Michael E. Underwood

I hired Mike to represent me for a child support and custody matter over the course of a year and a half. Mike was very unorganized from the start, however I had already paid my retainer, so I felt stuck with him. Mike would meet with me for an hour at $300 plus an hour to prepare for court, however... he wouldn't use any of the information for our petition. Mike would wait until we arrived to court to try figuring out what to say to the judge and he wouldn't remember anything from our meeting. Mike's petitions were lacking critical information, which led me to ultimately lose the custody and child support case. Mike did not stick up for me in court when the respondent was talking negatively about me. I had to nudge him several times to stop her. During child support court the Judge wouldn't listen to anything Mike was saying, due to his lack of preparation, lack of knowledge of custody and child support matters, lack of negotiation skills and his poorly written petition. I feel that I could have done more if I only represented myself during this difficult time.