Kari Ann Baumgart

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!!!

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.

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.