Thyden Gross Callahan

So, this is really a review of my lawyer, Nelson Garcia. He came highly recommended by a friend who’d used him as her divorce attorney, and maybe he was great for her. He wasn’t for me. My divorce was pretty cut and dry. We just needed someone to write up the legalese for us. The retainer was $ 5,000, but I think I wound up paying about twice that because Nelson just would. not. listen. to. me. about how I wanted to handle things. I’m sure that he thought that he was doing his due diligence for his client, but after the client (me) has answered multiple times, I really feel like the lawyer should just shut up and listen. On top of that, he made MANY errors in our paperwork, and, naturally, charged me to fix them. I will never, ever recommend him, and I will, in fact, advise other people to stay away from him.
On the bright side, the Accountant, Ruth Zetlin, is lovely, and despite the fact that I only dealt with her regarding billing, I appreciated every interaction.
Edit added to respond to the comment from the firm below:
My divorce was actually pretty straightforward. We split everything ⁵⁰⁄₅₀. The problems and delays arose when Nelson tried to talk me out of decisions that my ex-​husband and I had already made (e.g. that I would not extend the ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ split of his 401k accounts after the date that I officially moved out). We were delayed further because of the many, many, MANY typos (including our NAMES) that were included in Nelson’s documents. Had I known I could have a different lawyer represent me at my trial, believe me, I would’ve done so.