Mitchell Ray Miller

Mitchell Miller

Hi there. I am not sure which client you are, so I can’t respond with much context. I don’t recall missing any motions or deadlines in any current or recent divorce cases. But I am certainly glad to speak with you about your case and any issues we need to address. Please call me at 615-538-1885 or schedule a call using this link: https://calendly.com/millerlaw/opencases Edit: While I remain willing to discuss any case with any client, past or present, I think I have identified the client who posted this review and want to respond more accurately. This client is a European citizen who hired me in late 2024 to handle an emergency order of protection matter that turned into a Tennessee-based divorce. Client paid a total of $2,000 (two thousand dollars), and I delivered these services: I managed to avoid the OP completely and negotiated a favorable substitute agreement in the divorce case. The client refused to respond to the divorce Complaint within the required time and, as I explained would happen, the opposing party file a motion for default. I finally got the client to respond to me, and then I responded to and defeated the motion for default. I also filed a motion for temporary parenting time which was granted in part and gave the client a clear path to expand the client’s temporary parenting time upon satisfying a couple of conditions. Then, the client refused to answer discovery requests from the opposing party because the client felt the requests were irrelevant and invasive and the full evidence would have been embarrassing and harmful to the client’s legal goals. I explained that discovery requests in divorce cases usually feel very invasive but that the law allows a very broad spectrum of discovery requests (any topic reasonably likely to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence). Still, the client refused, so I explained that the opposing party would certainly file a motion to compel discovery responses, which eventually happened. So, with permission of the client, I entered an agreement to provide discovery responses by X date. Client still refused to provide complete responses or heed any of my advice. Since I cannot facilitate a client’s deception, I insisted the client provide complete responses. I also explained the opposing party would file a motion for sanctions if the client continued to withhold responses, which also eventually happened. We received the notice of that motion quite late, because the opposing attorney snail mailed the notice. So I hurried up and talked with the client again, asked for immediate and complete responses to discovery requests. I also spoke with opposing counsel and filed an appropriate response to the motion. The client resisted repeatedly. I spent a whole weekend talking with this client. Just when I thought we had worked through the discovery issues, the client fired me on Sunday before a Monday (or maybe Tuesday) hearing and was surprised when his new lawyer, who had no history in the case, got exactly the result I told the client to expect—sanctions. So I agree that this client had a rough time in litigation. But that’s because the client fought the process every step of the way and made the situation so much worse than it had to be.