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.

Ms. Baumgart was engaged to represent me in a child custody issue. Wow, what a horrible mistake. Her fees were ridiculous and so was her representation. She made several mistakes on each of her filings and was unprepared for court. And if you need to talk to her, plan on NEVER getting a returned phon...e call. I personally think she should try another occupation. I would only recommend her to someone that wants to lose a case.