David Richard Plumb

I hired David for my divorce and custody issues. I paid around $15k for his services. We had many "update hearings" with the Magistrate. At no point in time did I feel that we had a plan walking into these hearings. David is the least curious lawyer I've seen. After about $10k of retainer g...one, I realized that he never really asked me any questions. He never communicated with my ex's lawyer. He failed to send a drug test results to the GAL. It took him almost 4 months. I expressed to him in real time that I would like to have more of a presence at the hearings rather just sit there and let her lawyer smear me. I provided plenty of ammo for David to fight back with but he rarely used any of it. His paralegals did most of the background work but when I had questions specifically for an attorney, he was nowhere to be found. For example, his parallegals kept harping on me provided my ENTIRE social media history. I refused to do so for obvious reasons. My ex didn't provide such documents but the paralegals wouldn't move on until I did or talked to David about it. The next time I talked to David was at the hearing. The icing on the cake was one month before the final hearing, David's firm was dissolving becasue the head was retiring. They gave me the option to choose a different lawyer in the firm or stick with him. I didn't want to go over everything with a new lawyer. I picked David. a couple weeks later, he emailed me saying that he would need an additional $12k for THE FINAL TRIAL! He then gave me a week deadline to decide. I mulled it over, then sent him a list of questions of how he plans to use this money to help me attain my goals....basically asking what his plan was. I sent this to him with about 4 days left until his deadline but he replied about 14 hours before it expired. He held to the deadline and withdrew as my attorney the next day. I could have done what he did for all of that money! I ended up representing myself in the trial and got almost everything I wanted. Her lawyer asked why my attorney hadn't done the things until now. I discovered that if i would've worked with her attorney myself, I could've had this resolved months ago. I cant decide if he's incompetent, lazy or overbooked. I'm leaning toward overbooked. He definitely shouldn't be charging the rates he does. He'll be a flat fee lawyer soon. There's nothing wrong with that. I didn't have any budget limitations for my case. I was willing to pay whatever I needed to. He left me hanging with less than a month to go. I got the job done myself. If I had basic knowledge of divorce proceeding motions etc, I could've saved a bunch of time. I feel bad for blasting him like this because he seems like a decent guy. He's just not worth the money he's asking for.

David was referred to me by my daughter-in-law. She's in the law business in another capacity. David and his assistant (Jaime) were a pleasure to work with. I was very pleased with the moral and ethical approach they practiced. My case started out as a dissolution, I knew it would only take ...a few weeks to finalize, but due to the antics of my now ex-wife's family, I was forced to file for divorce. David was very involved with the everyday games that took place, he was very positive and helped me address any issues that arose. I would find it very easy to refer David and Jaime to friends and family who may go through the unfortunate circumstances of domestic affairs.

I hired David for my child custody case and couldn't have asked for a better lawyer for this! He was extremely thorough with his initial consult and all the way through the final court proceedings. He would reach out with questions or suggestions as soon as he had them and made me feel like I was ext...remely important. The team at Don Roberts is amazing and second to none. During the process we addressed my needs and wants throughout and were able to get everything we asked for from the beginning!