Philip Vance McCalister

Hired him as my divorce attorney 17 years ago, I did not know my rights my divorce was handled horribly. My ex husband passed away 2 years ago went to collect what I was entitled to & found out Phillip McAlister never filed the papers that I paid $500 for, so I lost everything!!!! Called to talk to P...hillip McAlister and his reply was quote ( Oops I dropped the ball ) then I set up a meeting with him and he told me that he was financially disabled to help me out at the moment because his secretary embezzled his money, I cannot afford another attorney to sue him he has made my future very unaffordable, he has never show any restitution for what he has done, very highly not recommended

Never, never, ever, go to this person for help with a divorce . He's totally clueless. In my situation his strategy was to make negative comments about my spouse, to make it appear he understood the situation. Although, I was offended by the comments he was making about my spouse, and against b...etter judgement, I hired him anyway. When it came to negotiating, what he did was go back and forth repeating what the other spouse said. My spouse has mental health issues, and when Mr. McCalister repeated what my spouse said, McCalister sounded just as ridiculous as my spouse. McCalister never gave any thought to if the comments were answering the question on the table....which they were not. He just repeated what my spouse said. I have to say Mr. McCalister made himself look absurd and I was never sure who's side he was on. Needless to say, I ended my dealings with him and found a different attorney. Which is really sad because before my dealing with him I once recommended him. That will NEVER happen again. Also, my experience with his billing has been that he'll charge you for anything he possibly can. He tries to get you to agree to let him do legal work for you that doesn't need done by him. I've seen this twice with him. I'm wondering how many other people he's done that to? I've worked in an office with Attorneys, which I respected. I can't say the same for Mr. McCalister. Very Sad!!!