not raise one $ off counter offers from original estimate or other good consideration.
What little if any remaining good will between the county planners, elected officials, us, the citizens, would have been better served saving our $ and not having representation.
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19 Aug, 2013 by Anonymous
Gregory Bell did not work very hard in my case. He had a rude attitude and acted like he did not like us from early on in our case. I would not ever recommend this attorney because he did not do anything to help our case (and actually did things to hurt it yet told us things were going well and we should get our children back) even though we were dealing with false allegations of abuse and due to his lack of working for us and doing nothing to help us we lost our children. If you want to pay someone a lot of money that will not go out of his way and you want to lose your case or your children then hire this attorney!
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25 Apr, 2016 by Richard
One of the worst experiences I've ever had dealing with another "professional." I hired Mr. Cassell and his firm Eron Law for what seemed like a simple task of sending a certified letter to another party to initiate a docket call. The call was scheduled for March 30th. When March 30th arrives and I hear nothing from the firm, I check in. Mr. Cassell seems caught totally off guard. He tells me the call didn't happen because the other party didn't get the certified letter "for some reason." This seemed extremely fishy. How often does a certified letter not get delivered locally? Why didn't he check in on this before now? Why didn't he let me know something might have been wrong. I ask to see the receipt for the letter that was allegedly mailed. Some time passes and I get an email reply telling me he can't show me a receipt. He tells me the runner lost it. This was followed by lots of excuses.
He took no responsibility. When I spoke to the head of the firm, he told me the lawyers on his site are really just renting space and he couldn't do anything but he would discipline the runner. Assuming all this isn't just made up, why is the runner being disciplined when Joe Cassell, the guy getting paid $200/hr didn't bother to do even the minimal amount of supervision, management or follow up. They took my money and delivered no results. I feel scammed. Please avoid.
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25 Dec, 2016 by Anonymous
Hired to work through my divorce , was recommended by my counselor. Awful experience with him. When meeting with him he was rude and talked over me. My concerns and issues that I had were not considered. I saw a large number of cases on his desk and he looked overworked. When working through my divorce he openly bashed me to my ex's attorney which my kids heard. He refused to defend me and discriminated against me until I could not take it any longer and left him. In desperation, I asked him to stop my ex from moving my kids to another county. He did absolutely nothing to stop her from moving my children from their residence. She continued to let her walk all over me and would not defend me, but he was very quick to charge additional fees and time against me. I got hammered on my maintenance agreement because I used him. I finally ended up getting another attorney elsewhere to defend me and left him. If you learn anything, DO NOT HIRE HIM. You are asking for trouble.
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06 Jul, 2017 by Angela
I hired Mr. Nelson for my divorce. He did what was expected, but he didn't return my emails on a regular basis, or my phone calls.
When the divorce was final it was his responsibility to make sure paperwork was turned in to get half of the ex's retirement. But MONTHS after the divorce he would still tell me he is working on the paperwork! I got tired of waiting for filed the paperwork myself. Come to find out Mr. Nelson sloppy work caused the retirement to deny me the money. I contacted Mr. Nelson again on June 16, 2017. I still keep getting told the paperwork is done and he will call me back. NO PAPERWORK and NO PHONE CALL from him. There is a deadline on this paperwork and he does not seem to care now that he got his money!
Stay clear, I found out too late.
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03 Jun, 2013 by Anonymous
I saw him for a parental termination case. Gave him $1000 retainer. He didn't know much about the law, took 2.5 hours to type up paper work most of which was what I gave him word for word. There was no extra research involved as to what would count for my case. Nor did he try to verify things that I told him I didn't know for sure. Just put them in the paperwork as facts. He didn't return calls or file when he said he would then sent me letter stating that my retainer was exhausted and wanted more before he would file.
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18 May, 2013 by Anonymous
If you want someone who will charge you out the hiney and produce absolutely no results then Melissa Dugan is an attorney for you. Unfortunately I realized too late there are no other reviews on here for her because she doesn't do crap.
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08 Jun, 2023 by Anonymous
Robert here is unprofessional, liar and thief. He saw the opportunity to take advantage of my situation and take my money. Would not recommend.
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21 Sep, 2020 by Virginia
If youre a nasty sex offender looking to abuse your kids you dont have custody of then this is the judge for u!!! She just loves to give rights to rapists. She needs to be fired!!!!!!!!! She is trash!!
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16 Apr, 2019 by Anonymous
Do not have Amy Coopman represent you. She represented me for my employment case and did no research into it beyond the information I provided her. When the time came for my deposition, she was completely unprepared. She was “surprised” by the questions the defense had given me. She then pressured me to settle for much less. In hindsight I wish I dropped her and found a new lawyer. Being involved in a court case is extremely stressful. Don’t be caught in my situation and find a different lawyer.
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14 Aug, 2023 by Anonymous
She is easily Influence by others. Changes her mind often. Doesn’t do what she says she’s going to do.
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03 Jun, 2021 by Anonymous
My experience with Mark Frame....I live in tx and my parents live in kinsley...I had filed for divorce from a very abusive ex in July 2019...I could not get him to sign...fast forward to February 2021 he still hadn't signed and I went on a vacation leaving them with my family in ks...he found out, called my parents in ks and told them he was on his way to put a bullet in all of our heads and bury our kids...Mark frame lead me to believe he was going to protect us instead after we left court and my ex showed up an hr late he let him go with 6 months unsupervised probation and talked badly about me....I would like to thank God that despite Mark Frames lack of professionalism my divorce judge heard and saw enough evidence against my ex to give me full custody and my ex supervised visits!!!!! If you are in an abusive relationship in edwards County unfortunately you need to figure it out on your
own because he doesn't consider the victims.
