John R. Meldorf

I hired this attorney in a very important and difficult time in my life. I paid his fees up front as requested. This attorney could not even remember my name. He was difficult to reach and when I did finally get in touch with him he did nothing on my case as promised but charged money for things he c...laimed he did. He was paid 6 thousand dollars and we went to court one time no mediation or anything. I have no clue what all the fees were for as now that I am having to deal with the aftermath I have realized that the things he claimed he did were not done he refuses to give me an itemized statement. I was told I didn't object the fees at the time so its too late per him and It took months of contacting them to get that answer. My one day in court he stumbled on his words and everything that we discussed preparing for court he did not bring up. He said things that we did not even discuss that were completely off the wall. You only have one shot when it comes to your children. My ex had other criminal charges against him so was told it should be an easy case. I think I could have argued my case and came out better. The judge seemed annoyed that he did not know what he was doing. I came out worse than what was offered by my ex husband in the beginning. This attorney told me I could do better and not to accept what he offered. I ended up causing more damage and spent lots of money as well. As for the office the receptionist is rude. I have continued to have problems with this case. This has turned a terrible time in my life even worse

He has to be the worst lawyer practicing. He represented my daughter and after almost $20,000 cash and a year to go to court, she walked out of the courtroom in worse condition than when she walked in. She was told, and I heard it, that she would walk out with custody of her children; and that did...n't happen. She did the leg work and provided evidence; while he collected the money, and didn't use all of the evidence. She ended up with limited visitation and paying child support. The husband was of extremely poor character and couldn't provide for the kids; yet she lost. She had better character and the means to support and educate the children; yet the judge ruled otherwise. Mr. Meldorf chose the judge and venue. We wanted civil court; he chose chancery with a pitiful judge. He gave little counseling and what was given was poor; charged for subpoenas supposedly served yet people didn't show up; questions she was coached on were not asked; pertinent info he had was not used. Basically, everything he suggested she do came back to bite her. His strategy was exactly opposite from what the judge wanted.