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Steer clear from Steven Reed. For me, he was a 40,000 dollar mistake! 10 years after my divorce I'm still dealing with the results of his carelessness. Stay away. He is a nice guy, looks very professional, and all the way through the judgement, I thought I had a 5 star attorney. I didn't know better, since I had never gone through a divorce. Retrospectively I know now that Steven should not have agreed to leave alimony and child support bonuses out of the standard Michigan formula (which the opposing attorney proposed), and that Steven should have reviewed properly the documents drafted by the opposing attorney. He did not, and left tons of loose ends, as basic as not defining exactly what "income" should be defined (is it gross, net, box 1 of W2, etc.) especially if the payments are a formula over "income". So 5 years after the divorce my ex came back with her attorney to file a motion for more money, claiming "income" is "gross income" and and although I hire this time attorneys that were not clowns, they had their hands tied because of all the holes Steve left on the document that was already signed and agreed upon. Do not use this attorney.

I would steer clear. If nothing else I found this guy to be perhaps in a state of cognitive decline. He is much older, forgot to file my papers, forgot to read my settlement, and generally was forgetful of what I had asked him to do. I have spent 3 months with a new attorney just cleaning up.

Steve was the most incompetent lawyer I have ever been associated with. Criminal or Civil. This guy was one of the worst. It was almost as if he had no idea who I was at times or what he was supposed to be doing for me. I’m in a worst place having hired him. Do NOT give this man any money for legal services

This was a 29,000 dollar mistake! Stay away. I would leave no stars but not possible.my son worked with this man almost 2 years with 3 arbitration . This man promises everything and does nothing. We dealt with him for over two years two years. We have nothing but a bunch of paperwork to show for it. He did nothing to help my son. All he did was agree with the opposing attorneys. Every time I questioned something he was doing for my son he would get angry he twice wanted to drop our case after we paid him over 19,000 at that point because he thought there was a conflict of interest because I was choosing to ask other people, questions and checking with other attorneys then finally, when nothing is being done after at least a year and eight months, I sent a letter to the judge and my sons and letter to the judge, and he was very upset about that, and he wanted us to drop him as his as our lawyer. He then took us in to court and we dropped him as our attorney to hire someone that knew what they were doing by that time we were into him over $29,000. He never even offered us one dime back of that 29,000 he took it off. We don’t have that kind of money, but he did not seem to care , he would give us 1500 every single month whether we did everything or not and then towards the end it was at 2500 a month. This man is nothing he is delusional he will tell you he knows the judge he will tell you he’s gotten people out of trouble or with their divorce many times. He knows what he’s doing he does not . He is a waste of your money. Do not use this attorney.

Poor conduct, IMO. Unprofessional. Avoid this attorney!

Stay away. Choose someone else. I was underrepresented, patronized & misled. He was distracted, careless, and brash.

First I’ll start by saying I understood going into this my case would be an uphill battle absolutely. However, I was under the impression Steve would be representing me, but my case got passed on to Emma who is very kind and professional ..but it seemed she wasn’t fully in tune with my case because it was handed off to her like kind of last minute (at least it seemed). During mediation very little of my proof provided earlier was used. Many key points were not presented or brought up honestly only about 20-30% of what would’ve helped my case was mentioned . There were stories and facts Emma was not aware of crucial in having the best outcome …at times times I was sitting there thinking I could’ve made a better case for myself but I’m not savvy with how court works. I was disappointed because I waited months and the big day came and the representation just wasn’t up to par. Everyone is kind and respectful ect but representation was disappointing honestly my situation turned out a tiny bit worse than before.

Unprofessional, vulgar. Reccomend avoiding.

Mr. Reed is “no nonsense,” but his candor unfortunately mixes with his own personal bias in a rush to judgment. He was ineffective as our parenting coordinator. He witnessed the unhealthy behaviors between my ex-wife and our oldest child and specifically mentioned it to me (with plenty of profanity) on two separate occasions. Sadly, he refused to act, not even mentioning what he saw in his written recommendations. He was also alerted to impropriety in child care expenses and again refused to act, instead suggesting I be held in contempt for refusing to pay the fraudulent amounts. He quit before I could have him removed. High conflict cases do not necessarily involve two equally combative participants.

I was represented for an evidentiary hearing in a very high conflict situation. My situation is a very unique one, however I did not feel properly represented. In my case, none of my evidence was used that I had sent early on after hiring them. I then was told during a face to face visit that the date might be changed, I got a new date for a different hearing thinking it was the same one, and missed the date to submit the rest of my evidence, no one reached out to double check or to even let me know what was being submitted during that time. he also had said he was going to submit messages for evidence and he never did. My opposing counsel submitted their evidence later than I was told was the deadline. It was explained to me before the hearing I would be able to settle, I had given them an idea of what I was looking for and never responded with a counter offer. But at the hearing we ended up settling. I did get what I wanted for the parenting time but I also got set up with ridiculous communication requirements such as responding to messages within 5 hours. So now 3 hours after court I am stuck having back and forth conversations about nothing with my high conflict co-parent with no end in sight. In a situation of harassment and abuse I feel I could have been vouched for much more. The accusations against me were completely false but I still had to pay for them In our agreement in order to get the parenting schedule I felt was safe for the child. And after court, I received no follow up information in writing to reference so I could sign up for the parenting class, and to ask for that information afterward apparently costs me money which has not been my experience with any other attorney in the past.

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