Scott Allen Scholl

I chose Mr. Scholl to represent me based upon his "10" AVVO rating , believing he had experience in military divorce. In hindsight, I should've been worried when my divorce decree was sent to a wrong address and there was confusion about whether the Department of Finance and Accounting Service [DFA...S] would offset Survivor Benefit Premiums (SBP) that I was ordered to reimburse the military member. This should be routine knowledge for any military divorce lawyer. After reading costly legal briefs prepared by the lawyers, I made a 10 minute phone call to DFAS and got the answer myself. It was 2 expensive years after the divorce finalization before a certified copy of my decree would be received and processed "correctly" by DFAS. In the meantime, military member was left in charge of sending payments on his own. Although the court had ordered $775, the opposing lawyer stated the amount should have been $885.24. Military member instead sent checks for $86.74, $100.24, etc. This resulted in a shortfall of over $5,000 . Once DFAS gained control, checks were sent monthly in excess of $1000. Mr. Scholl advised I needed to pay substantial fees to return to court again ( twice ) to have the court ordered amount upheld, and the shortfall corrected. I sat and answered only specific and irrelevant questions from the other attorney--fearing being charged with contempt. Otherwise, I waited in the hallway. Mr. Scholl remained professional & polite throughout, hardly challenging military member, stating to me "this wasn't his style". I trusted Mr. Scholl understood all the facts and was explaining to the judge behind closed doors. It was concerning to realize there were multiple misunderstandings, such as in military health insurance . I accrued over $1000 in bills--not realizing military member failed to pay court-ordered premium, resulting in a default to the "Standard" and more costly out-of-pocket /higher deductible plan versus the more efficient "Prime" plan that I had for 33 years and to which I was entitled by court order. In the end I postponed medical care and surgery and was held liable for charges caused by military member's failure to comply. After speaking to and heeding advice from the IRS, I was cautioned against signing military member's 2-year delinquent tax return , as the court had ordered. There were duplicate claimed tax deductions and write-offs by military member , questionably fraudulent.. To my knowledge, nothing was said in court about the nature of these faulty tax returns , and why I could not sign them. I was ordered to reimburse military member over $3,000 for half of his fines, late fees and other IRS penalties. Military member was also excused from reimbursing me his personal property taxes I paid for that year. It was quite embarrassing to have received a phone call at work in front of my new boss and co-workers from Mr. Scholl's wife when she couldn't find a check I had sent her for payment of legal fees, implying I had a delinquent account. It was nice of them to refund me $100 for my humiliation, when the check was later found at the law firm. I was motivated to quickly send Mr. Scholl my entire tax refund , thus paying off what remained of $7,572.54 in legal fees. At that same time, I asked Mr. Scholl about the $5,000 shortfall in my divorce settlement which still remains today, and he said he was going to see the judge about this. He also offered me another opportunity to pay even more fees and return to court for a fourth time. It's now 3 yrs since divorce, and similar to what happened with DFAS , my divorce decree has yet to be received by Federal Employee Retirement for processing of Civil Service. I have 11 unanswered calls or emails to Mr. Scholl attempting to finish business and correct errors. I never heard from him again. I believed Mr. Scholl to be a smart and brilliant lawyer. I just don't know what happened in my case.

First off, I did my homework and actually researched attorneys & found Attorney Scott Scholl to be Best of the Best. He wore that title well. He is VERY knowledgeable about what he does. My ex was trying to get a continuance for the second time. Mr. Scholl knew I didn't want it & immediately went ...to bat for me & the continuance was denied. Small victory # 1... He did his homework & brought everything to light in the courtroom that I wanted brought. He's not from Saline County & didn't back down from the judge or small town attorney that is very well known for her winning record. We won & I got what my kids deserved which was back Child Support, back "other" monies owed & $500 of my attorney fees paid by my ex. Also, after court my ex emailed me bringing his girlfriend into our convos which the judge had said to keep about kids only. I forwarded him the email & he forwarded on to the other attorney reminding her of the judges statement and ruling. I've had attorneys in the past that didn't want to rock the boat. Mr. Scholl is the captain of the boat and not afraid to make a few wakes all while keeping his composure and professionalism. He's def my style of attorney! HIGHLY RECOMENDED!!

As an attorney who occasionaly praciteces in the area of family law, I knew several attorneys that I could have hired, who, I'm sure would have done a fine job, but I hired Scott becuase he was strong in every area i needed. Ethical, yet a fierce advocate. Professional yet personaly compassionalte ...about my circumstances. He is well respected by both Judges and other attorneys. He was able to descern that my case was not typical in many respects and did not give it the "factory treatement" that many attorney's do.