Kari Ann Baumgart

Is it possible to rate her with a negative number? I hired Baumgart half way through 2009 to handle my divorce. The Follow is part of an email I sent to the Lawyer I hired to take over for Kari A Baumgart when I fired her in 2012, after 3 YEARS of her telling me she's filing this and that, yet she ne...ver filed anything concerning my divorce, took me for THOUSANDS of dollars, and did NOTHING! Hi. I am interested in speaking to you about possibly taking over on my divorce and child custody case. The cliff notes version of the story is: Jan 2008 I left my wife. 2 months later talked to attorney Kari Baumbart (went to her because she is the sister-in-law of a close friend and said she'd do it at a discount with a very minimal retainer) about my options and what it would take to start the ball rolling on my divorce but I told her I was not ready at that time to do anything yet as I wanted to give my spouse some time to get on her feet. July/Aug 2009 time frame I gave Mrs Baumgart a check for $500, the amount she told me at our initial meeting that would be enough to file the initial divorce complaint. Spring of 2011 my youngest son (and only child under 18) told me he wanted to come live with me full time. I informed Kari and asked her to file the needed papers to make it happen. Dec 2011 my still soon to be ex abandons our soon at my front door giving me physical custody. Mrs Baumgart still had not filed anything and I again told her get it done as I wanted this done right on on paper. Feb 2012 Mrs Baumgart tells me that my still soon to be ex is taking me to court to regain custody. That attempt failed as the judge ruled in my favor giving me custody until at least the end of the school year and the rest will depend on her ruling after we go through their "Generations" program. It is now April 2012, I have paid Mrs. Baumgart a total of $7600 and she has not even filed the inital divorce complaint that she was supposed to close to 3 years ago. I go months at a time leaving her voice messages and send her emails with out hearing back but yet she charges me on billing statements for "Correspondence". I left her a voicemail message yesterday telling her I'm tire and fed up with it all and want her officially off my case and respectfully ask for her to refund the total amount that I have paid her as she has not filed 1 piece of paper to the court that she was supposed to, and I would be getting another lawyer. I followed that up with a detailed email earlier today that I would be happy to forward you if you like.

I hired Kari Baumgart to be my attorney for $3000 in a child custody battle. I was impressed at the beginning because my ex was afraid of her. Over time I realized she was writing papers without a purpose other than to put money in her pocket. She gave me a ride in her fancy convertible to placate my... stress. I was an idiot back then.

I hired Kari with a $5000 retainer to handle my divorce. She was great in our initial consultation, but after that she was impossible to reach. Each attempt at calling her resulted in either no answer, full voicemail, or a brand new paralegal who had no knowledge of my case. My hiring her only add...ed to my already stressful divorce situation. Long story short: I had to hire another attorney to handle my divorce and I had to file charges against her with the OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNCIL. I only knew to do this as I had a friend who was an attorney. NEVER HIRE THIS ATTORNEY.

I consulted Kari to represent me in my divorce. I was looking for a female attorney when I chose her. I showed some interest on her website and she promptly called me on a Saturday and spoke with me over the phone at no charge. I was really impressed with her at first until after I gave her the $2...,000 retainer fee. It seemed like every month I was receiving a statement from her paralegals but wasn't making any headway with her representing me. Every time I would call her office it seemed like it was a different paralegal doing the paper work for me. The turnover rate in her office was so high I should have known from that alone. I thought my divorce was finalized and she told me she needed another $1,000 retainer fee to "finish up some paperwork". She personally called me on this matter and told me that whatever money was left would be refunded to me. I assumed the divorce was finished because I never heard from her again and when I called the office to inquire about any leftover retainer money I was told that they didn't know anything about it. So I figured I was out $1,000 but oh well. Fast forward a couple of years my ex wife called me when she went to change back to her maiden name and she realized after calling the prothonotary office that we legally were still married. The court sent paper work to Kari Baumgart's office about this and Kari's office never contacted me at all. And when I found all of this out I called Kari's office and the number was disconnected. Thankfully my ex was cool about everything and I went to the courthouse and took care of everything myself. Lesson learned here, do not ever contact Kari Baumgart for anything!!!