Craig Geidel Kallen III

I originally met with Craig for a free consultation. He immediately gave me confidence in my case and put my mind at ease. A case that had lasted for over a year with no end in sight was quickly moving in the right direction after hiring him, and resolved months later. Very thankful for Craig and his... team and would recommend him in a heartbeat.

We retained Craig's services ($2500!!) and ended up buying an hour of his time for 200. He also wrote a formal letter on our behalf. Months passed, and we no longer needed a trial, so we have asked for the remainder of the retainer fee back to us. Here's where the trouble begins... Craig's office mad...e promises that they would get back to us with a bill for services rendered. It still hasn't happened. We have called at least 8 times and received various promises, but no actual bills. I NEED MY MONEY BACK! We have around $2000 sitting there in his office not doing anything for us! To be fair, Craig seemed knowledgeable at the time, but I am regretting my choices at this moment.

Much like other s reviews of Craig, i also wondered which side he represented. My settlement was for support payment was over 100% of his original estimate and even 20% higher than the day we settled out of court. Does not listen and tries to make you follow his processes. Also, when using outside... financial assistance his charges (times allocation) did not match the outside resource. When questioned, he dropped the request for $5K extra.

Sometimes we wondered if he was working for us or the opposing side. This lawyer made false promises and under delivered. If you want a lawyer that doesn't listen to anything you say, and then threatens you at the end to settle out of court because the judge will issue a significant fine for misrep...resentation, then Mr. Kallen is the lawyer for you. My thoughts are that you fabricated a lie to mask your incompetence Mr. Kallen.

Craig has represented me four (could be five) times now. Each outcome was very successful. I don't have the words to describe to you what a different life I'd have if it weren't for Craig's legal skills. To me, one of his greatest assets is that he never wants to "go after" the opposition, in that,... the case he prepares is not vicious toward the other party. Believe me, that's a terrible, and very expensive, approach. You may think you really want a "bulldog" for an attorney, but that mentality proved devastating, to those, and there were several, that came up against Craig in my battles. They were presenting intimidation; Craig was presenting fact. Craig knows the law, and he knows how to win.