Joe E Strauss

I retained Joe Strauss to help with my child custody case. He is forgetful, slow, takes two hour meetings to discuss what should need 1 hour, then loses the notes and magnetic tapes he used to gather the information which he can't remember himself. And you are charged for the time he needs for you to... repeat yourself. Then I lost my job - I called to end the relationship which I could no longer afford. He persuaded me to use up the rest of the retainer, and agreed to not charge me more than that and that we'd stop consulting when it ran out. He did not do this, didn't inform me when it ran out, continued to assure me there was room, then gave me a nearly $2000 bill at the end of the month. Which I don't have the money to pay and he is now threatening legal action over. On top of this, multiple invites to dinner, interrupting me and failing to listen to my opinions, continually referring to case assets incorrectly (such as calling my Marriage Settlement Agreement a Property Agreement), advice that was poor and caused me more problems... I could not possibly recommend this person and in fact recommend he retire before he causes damage to more than someones wallet. In the end, I resolved my case on my own through mediation, having sunk $7k with Strauss for absolutely no value at all.