Michael Timothy Heider

I retained Mr Heider in 2021 for a probate matter & Fraud case involving my deceased mother he was retained paid and he withdrew from the case in 2022 when i would not sign a NDA to settle, His reason for withdrawing was because he had a pre existing medical condition-from preventing him fo...r litigating, He filed a motion to withdraw as counsel sighting irreconcilable differences both different excuses not to be trusted

Michael Heider was hired by our family to contest a will as a result of undue influence by a caregiver for our elderly parents. We live in Texas and needed to find someone in the Clearwater/St Petersburg Florida area who could work with us long distance. Following the guidance of Mr. Heider and o...btaining his insight we were able to focus on critical issues at hand and obtain the discovery we need to solidify our family’s position. Mr. Heider helped us enormously by focusing on foundational testimony of the caregiver during the deposition, which ultimately became overwhelmingly persuasive. During the case our family was impressed with how Mr. Heider: • Prepared for the hearing; he had documents/evidence organized in a way that the documents were readily available at his fingertips a supported our case. • Skillfully conducted direct examination of the defendant during the deposition hearing. • Proficiently navigated us to a satisfactory outcome through mediation.

Mr. Heider helped me with a living will and some other legal matters. He made the entire process very easy. Mr. Heider was very knowledgeable and opened up my eyes to things I never thought about to help protect my family's assets. He is client focused and responded promptly to all of my email que...stions. Even though my questions may have been trivial he took the time to make me feel important. I'm so glad I chose Mr. Heider and I would highly recommend him for all of your estate and asset preservation needs.

This attorney was recommended by CLA estate planning. My wife and I did an initial interview with Mr. Heider on speaker phone lasting 30 minutes. After receiving our first draft, we made the necessary changes and sent it back to him for the corrections. After receiving the 2nd draft we found that ...things were omitted that were in our first draft and most of the changes were not correct. After going though this for the four draft we decided to hire someone else to do our trust. I told Mr. Heider on the phone that we no longer had faith in him to put together a trust for us but would be willing to pay him half of his fee of $750 for his time spent. Mr. Heider was unwilling to give us any of our money back and promised us he would get it correct the next time. At this time I felt that I had no other choice but to let him try again since he was keeping all of our money that we gave him in good faith that he would provide a finished and correct trust for us. After three more attempts, he finally got it right. That is right seven (7) drafts to do a revocable living trust. If you decide to hire this attorney to do your trust, be SURE to examine it thoroughly before you give him the final O.K.