Randy Alan Godshalk

I have only had one experience with a lawyer in my life and it was absolutely HORRIBLE. Randy Godshalk is the most unprofessional, unreliable, careless person I have ever dealt with. Upon receiving a recommendation, I hired Randy for my Child Support/Custody Case. He told me everything could be handl...ed over the phone or via e-mail. Phone calls were never returned, e-mails never answered. I was advised not to show up for Mediation (after double checking that it was ok THREE times) and found out that the entire case could have been settled in that Mediation. I had e-mailed Randy 20 pages of required documents and documentation of other issues I wanted addressed, and Randy called me the MORNING of mediation while I was AT WORK, asking me to send him my most recent check stub which was already sent to him ALONG WITH 20 OTHER PAGES OF DOCUMENTATION. Randy proceeded to FAIL to show up for my first court date, causing me to lose a day off work AND miss another one to attend the rescheduled court date. THEN, Randy failed to show up for a SECOND court date despite my calling every day the week prior to the court date and FINALLY receiving an answer that he would be there- and he DID NOT SHOW! By that time, I had come to an agreement with the other party ON MY OWN. I wrote up the agreement ON MY OWN and e-mailed it to Randy. ALL he had to do was get the other party in his office to sign. A couple weeks later, I called to confirm he got the signature, was told yes he did. And then, the DAY BEFORE COURT, was informed by his secretary that the other party, in fact, never came in and signed. Overall, I have missed four days of work and will have to miss another one in 2020, all because of the negligence of this so-called “attorney”. After calling him and letting him know I no longer needed or wanted his services and I wanted my retainer back, he had the audacity to tell me that he was entitled to compensation for the work he did. He charged me for my “Free Consultation”. He charged me for determining child support amount (never did), and for reading my emails (which there’s no proof of since I NEVER got a response or saw any evidence that he saw the 20 pages of documentation I spent MY TIME putting together), and speaking to me on the phone (hardly EVER returned my phone calls, and when he did, it was days later after me repeatedly calling, and the phone calls consisted of him stating his numerous excuses for screwing me over). Needless to say, I would NEVER recommend anyone uses this attorney. I am an educated, respectable woman and I could have (and DID) do this man’s job 100000% better than he did. I will be reporting him to the bar and shouting it from the rooftops to anyone who will listen that you should NEVER hire this “attorney”.

I hired Randy when several people that I did not know decided to call Animal Control and the police on me. The police were on my side but Animal Control was not. I spent a lot of money trying to appease Animal Control but they would not let it go. After one employee working for Animal Control joined ...a Facebook hate site against me I had called Randy back after calling before and speaking with but it was too close to court and he said if the case was not dismissed I could call and hire him, which I called him and he did accept my case. It took some time and he did everything he could for me the best of his ability to the best of my budget, there was no risk of them taking my animals, the police report was on my side after the haters had called them against me. So time was my best friend. Randy had to tell me several times it was Civil not criminal as these people had me scared to death, it took a long time but he finally convinced me that I was not going to jail or going to lose my animals, that's how bad they had messed with me. Word to the wise, do not ever let Animal Control in if they show up. Let them leave you a note, and call Randy. I have referred several people to him. One of my newest referrals was recently not Animal Control related. The thing I like about Randy is he cares and he is not all about money. He will let you make payments and he is much less expensive than other Atty's. I am grateful to him, after what I went through, I will just say, from the other Atty's that I spoke with about my situation, there would have been no way I could have ever afforded one until I spoke with one, and I think I asked him 5 times REALLY? as his quote was much less for my situation than what other Atty's quoted. I would definitely hire him again if the need was there. Hopefully I will not have to but no offense Randy haha! But I am glad to know that you are there for me if I need to hire you, and I am glad that you are there for others as well. I am comforted that the sweet lady you are working with now is safe. You know who I am talking about. That reminds me I wanted to call and say thank you!

First off, let me start by saying Hammond Indiana is pulling everybody over for no reason. And will continue due to high demands of county taxes purposes. I will and always recommend Randy as a Attorney. He will help people out, very professional, also becomes a good friend after. Don't hesitate to c...all him! Wont regret it. Be truthful.