Michael Douglas Illner

At first he said and did all the right things for my divorce, but as the case went on longer, all he did was go through the motions, not fighting for what’s fair, giving into every demand of my ex’s atty, wouldn’t do what I requested, or get the info that I requested to make a financial issue fair, w...as very uncompassionate towards me during this extremely difficult time and would frequently tell me,” the law is the law I don’t know what to tell you”. He would charge a full hours rate($275) for court dates in which we were in there for 5 minutes, & to make matters worse he wouldn’t even come talk to me or find me most of the time after our case was done for the day. I would have to go to the court receptionist to ask if my case was done for the day and where my attorney was. What a joke! And you charge me $275 for that? I have no problem paying good money for an attorney as long as they are going to do a good job and the job they are paid for! This guy gives attorneys a bad name. He just wants to go through the motions do as little as possible, collect your money, get the case over, and MoveOn. Spend your hard earned money elsewhere an attorney who is going to work hard for you. This is not the attorney for you unless you like getting ripped off like I did.

I was very unimpressed with this attorney. I found him to be completely insensitive to the case and was more interested in closing the case as quickly as possible (he worked roughly 7 hours) and charged me a retainer that was not returned at all. 4k down the drain. I get sick to my stomach wheneve...r I pass his office! Now, again, I am searching for an attorney again to take my ex BACK to court again. He used to work out of the smith offices in avon lake, even they will tell you that he damaged their reputation.