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also known as Tiger Whitehead, Bert Tiger Whitehead
Bert Tiger Whitehead provides free legal advice and affordable legal care to residents of Michigan, Illinois, Arizona, and several other states. Mr. Whitehead provides limited-scope and full-representation legal services related to many common State-law and some Federal-law matters. Mr. Whitehead offers fixed flat-fee pricing for many basic matters, custom-quoted flat-fee pricing for more complex matters,and regular payment plans.
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Acquired: 2022
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State: Michigan
Acquired: 2011
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State: Illinois
Acquired: 2019
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22200 W 11 Mile Rd, Suite 576, Southfield, MI, 48037
42 Client Reviews
Showing 1 - 5 of 16 reviews | Professionalism
Posted by anonymous | August 10, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Never hire this guy
I hired Bert to handle my simple divorce. He was incredibly rude and condesending. I had no idea of the process of divorce and he made the entire time even worse. I would NEVER tell anyone to use him.
Posted by Blaise | February 13, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody
Life changing results from Bert Whitehead and his Team!!!!
I highly recommend the services of Access Legal Care Law Firm and specifically attorney Bert Whitehead and his team. Throughout my custody hearings, they provided exceptional guidance and support, ensuring that I had a clear understanding of the process and assisted me in filling out the necessary pa...
Posted by anonymous | February 15, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Tax
Property case that is in the family name for 74 years.
Mr. Whithehead don't wast your money he's a loser. In many ways . He was our attorney for 3 plus years. Over that period of time unlimited phone calls may 5 times. He never called on his own or asked any questions. We paid him for a trail where we could talk. We never got to say a word on zoom ....
Hi. I am not surprised that this client wrote a poor review, but only because he was not happy with the outcome, and not because we did anything less than an excellent job. At a very affordable cost compared to other law firms (who would have cost well over $20k for the entire case and appeal, and we cost a fraction of that) we took the case through every phase of his defense to keep a very tiny and remote portion of his very large farm property that was the subject of a land survey dispute with a neighbor. At the end of the day, the other party had superior surveys, the lower court and Appeals court felt the law favored the other party's position and surveys, and it is not true that any argument was missed in our appeal, nor did the Appeals court say anything was missed. In a case like this, there will always be a winning side and a losing side, and the losing side will often then feel that their attorney was the problem when in fact many times, as is with this case, the client's problem was that the law and facts were simply not on their side, despite a valiant argument to the contrary. Given how many cases and appeals I have won (many), I am confident in how we handled this case, at much lower costs than typical attorneys. Thank you for the ability to respond.
Posted by Jeffery | September 10, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Takes your money and does not respond to email.
I feel like this place is not very professional. I paid all my fees of $2395 in 3 payments and then they took 2 payments of $99 for continued service plus the filing fees and every other fee and my wife and I decided to work things out and I dropped the case and have emailed several times to see if ...
First of all, this was not my client, so this review should not have been posted on my Avvo profile. The attorney for this client is another attorney at our firm. Second, though, I did find out from that attorney what happened here. The client signed up for full representation in March2022 which includes unlimited legal advice, all of their hearings throughout the case, unlimited negotiation with the opposing attorney, plus preparing, filing, and serving a Petition for dissolution of marriage AND preparing, filing, and serving an emergency ex parte order for temporary custody, which was granted after a hearing. The cost that the client agreed to was $2395 and then $99 per week for as long as the case continued. We filed the Petition for Dissolution and the Petition for Emergency Ex parte order for temporary custody, which was granted after a hearing on 4/8. We worked to get the OP party served on 4/27, we were successful, and the OP filed an answer. We filed proof of service. After only a couple payments of the $99 per week, despite the client agreeing to keep paying $99 weekly payments for all of these unlimited services (advice, negotiation, hearings, review of pleadings, responses to pleadings), he then started complaining about paying the $99 per week (which he agreed to), so we literally stopped it after only two payments as a kind gesture. Despite that, the attorney at our firm continued to represent him for no additional costs for MONTHS more, without getting paid any more money from client. Thus, the client, although