Van A. Schwab

Mr. Schwab and his team were very responsive and experienced on matters for my case (pension payments on hold due to issues with Domestic Relations Order). He researched my case and related cases, and proactively took actions with the court and opposing counsel to obtain a determination in my favor.... Mr. Schwab and his team were professional, clear and cost effective in resolving my case.

Mr. Schwab delivers results on his promises. My case was complicated and I came to Mr. Schwab with a big hole (mostly of my own making) to dig out of. Mr. Schwab went to the mat for me on numerous occasions during the process and achieved an outcome that was better than I expected. In the process,... he also put me on a better path in managing my relationship with my ex that has helped me to this day. I highly recommend him to anyone who needs a good lawyer in family law.

I was warned by other attorneys not to use him especially against the high powered attorney who my spouse was using. The educational support agreement was a model of everything that you should not do in such an agreement: no say in school selection, no cap in tuition, no limit set on expenses that ca...n be incurred (everything had "guidelines" that turned out to be meaningless to the judge. To top it off, because my agreement was written so poorly written, maintenance didn't end when it was supposed to. One attorney told me that "you don't want to live with an agreement negotiated by Van Schwab." "He doesn't seem to be on top of things." One of the biggest mistakes I ever made was remaining with him.

Didn't inform me I could freeze accounts or get temporay child support or retroactive child support. I lost 3 years of child support because of him. He didn't inform of subpoenaing any bank records or such. My ex got away with thousands and also fraud. He bought a property while we were still leg...ally married and Van Schwab never found it or try to find anything out. He was more worried about getting taking my money rather than focused on the divorce and on getting me my rightful half. I would never ever recommend him to any one. He is clueless on the the details of going through a divorce. Horrible Lawyer. He was telling my ex husband the legal moves he had told me to take next. My ex husband told me that my lawyer was warning him about that stuff. He is definitely on the man's side in any divorce.