Patrick Kelley

Pat was convincing in his sales pitch, claiming to "fight" hard for me and be available even if it was "A million emails or calls". The reality is that he rarely returned messages, if at all, within a week. It took my leaving a voicemail restating the promise he had made to me before he began retur...ning messages, and that lasted only a week before tailing off once again. As for the actual proceedings, he was scared to go to court (I later learned why from others that had hired him). In the end, after 15+ years of marriage, I ended up with only a used minivan and a china cabinet that was my mother's, while she ended up with the marital residence, everything in it, more valuable car, everything in my garage, and everything else (including the kids) that was acquired during the marriage including my grandmother's wedding ring. Lastly (and this should be a red flag to anyone reading this), he sent an email that I needed to accept their offer and "get this over with" soon because he could not longer represent me due to a conflict of interest and I would have to represent myself if I didn't.... he was going to work at my ex-wife's attorney's firm.