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06 Feb, 2014 by Anonymous
I used Hillary as my attorney and found that she rushed thru her work and missed a lot of details that another attorney will be fixing. I felt that she only wanted to get the case closed and did not meet my needs, or have interest in meeting my needs. Overall my biggest regret is that she did not cover all the bases that I am now finding out should have been covered and that I look back a wonder how much she even cared about my case.
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17 Feb, 2021 by David
I hired Josh to handle a child support case. My child is living with me, and he was hired to have my child support discontinued. The mother and I both agreed to have my child support stopped. I hired Josh in June 2020 and as of February 2021 my child support is still being taken from my check and I’ve gotten statements saying my $700 has been exhausted. Lawyers should be ashamed to call him a peer
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04 Mar, 2017 by Anonymous
I contacted the receptionist and she failed to mention tthege consultantion fee, which on the internet ad, it lists Brenda does free consultations, thats false advertising. I was waiting and waiting for a reply from them when I decided to call, and thats when another lady told me receptionist was suppose to call me and let me know about the fee, which she obviously never did. The ad is false and they have bad communication.
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Top Questions to Ask a Lawyer
When meeting with a lawyer for the first time, it's important to ask the right questions to understand their expertise and determine if they're the right fit for your legal needs. Here are some top questions to consider:
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What experience do you have with cases similar to mine?
Ensure the lawyer has relevant experience in the specific area of law pertaining to your case. -
How do you charge for your services, and what are the estimated costs?
Understand the fee structure, including hourly rates, flat fees, retainer fees, and any additional expenses. -
What potential outcomes can I expect from my case?
While no lawyer can guarantee results, they can provide an assessment of possible scenarios based on their experience. -
What is your approach to handling cases like mine?
Learn about their strategy, whether they prefer negotiation, mediation, or litigation. -
Who will be working on my case?
Find out if the lawyer will handle your case personally or delegate tasks to other attorneys or paralegals. -
How will you communicate with me throughout the process?
Establish expectations for updates, preferred communication methods, and response times. -
What is the likely timeline for resolving my case?
Get an estimate of how long the process may take from start to finish. -
Do you have references from past clients?
Testimonials or references can provide insight into the lawyer's professionalism and effectiveness. -
What are the strengths and weaknesses of my case?
Understanding potential challenges helps you prepare and sets realistic expectations. -
Are there alternative ways to solve my legal problem?
Discuss options like mediation, arbitration, or settlement to resolve the issue efficiently.
How to Check the Credibility of a Lawyer
Before hiring a lawyer, it's crucial to verify their credibility and ensure they're qualified to handle your case:
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Verify Their License:
Check with your state's bar association to confirm the lawyer is licensed and in good standing. -
Experience and Specialization:
Ensure the lawyer specializes in the area of law relevant to your case. -
Disciplinary Record:
Look up any history of disciplinary actions or complaints through the state bar association. -
Client Reviews and Testimonials:
Read reviews on legal directories like Avvo, Martindale-Hubbell, or Google to gauge client satisfaction. -
Professional Memberships:
Membership in professional organizations or specialty bar associations can indicate a commitment to their field. -
Awards and Recognitions:
Honors from reputable organizations reflect expertise and a positive reputation. -
Consultation Assessment:
Use the initial consultation to evaluate their communication skills, responsiveness, and willingness to address your concerns. -
Ask for References:
A credible lawyer should be willing to provide references from past clients.
What Should I Prepare for My First Consultation?
To make the most of your initial meeting with a lawyer, come prepared with:
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Relevant Documents:
Bring all documents related to your case, such as contracts, correspondence, legal notices, court papers, or evidence. -
Written Summary:
Prepare a concise written summary of your situation, including key dates, events, and involved parties. -
List of Questions:
Write down any questions you have about your case, the legal process, or the lawyer's experience. -
Financial Information:
If applicable, bring financial documents like pay stubs, tax returns, or bank statements. -
Contact Information:
Provide details of any witnesses or other parties relevant to your case. -
Personal Identification:
Bring a valid ID for verification purposes. -
Pen and Notebook:
Take notes during the consultation to remember important points. -
Budget Constraints:
Be ready to discuss your budget and any financial limitations.
How Much Does a Lawyer Cost?
The cost of hiring a lawyer varies widely based on several factors:
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Fee Structures:
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Hourly Rate:
Lawyers may charge anywhere from $150 to $500 or more per hour, depending on experience and location. -
Flat Fee:
For routine legal services like drafting a will or handling an uncontested divorce, lawyers might offer a flat fee. -
Retainer Fee:
An upfront payment against which the lawyer bills hourly fees. -
Contingency Fee:
Common in personal injury cases; the lawyer receives a percentage (typically 25% to 40%) of any settlement or award. -
Monthly Retainer:
For ongoing services, businesses might pay a monthly fee for a set number of hours or services.
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Hourly Rate:
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Factors Affecting Cost:
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Complexity of the Case:
More complex cases require more time and resources, increasing costs. -
Lawyer's Experience:
Highly experienced lawyers may charge higher fees. -
Geographic Location:
Legal fees can vary significantly by region or city. -
Additional Expenses:
Court filing fees, expert witness fees, travel expenses, and administrative costs may be extra.
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Complexity of the Case:
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Estimating Total Costs:
Request a detailed fee agreement outlining all potential costs.
Discuss any additional expenses that may arise during the case. -
Negotiating Fees:
Some lawyers may be willing to negotiate fees or offer payment plans, especially for clients with financial constraints. -
Pro Bono Services:
For those who cannot afford legal services, some lawyers or legal aid organizations offer services at reduced rates or for free.
