Kevin M. Prendergast

Mr. Prendergast became my attorney of record in my divorce, Feb., 2009. By May he had allowed me to be in contempt of court and fined $800,00 because he had not filed my discovery which I had filled out and hand carried to him so it would be on time for the court deadline. I had given Mr. Prendergast... an external drive which had information off my husband's and my home pc. I found out from my husband after the divorce was final, that the information was given to my husband. Prendergast was my attorney a little over three months and I replaced him. When my new attorney and I met with my husband and his attorney to give my deposition, Prendergast showed up at the invitation of my husband and his attorney, Mr. Schmitz.They wanted him. Prendergast to be the one questioning me. My new attorney didn't allow it. Both Mr. Schmitz and Mr. Prendergast insisted upon Mr. Prendergast being able to ask me questions. The contract that was presented to me at that time, which was supposed to be the one I signed when I hired Mr. Prendergast. I state in my deposition was not the one being presented to me at the time of my deposition. At the time I hired Mr. Prendergast there something of a contract but when Prendergast left to go make copies of the contract in another room, he returned saying it was out of ink and he would mail it to me. I since have seen a copy of what I was supposed to have signed and it is not my signature. My daughter in-law was with me at the initial meeting, he has her name on the contract as well. She said she did not sign it either. Prendergast filed a suit against me for attorney's fees of $54,000.. Being in the middle of a very nasty divorce my attorney representing me in that case advised me to settle. I felt I owed him nothing, he had already gotten $2,500. and nothing was done to my benefit. I settled for $25,000. Hiring Prendergast for my divorce attorney cost me a lot of money, he worked more with my husband and his attorney then he did with me. It was impossible to get him to settle down and talk about my case, it was always about something he had done or was doing, not concerning what was going on with my divorce yet I was charged for the time as if it was legit. I regret I feel it necessary to write such a review but time has passed enough that I can look at the situation without emotion and believe I owe it to those in the future that might want to hire Mr. Prendergast of my experience with this attorney. At first glance, he appears almost to be on the same order as Andy Griffith was in Matlock. That surely is not the case.

I was so pleased with the work of this lawyer that I decided I must write a review and was completly shocked when I read other reviews of Mr. Prendergast that contained less than happy review ,however for me the experience that I had was extremly pleseant. I was going through a nasty divorce and havi...ng an easy going level headed attorney was definatly a breath of fresh air in the end Mr. Prendergast helped get me a lot of my husbands money and I couldn't be more thrilled with the out come of my divorce.

I hired Mr. Prendergast to handle my divorce in 2011, there was no commuication from him, he was no help on settling disputes and property division, he was late for the court date and was representing another client at the same time and day at the courthouse and in the end he charged an additional $3...00 more than the contracted amount set forth and signed.