Kris D.
1/5
Wes sold me/led me to believe I was in good hands since he'd been through a recent custody/visitation/support battle himeself. He was the "shark" I was looking for behind closed doors... then, the yellow flags... He missed very important emails he claimed he didn't receive from the court offering earlier dates for our trial (going on for 2+ years at this time). I found he wasn't honest about it when he mistakenly including me on a thread where it sat in his inbox for days and didn't reply until I approached him about it 6-7 business days later asking if he responded to the clerk abou the dates. Because he wasn't on top of it (and dishonest), he then dragged my case out for 11+ more months ($$$) with phonecalls, visits, subpoena'd evidence and witnesses, etc. building me up to have confidence we can win for my 3 year old son. Finally... my case, 2 weeks around the corner. I was deeply dissappointed (and scared) how unorganized he was several last minute requests. He put most of it on me to bring/email him this and that, meet several times 1 and 2 days just prior to trial ($$), provide him evidence I'd already sent him that he didn't organize for trial in an e-file as we went along (lots of texts/emails for proof of important matters). I had to pull all-nighters accumulating evidence he had not organized to back his "talk". Then, SHOW-TIME, Wes was a nervous wreck! He could barely speak or look at me. My confidence was shot for all 5-6 hours of trial that I've been waiting over 2 years for. His plan for me/us in court wasn't even close to how poorly he followed through for me as if he was scared to speak up and clarify extremely important matters. I needed him to be my all-star and he was a bench warmer. He was not a voice for me. I learned quickly (and too late) he wasn't as near adiquate as he portrayed while building my case for my son's best interest (since he was 6 months). During trial, Wes went silent, he didn't speak up to the GAL's awful last minute recommendation like he said he would with supporting evidence knowing the GAL didn't capture the problems at hand with Dad as well as my son's needs... why a 2-2-3 rotating schedule is the most awful schedule for parents in high-conflict and needs for a toddler with special needs to have consistency and stability. Furthermore, Wes didn't investigate our witnesses as we discussed to support our case to prove the father is a selfish gaslighting sociapath narcissist. Wes didn't ever speak to the Judge when she asked if we had questions or wanted to share anything else of importance... Wes wasn't focused, he froze! He wasn't prepared. He also seemed to be worried about his political capital within the courts, perhaps he didn't want to upset the Judge because of his next trial other other cases? He came out of the court building with the opposing attorney laughing and giggling, talking about their plans for the summer RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME while I was crying my eyes out, feeling crushed and defeated.
Back at square 1 with an appeal/denovo, interviewing attorney's ($$$) strongly seeking a genuine, secure, honest, focused attorney with confidence for me and my son's case.
