Robert Douglas Stein

I hired Bob to work on my case seeking legal action to be taken against several contempt instances, timesharing increase, child support reduction. The case lasted about a year and a half, during that time I provided evidence supporting contempt against a standing order as well as parental alienation ...which my ex even admitted to on the Talking Parents App. During the build, I was assured items such as attorney fees and legal actions against the contempt evidence would be a walk in the park. The day before the trial hearing, Bob informed me that neither of which were going to be obtainable, and the only items on the docket were timesharing and child support. I asked for one item to be put in place and that is a direct line of communication to my child, the topic was discussed and granted, however Bob allowed for the opposing attorney to write up the order where she deliberately not only left that part out but noted the complete opposite. When I approached Bob about this, he said that it was granted showing that he never even opened the filed order. Bob also allowed for the opposing attorney to factor in VA disability as income, while the legality of that is subjective, what is not is the fact it is federally protected and cannot be garnished (within the parameters of this case). As a result, my child support doubled, and my employer has noted that the legal limit for garnishment has been met. Since the hearing I have reached out to Bob several times with no response. To fix this I somehow need to come up with thousands more while being the sole provider to a household of three to include a small child. I am writing this in hopes someone looking for an attorney does not make the same mistake I did in acquiring the services of Bob Stein as I assume you yourself will be piggybacking on this thread.

Initially, Mr. Stein was a superstar, saying all the right things, telling me what I needed to hear until I paid him 1,500 through a grant I received to help me with my divorce to go to a support hearing that got rescheduled due to his scheduling conflict and not being prepared. He did not look at do...cuments that were sent for review and when documents were typed they were often wrong and I had to correct them. He had everything he needed and at first, seemed like the perfect attorney for my case, as time went on he made excuses, stopped listening to my warnings, concerns, and feelings because everything was at a reduced or flat rate so you could afford to be represented with other services to be added later if necessary. I tried to fire him which he was fine with until I asked for a partial refund since he did not do what he was hired to do, but instead did other things that cost me time. When I told him his services were no longer needed he decided to stay on as counsel of record until I found someone else to represent me keeping me from seeking services from legal aid. He was also sick when you needed his help, made excuses, and as a survivor of domestic abuse I did not get the representation I really needed or deserved. In family law, you need someone who will fight for you, not with you, or against you... maybe in other areas of law, he is okay and should focus only on those areas. If you are looking for family law/divorce, custody, support look elsewhere, I beg you. Always check any documents he sends you for accuracy, and if he starts feeling sick, you are in trouble because he will have several oversights, file motions he is not prepared for that will cost you time and more money, especially if you have to find another attorney to remove him from your case so you can finally get the help you need. He will take your money, provide you with shoddy legal representation since he is trying to get to know the other attorneys, judges, etc since he is somewhat new to the area... If I could give him no stars I would but that is not an option, do your homework for family law and stay far, far, away from Mr. Stein, I was so shocked by his attitude and cavalier treatment of me that I waited a bit before posting as not to do so in anger. This was difficult for me because I try to believe the best in everyone. You want the best help and sometimes you can't afford to spend a lot of money, that does not mean you should be treated the way I was. I would not recommend him for anything, you can always find another attorney, you can't however get back time and money that were wasted so look at all reviews before making this choice.