Timothy Baker Bitler Jr.

Tim helped me with a complicated custody case in conjunction with two PFA cases. He did not sugar coat anything for me. I’ve dealt with lawyers before who made me feel like they would take care of everything and I didn’t have to worry about a thing...until they didn’t deliver the results they had me ...feeling so confident we would see. Tim did not always tell me what I wanted to heard and at times I was frustrated with what he was saying but he had to say them. From the very beginning Tim was upfront about the challenges I was facing and told me I would have to do a lot of work. I appreciated the directness because we faced many obstacle along the way and if I was not told that I had to do the work I would not have been prepared to give him all of the necessary information that only I could have provided him with and he needed in order to prepare for my case. He gave me all of my options and explained the possible outcomes of each followed by the next course of action if the outcome wasn’t what I was hoping for. I ultimately followed my gut and made my own decisions. Tim was prepared to help me with either course of action I chose. Tim was bombarded by opposing council in the final days but he work endlessly on my case....he even made time on the weekends. On the day of the custody case a lot a challenges were presented but Tim was prepared and again explained the possible outcomes of each option. In your custody case you are not obligated to follow the normal course of action others have taken and my case was anything but normal and Tim was prepared with the information I needed.

Tim is a great attorney. He helped me (and still is as needed!) with my divorce. Any time I contact him with questions, he is very quick to get back to me, and with good advice. There were times where he would go to bat for me, then others when he'd tell me, even though I will probably win, that i...t's not worth it to go to court over. Will end up costing me more than what I'm going for. Tim is a very nice, honest, straightforward lawyer.

When I first started working with Tim, we discussed my case at length and he made recommendations on how to proceed with my divorce and custody. I felt confident he was familiar with my case and trusted him to do what was best for me but when we had to appear in court, several times he was unprepar...ed and had many facts incorrect despite billing me for $500-$800 to review my file before each hearing (and there were many). Being unprepared hurt my case on several occasions. At one of the hearings, he lied to the judge in order to cover up a mistake he had made which then made me look bad to the judge. At my final divorce hearing, he made a recommendation to settle the case, which I questioned but he assured me it was the way to go so I agreed. The following day he contacted me to advise me that he was "unaware" of the law surrounding my situation and there could potentially be a problem with my settlement. There were many other issues and I would not recommend him to anyone in need of an attorney.