Steven Cripps

I hired Mr. Cripps because the stress and anxiety from my divorce had taken a toll on me when suddenly my ex just stopped paying all support ordered to care for our children. I needed someone to take over and fight for me, not against me. Unfortunately in dealing with him, I didn't get what I needed.... Instead, I felt that being a divorce lawyer made him dislike women, or if not women, it made him bitter in general. Mr. Cripps would just talk over me, cut me off, wouldn't listen and just constantly interrupted me. I found this so frustrating, and increasingly infuriating as time went on dealing with him, but I had given him the agreed upon fee, which was a lesser amount than most lawyers were requesting. He made a horrible situation worse. He dropped the ball a few times, for example he was filling out papers in the court room that should have already been filled out before. I finally told him off, not once, but twice for constantly talking over me and being so condescending, but also for an insensitive, rude and incorrect summation of the relationship I was in at the time. As if he was privy to the subject, nor was it any of his business. Very insensitive and inappropriate. Again, my need for an attorney was due to my ex refusing to pay his court ordered child support and alimony while I was trying to rebuild my life and career. Such a stressful time and he added to the stress. He showed no empathy. In addition, I lost. My support went way down. I was now in major cc debt because that's all I had to pay for food, mortgage, car, and all other living expenses, with no relief coming now to cover the cc debt I had accrued over the almost 2 years my ex didn't pay, and Mr. Cripps disappeared. Never to be heard from again after leaving a voicemail telling me we'd go after other savings that was hidden away somewhere. Someone else wrote it well above, he gave me a cut rate, so I got cut rate service.

Mr Cripps is a nice man and I really wanted to like him. I gave him several opportunities to assist me. A mistake in retrospect. (I never even met him in person during the several months he represented me.) Because once I finally did decide to consult another attorney. She informed me that there were... several responses to motions that NEEDED to be made within days. I found Mr Cripps communication to be extremely frustrating. He doesn't respond to emails until days later. (Apparently his staff prints them out....) Getting him on the phone is equally difficult. If you do manage to get him, he's very abrupt and defensive. I thought his experience would be an asset but he's a dinosaur, running a divorce mill. Spend the money upfront and hire a real attorney who'll give you the attention you deserve. Otherwise you'll be paying down the line anyway. (Or paying twice like I did. He never responded to my requests for a partial refund either....)

He was hired to do a modification of child support for children that were emancipated. Steve went into court with the motion and money that was paid to him and dismissed the motion without my consent. I recentently found out after the statutes of limitations ran out I could have sued him for malpract...ice. Stay far away from this guy.