Craig Geidel Kallen III

Mr. Kallen failed on so many levels of my divorce and his handling of my case cost me dearly. There are several very important issues that have caused me to warn potential clients, his communication skills were poor. Very very seldom did calls and emails get returned. Several things that were hig...hly important to be completed and confirmed by Kallen were never done. I have found this out after it is too late now and has cost me time, money and some of it cannot be amended. A couple of issues were never followed through again hurting my divorce tremendously. Filing of court documents that never happened. Communication with his office staff was nonexistent. Things being drawn out and not completed now it's too late. Trust, communication, billing, seeing things through, understanding and acting in my interest. For me now it is too late but if I could help anyone to avoid this horrific experience with this attorney, that's what I will do. It is extremely unfair and sickening what transpired in my case so hopefully anyone looking into this firm will keep looking because I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy.

I mistakingly hired Craig to represent me in my marriage dissolution. His whole 'I wrote a book about keeping lawyer fees down' is a joke. There was very little movement with my case for 4 months but he kept collecting money from me. Very seldom would I get a direct answer from him. His explanation f...or what to expect next or what my next step should be was never clear. He kept using the phrase 'shoot for the moon' even though I was telling him I didn't want to draw this out or soak my soon-to-be ex for all he has but he wouldnt listen to that. He knew exactly how unhappy I was with his lack of follow through. If separating from your spouse and filing for divorce isn't chaotic enough, having a lawyer like him made things 10x worse for me. I would never recommend him to anyone. Please do yourself a favor, shop around, take advantage of the free consultations that most lawyers offer and stay away from Craig Kallen. I spent 45 minutes with my new lawyer and accomplished more that I did with Craig in 4 months.

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.