Customer ReviewsforLaw Office Of Mark M. Childress

This law firm is a complete scam, they take peoples money and do nothing. They do not respond in a timely manner, if they respond at all and nickel and dime you for everything. This is not normal! Please anyone considering this firm think again. They truly need to be looked into by the bar association and law enforcement for their tactics. They mishandled my grandfathers divorce and he has now had to hire a different law firm to take care of the mess they created. When reaching out to other firms they even mentioned how many complaints they have heard regarding Mark *********************** I thought ************************* was better when he took over after ************************* but turns out he is not its all a facade. He puts a good face on but hes just as bad they are all crooks. Their security guard at the ****** location is a joke she is a huge uneducated individual that is disrespectful and only there to try and scare paying customers away, because once you pay and retain them you are not allowed on the property, in what world is this normal? ******* is also a mess and the communication amongst all parties is a disgrace. Please do your research and do not fall victim to this firm. Even having to give it 1 Star is an overstatement.

I scheduled a consult with the attorney and accidentally slept through it as I have been very stressed and not sleeping well lately. The text conversation that followed blew my mind with the unprofessional attitude displayed.For reference, why would you take the time to reach out to us, then confirm the appointment, and ultimately not take the call? I was asleep We can only take your case as seriously as you doI don't like your passive aggressive tone so please do not contact me again.You reached out to us, and we scheduled a free call on a holiday and you slept through it. DO NOT contact me again. I will find a lawyer whose staff know how to speak to clients professionally. This is not staff, this is the attorney who was willing to speak with you on a holiday and whos time you wasted. Free advice: dont sleep through your court date;)Looks like I dodged the bullet of working with an unprofessional jerk then. Have a nice day.For reference, their office is NOT closed today and I had to block the number.

I was very much taken advantage by Mark ********************** Family Law Firm and I would definitely not hire this Firm. Unethical, scam and deceptive are words that describe what they did.I paid their $3,000 retainer. I had a no-contest divorce case, no kids, very simple. I made it very clear to them I only need help with the Final Decree, all other forms were already filed and stamped by the court. This was so simple a paralegal could have done it. They assigned *********************** to the case. The ONLY thing we needed done was a Final Decree, which was also drafted for them using the official county court form.Before having one call with me, without my knowledge or consent they resubmitted the exact forms that were already completed and stamped by the courts.I had no idea they did this until much later, when they finally decided to speak to me on the phone. When I asked why this was done, the answer was because "it looks nicer (than the official County Court document)".They literally did nothing for me and charged my $1825 (for work I had already completed). Knowing my case was no-contest and did not need much work they obviously decided to increase billable hours anyway they could, this is the only explanation. Padding the invoice with useless actions that were basically onboarding and resubmitting forms that did not need to be resubmitted.All was completely unnecessary, without my knowledge or consent and of no benefit to me or my case.When I discovered this, I immediately canceled the retainer, instructed them to stop all work and return funding. But, they continued to bill me! And charge me another $212!I have yet receive any of my money back. What they should do is return the $3k for ripping me off and not helping my case nor looking out for the best interest of a client.They will take advantage of you and not operate in your best interests. They should have their license revoked.

We hired them for 2 child custody cases. I didnt talk to anyone for almost a week about the cases. I sent them everything I had through a app they have you download, so you can keep in contact and look at updates about your case. No matter how many messages I sent on that, or emailed the attorney no one would get back to me. Its so hard to try and contact them, if you call the office number the lady that picks up wont even try to talk to you she just send you straight to a voice recording. If they dont answer you leave a massage and hope they get back to you. We found a different attorney to go with told them we wouldnt be needing their services anymore and ask how we go about the refund process I was told that they would send a withdrawal to the court and they would send me a paper via mail or email that I would need to sign, and they would get me a itemized receipt and see how I wanted the refund. We paid ***** as the retainer for the child custody cases, thats quite a bit of money. Finally got the email with the receipt to show that we are getting back ******** when it was impossible to get in touch with them and the only thing done was continuance.Seems like they will try to **** every ***** they can in a just a few weeks they have used over *****. We sent them everything we had and they got some papers from the court that they needed. We will be contacting the state bar.

** just disappointed and thoroughly confused as to why my lawyer withdrew from my case. The only thing this lawyer has been able to do for me is draft a mutual agreement between my spouse and I which she did severely late and **** me over on with the child support portion. I emailed her for several days asking when I would be completed only to be told ** working with opposing counsel on this and then I will let you know when it is completed then my spouse tells me it was never drafted or completed and ** considered to be behind on my child support even though the agreement was not completed as my attorney for some unknown reason did not do it and then proceeded to lie to me about it when I would ask. I have paid all of my balances including my last **** that I received of $525. I received and email from e-file with a document showing where the court granted my lawyer to withdrawal as counsel and my lawyer stated that the cause was unable to effectively communicate with [client] manner consistent with good attorney-client relations. I rarely receive communication from them to begin with and my emails and calls are not always returned and when they are it is not within a timely manner by any means. ** unsure of why I have paid this office so much money to do basically one thing for me and drop me before the real stuff starts and I greatly need assistance. Would not recommend to anyone for services as this company is such a joke, no one has reached out to me about this either and I had no idea it was happening until I woke up this morning and saw the email. Poor communication, expensive rates for not conducting any work, late responses and the work performed is done way later than it is supposed to be completed. Id just like to say thank you for wasting my time and money!