Reviews

I would give this attorney 0 stars if possible. We'll start at the beginning. Upon retaining Mr Woodward as counsel for a custody dispute with a mother convicted of multiple charges of domestic disputes and child endangerment there was obviously a discussion as to what would happen during the case and costs associated. I retained Mr Woodward from Iowa 2000 miles away from my case upon a poor recommendation from another attorney and his own solicitation of interest in my case in my mailbox in Iowa. Not only did Mr Woodward not review my case or the evidence AT ALL but I made multiple attempts to contact him and visit his office to give him evidence for the case that I had prepared and procured of my own will to which I was turned away and told he would get ahold of me. The date of our initial family mediation (one week after retaining him) he had forgotten completely and speaking to him on the phone voiced that he had plans with his girlfriend. After having to convince him rescheduling was not an option as I had just traveled 2000 miles for the mediation I was attempting to bring him evidence to review for the case and calling repeatedly and he did not even take the evidence. I again presented it to him at the time of our mediation which was the first in person meeting I had with him. Once again he did not take the evidence. I was poorly advised during the mediation to sign an agreement that not only has so far circumvented another order already in place in the state of Iowa but also put me at a serious disadvantage to protecting my chold and returning him promptly to Iowa. I was basically given an ultimatum of sign the mediation agreement mom out forth or mom has custody even though her initial filing was NOT done 6 months after my son was in the state of Florida. For those that dont know, that is what determines a childs home state. I was advised that florida only gives the mother any rights to the child by default even though the mother has multiple convictions with the department of human services in Iowa and the child has been a CINA in Iowa previously due to the mothers violent actions. So I signed the paper for fear I would not be able to see my child at all. Then oncw again mr woodward refused to review the evidence I had taken the time to prepare. Didn't even take it from me. Then continuing on with poor representation he did not even procure the necessary documents to review himself from the courts in Iowa. Ric did not advise me in any capacity to what to do in my case. When told about 6 counts of perjury in the mothers initial filing he simply stated he doesnt handle criminal law and I would have to retain another attorney.This is after giving him 2000 dollars as a retainer after I represented myself in preparing an answer and counterpetition for custody. I was nice in my counterpetition and simply asked for my son to be returned and did not bash or shame the mother as she did myself (falsely) in her filing. I have all the supporting documentation stating why it has been deemed in Iowa that the mother is unfit to be the primary caregiver. Since Ric was not advising me in any capacity as to actions I could take, I once again read through florida family law to find the laws on inconvenient forum. I presented those laws to Ric to which he said he would see what he could do and argued that it wasn't viable. He ended up preparing a motion that had my entire name wrong. Not even close. In that motion he referenced not only the wrong case numbers, police reports, and iowa dhs incident numbers but he did not even bother correcting them upon myself pointing it all out to him. He simply corrected my name and submitted it anyway. I was furious at the lack of care taken in my case and expressed so and he stated that all that mattered was we get before a judge and he could tell them the correct information. Upon multiple lapses in contact, information, and not providing me with documentation required, the judge wasn't even asked if I could appear by phone. He just had me call the judge and not be able to speak. Fired!

I had a divorce case and Ric was my lawyer! He helped me in everything and everytime I needed something he would do it right away! Always respond and always there for clients, I really felt very confident in my case. I will recommend him to any one needs family lawyer.

Hired Rick for my divorce and his recommendations were accurate and helped me through a tough time. No need to explain it twice. He understands the situation and works hard with his clients.

A wizard! He makes your problem go away.