Reviews

Unfortunately Ellie is not incorrect in her opinion of Ms. Klapp. I would reiterate her comments on Nikki’s lack of interest and practical assistance in our case plus note that her ineptitude led to 2 kids being hospitalized with serious injuries. Nikki had been warned that their father had an extensive history of drug and alcohol abuse as well as mental illness diagnoses, and that he was often irresponsible with them. She did nothing but make excuses and deny any responsibility especially hers. She is not detail oriented and often misses the specific nuances of her cases like safety completely. The schedule she created for us was also difficult and impractical for our kids. She refused to acknowledge or rectify any poor planning on her part that was due to her lack of attention and inexperience. She mixed up their schedules several times then would go MIA. Her priorities were extremely poor at that time, and other authorities stated the same. They were involved when Nikki left the country without finalizing our schedule, and after my ex refused to return my son’s Codeine pills. She was literally nowhere to be found. Nikki’s level of inaction actually caused a lot more harm than good, but she covered so much a at county she got away with it. Nikki then helped drag the case out another year after my ex dropped all of his motions l except for coparenting. I had been told by KITM that I didn’t have to coparent with someone that abusive, but was hounded about talking to my teenagers about the case. It was usually to ask if they’d ever heard from Nikki! I got contempt while the man who lied to the court for child support got nothing but a pat on the back and $870 in savings for a new car. I was also forced to pay $250 an hour unnecessarily to argue for things like a laptop that was free. Nikki wanted to know if I had gotten him a Christmas present as if that’s due diligence, and I told her no those aren’t for people who sue me. My ex husband who broke into my car, was passed out with his Secretary for a decade and fell down drunk at our kid’s school didn’t even get me a card for my birthday when we were married, but Nikki thought he deserved a present. I had forfeited my alimony & maintenance so my daughter could get a new car that year. I don’t even have one because I got stuck with paying her legal bills for no reason. Furthermore, my ex was illegally taking my income tax refunds for himself with her permission! I also had thousands of dollars of expenses that he refused to share and she knew it. She knew all of these details and then some, yet was so out of touch with reality and self absorbed with her own wedding she was incapable of providing any credible counsel to our family whatsoever. Her attorney colleagues in Family Law have shared this same observation with me about her as well. She should have been be reprimanded by the bar for negligence and victim blaming if nothing else. The worst thing about Nikki is that she’s vindictive too. She did not like being questioned about her lack of attention to detail, availability, memory, billable hours, or motivation to bring about resolution in our case. I commented that I thought it was distasteful how she and other attorneys show up with $5000 purses when people have to work all day to pay for one hour of their time. She labeled me obsessed as if I waste on those things. She had the audacity to accuse me of making up stories about my ex to get even with him when not one syllable of it is untrue. Nikki just didn’t want to have to work to verify any information or relay it while all the time flashing her cash and inflating her bill. She was incapable of impartiality, or doing her best to promote a healthy relationship for her clients. You could hire almost any other attorney in St Louis and have a better experience.

From the beginning it appeared she had no interest in our case, but certainly logged some hours. She was not responsive, did not enforce her own rules, did not step in when she needed to, put no plan together, her recommendations made no sense, she just seemed along for the ride. At times she was unprofessional and didn’t seem to know she was doing. Very disappointed in her work

Nikki provided excellent representation for my wife and me in a visitation matter. Her rates are very reasonable. She does not try to run up fees. Nikki is an excellent divorce and custody lawyer, and knows the law, the judges and the other attorneys well. She did not let opposing counsel get away with anything. Nikki made herself well aware of all aspects of our case. We've had two other lawyers represent us. Nikki is by far the best attorney we've had. And most importantly, she won a favorable outcome.

I've been going through a horrible custody case for about 3 years Nikki has been there every step of the way and has been wonderful! She's explained everything to me perfectly. It's been a really stressful and painful few years and she is even there when I have to vent!