agreeing to get all kinds of unlimited services for modest up-front payment and weekly payments, then reneged on his contract with his attorney and our firm. After the first three hearings that his attorney at our firm attended, the court then ordered mediation. His attorney prepared the mediation order and filed it with the court. The parties held mediation which was partially successful, and both parties appeared for the fourth zoom conference on 7/11. Discovery cutoffs were discussed and the case was continued to 8/11. Meanwhile the attorney at our firm was contacted by the opposing party's attorney and discussed the case at length. On 8/8 the client notified us to tell us that the Respondent was firing her attorney and they were reconciling. The attorney at our firm reported that the parties were reconciling at the 8/11 (5th) hearing and that he would be filing a Motion for Voluntary Dismissal, which we prepared and filed; case was dismissed on 8/22. So now, this client, who would have paid any other firm at least $3500 MINIMUM retainer, non-refundable to START a case, and would have by now racked up thousands more in fees, has only paid us a total of $2593, and yet we prepared/filed/served a Petition for Dissolution, prepared/filed/serve a successful Ex Parte order for Temporary Custody, prepared for and attended five ZOOM appearances, prepared and filed a mediation order, prepared and filed an order of dismissal, and provided unlimited legal advice and discussion with the other attorney, and NOW he is complaining that we didn't give him a refund? The nerve! If this client had stuck with his original agreement, and if WE forced him to stick to his original agreement, we should be sending him a bill for at least $1,500 more, which would STILL be a bargain compared to other typical attorneys. But some people don't mind agreeing to something, getting as much as they can out of it, pushing us on an "emergency" basis to get their ex parte orders filed, and then once they get value out of it, then trying to suddenly go back on their word. There is only one party in this situation who was jipped out of money, and it was this attorney who had to deal with this ungrateful client who refused to pay what he agreed to pay and now is even asking for a refund. Although I was not the attorney, I give this client ZERO stars. Bert Whitehead
Posted by Lauren | April 30, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Divorce Client
Access Legal Care has been a tremendous help to me with going through a divorce. Everything about Access Legal has been user friendly from the initial phone call, followed by email reminders and emails explaining the next step to take, and finally completing the initial intake paperwork. The direct...
"Bert and I have worked together on several cases. His passion for helping his clients makes him an outstanding attorney. I highly recommend him."
"Through Access Legal Care, PLLC, Mr. Whitehead is able to provide exceptional legal services to all residents of Michigan at a fair and reasonable price. His dedication to improve the practice in this regard is highly admirable. For that reason, I endorse Mr. Whitehead."
"I endorse this lawyer. I have worked with Mr. Whitehead on numerous occasions and have seen how passionate he is about what he does. He truly cares about helping people and is a great person to have on your side."
"I endorse this lawyer. This lawyer's contributions to this site are invaluable. I happily endorse this lawyer's work, ability and charity to those asking for advice. Further, I like to endorse good lawyers, because I find the AVVO rating system to be dishonest and corrupt. Frequently, disgruntled litigants on the opposing side (not your clients) will bash a lawyer on this site, pretending to be "your" client. When this situation is brought to AVVO attention, Avvo refuses to do anything to investigate and remove the false, slanderous "client" reviews. AVVO is a mean petty internet blog site trying to make money off of lawyers, and does not care if the public receives truthful information."
"I endorse this lawyer. Attorney Bert Whitehead IV is a great attorney. He is able to provide significant legal services at an affordable rate. I have worked for him and I also feel comfortable sending my own clients to him."
"I endorse this lawyer. Attorney Whitehead is an outstanding attorney with an exceptional reputation. He is a strong and zealous advocate for his clients and a credit to the legal profession. I highly recommend his legal services."
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2013
Louis M. Brown Access to Justice Award, American Bar Association
1993
Army Commendation Medal, U.S. Army
2022 - Present
Attorney, Marble Law
2011 - Present
Owner, President, Primary Care Lawyer, Access Legal Care
2010 - 2012
Intern, then Associate, Harden Legal, PC
2012 - Present
Federal Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District MichiganLicensed Attorney 6/28/12
2011 - Present
Michigan Bar AssociationMember
2013 - 2014
American Bar AssociationVice-Committee Chair, YLD Access to Justice Committee
We won the case, the order to kill the dog was vacated, and the dog was returned to the owner. The owner was extremely happy, and left a great review.
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JD - Juris Doctor
2007
MBA
2014
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