Ulice Sauls III

I retained Trey Sauls to handle my custody case in July 2014. At the initial consultation Mr. Sauls appeared to be knowledgeable, professional and his hourly rate was reasonable enough, $350/hour. Upon commencing representation, Mr. Sauls did not demonstrate any competency at all. E.g. I asked him ...to obtain certain reports for my case and he told me that it is impossible; while the other attorney was able to get these reports within one week. Mr. Sauls advised me to take some testing for the case for which I spent additional $1500, and as I found later it was absolutely not necessary. Mr. Sauls did not complete required court documentations within reasonable time, however was generous in hourly billing. Mr. Sauls was invoicing hours in access of what was actually spent and regardless of whether anything was done on the case or not, i.e. we attended the court were we spent 2 hours from the beginning to the end with the hearing of only 10 minutes, and he billed me 5 hours. Also, Mr. Sauls continued billing me even after he stopped working on my case. The billing invoices did not come when the retainer was about to exhaust as it states in the contract. So, when I eventually get the invoice it was already way beyond my control. As a result, I end up with the bill of nearly $17,000 in 2.5 months, just to transfer the case from one county court to the other. Eventually, I have filed for fees arbitration with State Bar of Georgia. I do not recommend Mr. Saul. He did not have the strategy for the case and did not deliver the quality work.