Christine Marguerite Stadler

I was very disappointed with Christine’s representation. Like with most of the lawyers I have encountered, she was very forthcoming and motivated prior to paying her a retainer. I was so financially strapped when the divorce was initiated that I was happy to find a lawyer whose rate was relatively ...lower than others, had great reviews on kudzu.com and accepted a payment plan; but in retrospect it seems I got what I paid for. Poor preparation and poor representation which resulted in a horrible divorce settlement that left many issues unaddressed. When I contacted her after the final decree was issued to initiate an amendment to address the things that were still lingering, she refused to return my phone calls even though she knew I had a limited amount of time in which the amendment had to be filed. I had to hire a different lawyer to amend the order. Going through a divorce is hard enough. When you hire a lawyer to represent your interests who you pay thousands of dollars, you expect that lawyer to fight for you. The sad truth is many of them just go through the motions of the legal system, leaving you to plan, research and hope things work out. Unfortunately, that was my experience with Christine.

Christine will change after she gets your retainer. She doesn't charge much after the initial retainer. Her pattern is to sell you on her "game plan", then after a short while she will agree with the opposing side and rush you (and pressure you), to the easiest possible solution for her and do the... exact opposite of what she promised she would do for you so she can be done with you because she already made her money on you. She is very, very unprofessional and cunning when she needs to over simplify your case so she can dump you in whatever way is convenient for her. She will go against you, lie to you but initially she will give you her big sales pitch plan when you look at her web site or meet with her. Her sales pitch is to ask you for all the money up front( a large sum), and then she bills you for a tiny fee each month thereafter. It is less than $100. Per month. When she wants to be done with the case, she promptly agrees with the opposing attorney on every issue and ignores you and refuses to respect your wishes. Christine Stadler temporarily lost her license in 2004 and was repremanded. Take heed. She is not a safe person to trust as your attorney. She is phoney sweet at first. Then later changes to a lying, table turning person, even at the expense of your child's safety. Beware of this attorney.