Michael Kevin Rathel

I hired Michael in Feb of 2015 for a simple paternity, none contested, case. Its now May of 2016 and I'm still waiting on my final hearing. He's unorganized, unreachable, unprofessional, and will put all the blame on you when you "light the fire under his ass" with the Florida Bar. When I finally har...assed him (multiple phone calls, emails, and text over a span of 2 weeks, all unanswered) in Feb of 2016 for an update and why it was taking over a year for this simple process, he told me he'd "look into my case and see what the problem was". He called me 2 weeks later and told me I was missing documents that he never informed me that I needed and blamed me for not knowing and completing the docs. I have done all the work on my case, he's done pretty much nothing. I've called the Florida Bar and complained. DO NOT HIRE THIS GUY TO BE YOUR LAWYER. He's very responsive when you wanna pay and hire him, but once he has your money, he's gone in the wind.

I hired mr rathel 2015 i was not pleased his flat rate of $5000 was to reel us in got our money did nothing to prepare us for trial family law case quit after our trial no phone call back from him he was supposed to draft my final oder he didn't he didn't notify me of a hearing that cost me m...y case will not recommend him to no one