Amy Elizabeth Hoch Hogenson

I’ve waited for 3 years to write a review of this attorney, and the attorney I THOUGHT I was hiring, former Judge Susan Block. I wanted to believe her upbeat, outgoing and reassuring personality. I continued through mistake after mistake, excessive and unnecessary document subpoenas and copies (I al...ready had everything needed) and multiple confusions regarding which case she was working on as well as the updates to my particular case. She and Susan made a critical and costly mistake with a concern I voiced in my initial consultation and paying of my retainer. I emphasized the importance of the upcoming deadline, multiple times, and once again as our meeting was ending. Susan specifically said, “Don’t you worry about this anymore! You let us worry about it!” They forgot all about it. They refused to admit their mistake and instead of taking my wish to wait and see what my ex’s response would be, Amy INSISTED that we present an offer first, which included a way for me to obtain what I had lost...but at my expense. Which continues to cost me $14,000/year and could have been an equitable part of my settlement with no cost to me, had she (and Susan) NOT failed in this main concern I voiced at the very first meeting. When I hired this law firm, I specifically said I wanted a senior partner. While I understood the important role junior partners played, and their requirement to “pay their dues” I had worked in law offices before. I wanted a senior partner, and Susan Block was a former Judge, as they are able to focus on a small percentage of cases compared to a junior partner. Susan assured me that Amy was just her “right hand.” That wasn’t true. The more I voiced my Concern regarding Amy’s stretched-thin case load, the more Amy took personal offense. I was continuously chided and shamed that I would question Amy’s choices, her lack of knowledge regarding updates concerning my case, and her tactics in which I voiced my desire for an alternative method. Amy viewed any question I had as an attack on her. When I brought a family member with me to an update meeting, Amy expressed, “I am a good attorney” three times before we even started. After this amount of time I’d like to share to everyone that if your lawyer needs to insist they are a good attorney, they aren’t. I think she felt if she said it often and emphatically enough, it might become true. Now, I really liked Amy Hoch-Hogenson, the person. Insofar as her family structure and personal beliefs, I thought we were a good fit. This is when I must let others know that just because we LIKE an attorney insofar as their “real lives,” their competence, ability, as well as likability as the expert professional you’re paying them (exorbitantly) to be, can be drastically inferior. That’s what my experience as Amy as my attorney was, a complete failure. She pressured me (intensely) to sign a blank piece of paper that would be my acceptance of the Dissolution of Marriage, before I got to read her finalized copy. She knew she had failed me so often, on the final meeting we had (where she said she was making the revisions as we went through them all AND she pressured me to sign the acceptance of the document without the document provided) she actually hired a court reporter to take down the meeting verbatim. I didn’t mind, I know she had been contentious regarding my questions, however, she conveniently stopped the reporter every time I mentioned a failure, a mix-up or complete misunderstanding resulting from her, and the costs I incurred because of them. In my experience with Amy, Susan and their roles as representatives of this firm, they committed malpractice and severe lack of prudence. I’m quite confident Amy secured her place as as a Senior Partner in waits, with my billing v work done on my case alone. Amy is personable. In my case, my opinion is she was overworked, ready to cut me off as a client asap and completely incompetent. I’m sure she’s better, now. That doesn’t help me

I have had Amy for my lawyer for quite some time. For starters Amy is a VERY unorganized lawyer along with her staff. I felt like every time I called the office no one knew where my case was standing. Working with Amy put more stress on my life due to the fact of never knowing until literally the l...ast minute if I had court dates. Including me having to usually call the night before to find out if I had court the next day. Amy is VERY good at charging for every little thing but NOT good at following through on the motions she has filed. I would advise to do your research on her before hiring.

There were many poor decisions and miscommunication in my case. She would advise me we were doing one thing then she would never follow through on actions. One thing she was good at was charging me fees and adding unnecessary fees (GAL's, CPA's, etc..) She would not bring up pertinent information ...about the case to the judge at settlement conferences. One time when asked why she didn't, she told me "she forgot." When I found a new lawyer, it was confirmed how mishandled my case was from the beginning.