Christopher Dale Thomas, experienced Criminal Defense, Family Law attorney in Honolulu, HI with 20 reviews
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Christopher Dale Thomas

1001 Bishop St. Suite 2925, Honolulu, HI

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Creighton U., MA - Masters
1999:
Creighton University School of Law, JD - Juris Doctor
1995:
Nebraska Wesleyan University, BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Mitchell

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27 Nov, 2023
What a terrible lawyer. I paid $1250 for my case and sat around for 6 months with him telling me to just wait. He kept telling me to do work and then he would look at it and screw up the details as he was trying to edit it. I watched him type relevance and underscores below 11 pages of time line I wrote instead of copying and pasting for an hour and then I had to go back and delete the underscores because as most people know you can't type on top of them. I found out later he charged me $300 for that day. He also charged me for a lot of things that weren't in our contract when I got a bill for an additional $3000. I told him I wasn't paying it because I read the contract and he violated his own contract. Billing more for paralegal time and for phone calls he wasn't supposed to be talking to certain people. He said I was going to have to pay and I told him to sue me for it and I would win because he was a crappy lawyer and broke the contract. That was over a year ago and he hasn't gotten a penny from me. Then he told me he would sue me for libel if I left him a bad review. We'll guess what, challenge excepted. I'm leaving you a terrible review for you being a terrible lawyer who did nothing for me and in the end I was cleared because I was innocent and just sat down and spoke with the investigators and cleared my name against his advice. Almost $1300 down the drain for exactly 2 pages of handwritten notes that are illiterate saying don't do anything. Thanks but I could have done that for free. I wanted a lawyer to be with me by my side but he was always too busy. He would email and then you would respond and I saw he auto deleted your response. He wanted you to respond on a program even he didn't use. He was never available to answer your call and you would be told be his office he would call and then he wouldn't. Horribly unprofessional, unclean and disorganized office place. Find a lawyer that isn't such a wuss and know what they are doing. Go ahead, try sueing me and I'll make you look stupid.
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Antonio

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13 Sep, 2022
I hired this attorney to file guardianship paperwork for my incapacitated brother. If I had to do it all over again I would not use this attorney and I would not recommend anyone use this attorney. My brother was homeless on the street and this attorney lagged in filing the paperwork to get the process started to get him off the street. He lied about filing the paperwork and when addressed with concerns his response was fire me. Paperwork was never filed until a month after he was hired. A week after a news story was aired on my brother. His team made it seem as if we were waiting for the court to issue a court date but when I called the court they confirmed nothing was ever filed. I was told that because the news story had aired they hoped it would light a fire and get the process started when in fact the whole time they failed to even file the paperwork. This whole time my brother was homeless on the street in very bad health. It’s one thing to be behind on your duties but it’s another thing to lie about it and then rectify the issue with saying fire me when you are addressed with the concerns. Fast forward to today we were notified by the court that the lawyer failed to follow up with required paperwork needed by the court in regards to the granted guardianship. I would not hire this lawyer again and thank god my brother is no longer in Hawaii and in very good health today.
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Anonymous

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05 Sep, 2022
Christopher Thomas is an excellent lawyer, working well with me as a customer and being able to personalize my case. He was able to answer all of my questions and ensured me that we were working well on each assignment.
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Pros
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Excellent and personalized legal services
“Christopher Thomas is an excellent lawyer, working well with me as a customer and being able to personalize my case.”
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Efficient and effective legal representation
“Chris accomplished mediation in less than two days compared to the roundabout I did trying to get divorced for over 1 year.”
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Knowledgeable and strategic approach
“Whether in Hawaii or the mainland you would be hard pressed to find a litigator more stringent and strategic with his approach.”
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Responsive and communicative with clients
“He kept me informed and advised me of the options in my case. He checked see if everything is okay with my concerns.”
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Trustworthy and honest
“He is an intelligent and aggressive attorney who's impressed me greatly. He is very personable, knowledgeable, responsive, warm, friendly attorney that truly listens to your concerns.”
Cons
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Slow and delayed in taking action
“My brother was homeless on the street and this attorney lagged in filing the paperwork to get the process started to get him off the street.”
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Lack of follow-through and attention to detail
“The lawyer failed to follow up with required paperwork needed by the court in regards to the granted guardianship.”
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Questionable billing practices and contract violations
“He also charged me for a lot of things that weren't in our contract when I got a bill for an additional $3000.”

Publications

2018:
www.hawaiianfamilylaw.com, Law Office Blog

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