Christopher B Kleister

I can't sum up in a paragraph the level of deceit and how completely unprofessional Christopher Kleister and his staff treat their own clients. I'm filing a grievance with the NY State Bar Association against him to hopefully prevent what happened in my case happening to anyone else and/or their chil...dren. The arrogance, the completely rude and hypocritical things that he said about me and to me would have shocked the judge and other attorneys involved. His personal feelings are what they are but if he doesn't do his deligrnce to protect and defend me from any and all untrue accusations especially when he had a very big file that contained forensic evidence to prove such allegations were false but never even brought them up to the attention of any of the other attorneys or the judge what's the point in him being there? He did way more damage to my case, my future and my children than anyone else! He was my attorney and he did absolutely nothing to help me or attempt to see me have a good outcome. At the time my soon to be ex and I weren't speaking at all for 3 years except through our attorneys but recently that's changed drastically. To hear that my own lawyer spoke so negatively about me to opposing counsel & to my husband in a bitter & nasty divorce and custody case is appalling. I have not only a grievance against him and his staff but I am appealing the settlement that he basically forced me into. I stayed in open court to the judge and other attorneys involved I did not agree with the terms so the judge was going to adjourn it until the next day to give me time to address my serious concerns so Chris Kleister took me in the hallway and made it all sound so much different and there's nothing to worry about. Well his staff prepared the actual settlement from what we stated in the transcript yet they left very important stipulations from what's in that transcript out. Incompetence on top of ride and unprofessional conduct. Stay far away from this firm if you're in a bad situation or nasty divorce because Christopher Kleister does what he wants based on what he thinks but at no time did he do only what was best for his client which I believe is the summary of his little paragraph about what a "great job he will do no matter how complex your case may be". He failed to mention his lack of ability to keep his personal feelings and things he's told in confidence by his client between himself and that client! I walked away from a 3 & half year case SO MUCH WORSE OFF THAN WHEN I STARTED. I had used another attorney for the 1st 3 years and we were set to get everything we were seeking because it was fair and the right thing for all involved but in less than 6 MONTHS Chris Kleister destroyed it all.