Kari Ann Baumgart

I was very impressed with Kari when I met her and quickly decided to retain her services. She promised to be prompt and was very sincere. Soon after hiring her she would disappear for long stretches. She would not return phone calls. Her staff would be rude to me. In part as a result of utilizing her... services I ended up losing thousands of dollars. I have since found much better legal advice.

Kari represented me in a contract negotiation and gave very poor advice. She was impossible to get in touch with and would not return any calls. She fabricated reasons why I could not deal with her staff. She has a grossly over inflated estimation of the value of her services and seems to rely on bo...ilerplate documents to work with her clients. She is very charming and will promise you the moon when you begin working with her and then will deliver zero results. If you question her she will invent a reason to be angry and stop communication.

My parents met her in a bank setting to talk about wills, had one appt at her office to proof the draft of a reciprical will for them. some changes made, no prices quoted, she assured them that she would bring the final draft to their home for them, as they had trouble getting to the office. Never he...ard from her again until a bill came in the mail, AFTER my mother had already passed away, charging $1500 (w/a 50% discount, so total bill $750 for a simple reciprical will). Why would anyone pay for a document that they had never received. Made many calls never got a return call from Ms. Baumgart herself, just kept receiving the billings. My dad has passed away now also, 3 years ago, still receiving bills and I'm not allowed to call the office based on letters from her because she feels that I was rude to her staff. Tried to send a settlement amount w/a letter based on the draft that was written, on the advise of my dad's estate lawyer, she never acknowledged the check or letter and is still sending monthly billings.... What a wonderful, caring person...NOT! My father's ACTUAL will cost him $200 from a caring, reputable attorney!

Kari is useless, over priced, incompetent, and unreliable. A simple divorce took almost 3 years. I ultimately had to fire her and hire another attorney just to get the job done, costing me tens of thousands of dollars. She hurt me more than helped me, enabling my spouse to get more money in the se...ttlement than is customary. Her license should be revoked.