What a mistake...

[stretchkr]

I called a local lawyer, and paid them $550 for a one time session, to maybe guide me in the right direction as far as when to file for divorce, and how to go about it. Got very few answers, and the attorney acted like she really didnt care. Said there was no benifit in being the plaintiff, and not to go for primary custody, and that my stbx's income had little to do with the child support I would have to pay. After two days of being on this site, I have learned more than what i learned from her, and even found a free child support calculator, which was the same thing she used. Also found being the plantiff, and going for primary custody are not only obtainable, but needed in my divorce case if we can't reach a settlement..... What a waste of money, but thank you to all who post on here.

[RC211V]

bummer man, all you can say is live and learn I guess? I haven't paid any lawyers for a consultation, I don't feel like I can afford the ones who charge. It would seem that the ones worth paying just to talk a bit might be the better ones... guess you don't always get what you pay for though. I did hire a lawyer but she was an idiot. I ended up paying her about $900 to do a bit of discovery and go to court with me for 15 minutes, so who hte hell knows.

I think it was Father of Four that said hiring a lawyer is like a box of chocolates.

I have learned a lot about my judge from talking with different lawyers though, so maybe try more free consults and ask a lot of questions, compare the answers among the different attorneys and you will probably learn something without paying too much.

[dobradavid]

Feel free to leave a negative review of the attorney on the internet - and you can complain to the state bar - quite possibly get your $500 back.

I called a local lawyer, and paid them $550 for a one time session, to maybe guide me in the right direction as far as when to file for divorce, and how to go about it. Got very few answers, and the attorney acted like she really didnt care. Said there was no benifit in being the plaintiff, and not to go for primary custody, and that my stbx's income had little to do with the child support I would have to pay. After two days of being on this site, I have learned more than what i learned from her, and even found a free child support calculator, which was the same thing she used. Also found being the plantiff, and going for primary custody are not only obtainable, but needed in my divorce case if we can't reach a settlement..... What a waste of money, but thank you to all who post on here.

[defaultuser]

At least you didn't hire her. Count yourself lucky.

[stb_divorced]

what you should do is register the domain name in her name....

lawyername + review.com

or
lawyername + gavemeterribleadvice.com
lawyername + myhorrrorstory.com
lawyername + badadvice.com
lawyername + sucks.com
lawyername + screwedme.com

get the idea?

then go to fiverr.com and buy a little searchengine optimization + design if you need it. all this can be done under $50 easily. if you buy your domain on godaddy they give you free hosting too i think.

once you get it up and some good local traffic going start posting that domain name on every LOCAL website you can find in your area. you want LOCAL people seeing his info. find all his facebook and linked in contacts btw.... twitter too!

then contact that SOB lawyer and offer to sell them the site for $500 + your costs

trust me that lawyer will pay it. he's not afraid of the bar but he will be afraid of his local reputation.

[Fatheroffour]

Nice.

[Noyning]

Brilliant!!!

I'm keeping this one in my bag of tricks

what you should do is register the domain name in her name....

lawyername + review.com

or
lawyername + gavemeterribleadvice.com
lawyername + myhorrrorstory.com
lawyername + badadvice.com
lawyername + sucks.com
lawyername + screwedme.com

get the idea?

then go to fiverr.com and buy a little searchengine optimization + design if you need it. all this can be done under $50 easily. if you buy your domain on godaddy they give you free hosting too i think.

once you get it up and some good local traffic going start posting that domain name on every LOCAL website you can find in your area. you want LOCAL people seeing his info. find all his facebook and linked in contacts btw.... twitter too!

then contact that SOB lawyer and offer to sell them the site for $500 + your costs

trust me that lawyer will pay it. he's not afraid of the bar but he will be afraid of his local reputation.

[formylilgirl]

any lawyer these days with half a brain will realize you can make very public reviews and comments about their services. thank you interwebs.

I wouldn't expect to find any lawyer who would reflect the info and insight you find here. That being said, if Cordell & Cordell practiced in my state/city, I would have hired them in a minute.

[formylilgirl]

Brilliant!!!

I'm keeping this one in my bag of tricks

what you should do is register the domain name in her name....

lawyername + review.com

or
lawyername + gavemeterribleadvice.com
lawyername + myhorrrorstory.com
lawyername + badadvice.com
lawyername + sucks.com
lawyername + screwedme.com

get the idea?

then go to fiverr.com and buy a little searchengine optimization + design if you need it. all this can be done under $50 easily. if you buy your domain on godaddy they give you free hosting too i think.

once you get it up and some good local traffic going start posting that domain name on every LOCAL website you can find in your area. you want LOCAL people seeing his info. find all his facebook and linked in contacts btw.... twitter too!

then contact that SOB lawyer and offer to sell them the site for $500 + your costs

trust me that lawyer will pay it. he's not afraid of the bar but he will be afraid of his local reputation.

this is all fine but is it paranoid to think if they represent scumbags this could come back to &^%@ you in other ways?

[BubbaGumpShrimp]

While that sucks, at least you were only into it for a few hundred bucks. I'll tell you why she said what she did. She...as with many of the attorneys in my area...do not want to actually have to do REAL work. They want you to come up with a Property Settlement Agreement yourself, you do all the legwork (i.e. negotiate with NJ), accept the pre-canned 50/50 custody, and they collect ~$1,500+ to just file a bit of paperwork. That or they want to bill at $400+/hr for every issue that comes up. At least the couple of lawyers that I spoke with in that group were honest about it.

Brilliant!!!

I'm keeping this one in my bag of tricks

what you should do is register the domain name in her name....

lawyername + review.com

or
lawyername + gavemeterribleadvice.com
lawyername + myhorrrorstory.com
lawyername + badadvice.com
lawyername + sucks.com
lawyername + screwedme.com

get the idea?

then go to fiverr.com and buy a little searchengine optimization + design if you need it. all this can be done under $50 easily. if you buy your domain on godaddy they give you free hosting too i think.

once you get it up and some good local traffic going start posting that domain name on every LOCAL website you can find in your area. you want LOCAL people seeing his info. find all his facebook and linked in contacts btw.... twitter too!

then contact that SOB lawyer and offer to sell them the site for $500 + your costs

trust me that lawyer will pay it. he's not afraid of the bar but he will be afraid of his local reputation.

this is all fine but is it paranoid to think if they represent scumbags this could come back to &^%@ you in other ways?

No kidding. Doing something like this is stupid and will bite you in the < hindquarters > at some point. Just imagine how you'll look when the attorney slips that bit of psycho that you did to your NJ's attorney.

All the NJ's attorney has to say is "I received information about a website that the husband put up, spreading defamatory information about a local lawyer with whom he wasn't pleased. If he would do this over $550...just imagine what he would say about his STBX." Again....stupid ******* idea.