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James Scott "Jake" Gilbreath
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5.0
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4.9
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141 Reviews
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Pros
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Effective and successful in achieving desired legal outcomes, such as custody agreements and favorable divorce settlements
“Jake was great help coming late into m”
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Knowledgeable and experienced in family law, providing clients with confidence and assurance
“Jake nailed my specific needs. His honesty regarding family law provided me confidence while making decisions.”
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Responsive, accessible, and communicative, providing clients with timely updates and support
“Jake was always available by phone, email, and text. He is very well organized and I highly recommend.”
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Compassionate and understanding towards clients' difficult situations, while maintaining a professional approach
“Being in a custody battle, is painful, hurtful and stressful. I am thankful Jake responded and met me over the weekend. He took a firm approach, but understood my anxiety.”
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Respected by the legal community and courts, leading to successful outcomes for clients
“He is respected at the Courthouse and I can see why. A great advocate to have on your side.”
Cons
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Potential for a slow start or prolonged legal proceedings in some cases
“After a slow start and a prolonged, drawn out 3 year divorce, Jake came through when it counted.”
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Caution needed when agreeing to arbitration, as it can limit clients' rights to a fair court proceeding
“Beware in agreeing to arbitrator in my case I would not agree to have an arbitrator for to remedy a mediated settlement agreement in the future as you give up your right to a fair court proceeding with proper due process.”
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22 Sep, 2024 by Gerry brown
They basically filed a lawsuit every month against me until I eventually lost custody of my kids. They have no integrity, well let their clients lie about rape in court to get custody. I’m a good dad but unfortunately law firms like these will pepper you to death with lawsuits until you can no longer afford an attorney, and win. They shouldn’t counsel their clients to lie in court.
18 Sep, 2024 by Adham bissar
First, I’m an attorney myself so I had fairly high expectations for the law firm representing me in my divorce. Walters Gilbreath was recommended to me by other attorneys to be, one of the best, if not the best litigation family law firm in Austin and I can say those attorneys did not steer me wrong. Luke Wallace was the responsible attorney for my case and he was awesome to work with and extremely competent. I think communication is key to an attorney-client relationship and Luke did not disappoint and kept me updated the whole time. Luke is also intelligent, hard working, a good listener, and either knows his stuff or was able to research and find the answer quickly; all attributes necessary to be a great attorney. I was also represented by Jake Gilbreath and he was awesome to watch in court. Overall, very impressed with my representation by Walters Gilbreath and would recommend them to anyone needing representation in the area of family law.
19 Aug, 2024 by Kalli
My experience with this firm was not perfect. There were some errors. At the end of the day, though, I walked away with the best possible situation I think the court was going to award me. I was advised ethically and I was billed ethically. I would like to say thank you after some years have passed since my divorce was finalized as I realize how it was handled and any frustrations I may have had are attributable to the system more than to the firm. Thank you for your advice and guidance, for keeping me from going down unnecessary court rabbit holes, and for helping me achieve financial freedom and custody of my child.
09 Aug, 2024 by Giovanni marotta
Worst experience ever. I thought I was hiring the best. 75k and two years later and zero results I found out I was wrong. I wanted Jake which he spent time to go over the custody case. Seemed to have a plan. He assigned a jr. attorney to handle the ins and out. He does the heavy lifting. That was going good. Until the jr attorney stopped communicating text phone and email. Happened twice. I contacted the office and I guess they had a parting of ways. Got assigned a new jr attorney. Jake cut his rate for the inconvenience. the new attorney was 12 months out of law school. I expressed my concerns. Well we got ran in circles by opposing counsel for over a year. We were never on offense just on defense the entire time. I would ask what can we do and we simply never had a good strategy. Final trial got pushed by opposing. Got reset 3 months later. 3 days before final trial opposing counsel wanted to reset again which I was advised to do. I did not agree and didn’t want to push back. Jake convinced me to reschedule again. But what I found out a week later is Jake’s office never filed the correct paperwork to be on the docket. So they are trying to file 3 days before we go to trial and of course not telling me. I find out from digging into things. They said they did file. I have docs from the court showing they were Trying to file 3 days before and it got denied. So we didn’t really have to reschedule because of opposing counsel. We were never on the docket. That’s why we had to reschedule.
Other issues was they actually filed documents with the court on my behalf with the wrong attorney name, wrong dates and in one part of the document they put someone else’s name on it. It was actually filed that way they never showed it to me before they filed it.
At the end of the day I had to fire them. I talked the CEO which is Jake’s wife. No one wanted to take responsibility.
at the end I got 9k back from them, which I thought was not even close to what it should been based on their incompetence
11 Jul, 2024 by Justin banasz
Jake and the team at Walters Gilbreath has exceeded my expectations in what a client/attorney relationship should look and feel like. Unfortunately I have been through a couple of family law firms who were less than mediocre in how they operated. The two things I feel are most important in an attorney is communication and competence. Jake, Luke, and the rest of the team have done a phenomenal job communicating with me and offering top notch solutions and legal advice. I am always in the loop, and if I am feeling indecisive about something, they have an answer they are confident in. At the same time, they are not afraid to get into the court room if that is what the case requires. They manage their operations like professionals, and the attorneys they employ are the best I have ever worked with.
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