John P. Bogdanovicz

I was involved in a custody case, my ex's lawyer and the criminal court clerk were doing all kinds of shady dealings. She once stamped a court order over High Judge Smiths signed and sealed court order to try to benefit her friend Kurt. This was a custody case, I had a urine for court and Kurt sent m...e to the CRIMINAL clerk to obtain the sample. Not to probation so I could have a drink or it could be sent out for verification. John said or did nothing., even when my ex and his lawyer were high fiving each other before I even gave a sample. They took one look at John and Kurt said, "she's going home with you". He knew the clerks results, she was failing me regardless of the results.. Despite what they think. No one was fooled by that fiasco, but John. He should have at least said, "why is there no Judge here? "this is in family court, why is the Criminal clerk doing this screen and not probation to have it verified?" So I lost full physical custody to a felon who just robbed 26 houses, got out of jail after 9 months for violating probation, he can't even go on a class trip because of his criminal record, he had a PFA for hitting his girlfriend and an escape charge for kicking the window out of a police car to escape. I had no record. I had a failed hair follicle test for a one time use. Kyle had a well documented 16 year run on heroine.John was assigned to me pro Bono. I was so stupid and didn't think I even needed an attorney, than panicked the day before court and figured, I should take back up. He was completely useless.

He was surprisingly easy to get ahold of, but always seemed to rush me off the phone. He never seemed to answer my questions, listen to my concerns, or even take me seriously sometimes. I learned more about my options regarding my case from free consultations from other attorneys, but I went with thi...s one because he was free to me. Truthfully, I could have gone without an attorney completely. I was the one that spoke with the defendant's attorney about issues I wanted addressed. I only gave Mr Bogdanovicz one detail to discuss and he "forgot". I could see if there was a whole laundry list of things, but there was only one. When it was addressed the day of the hearing, it was inaccurate and I had to correct it myself. I did get all that I asked for in the case, but that was absolutely no thanks to him. I could have gotten more if he did more than below the bare minimum.

He is a good attorney but I've had a hard time getting in contact with him especially when I needed very important questions answered. I've waited 3 weeks sometimes for a response. He seems empathetic and sympathetic sometimes but he forgets a lot about details in my case and hasn't been very imforma...tive to me. I've had to resort to researching the custody laws myself and trying to find answers on my own. He could do a lot better although I know he deals with a lot of cases.