Steve Kardell Jr.

As a result of a wrongful termination, I engaged Steve Kardell as legal counsel. Steve took charge of a difficult situation for me and defended my case with my former employer. Steve was committed to representing me to the very fullest spending evenings and weekends on reviewing the facts of my case.... My situation was successfully resolved and I am grateful that Steve was there to help me through a very difficult situation. Steve is one of the most strategic thinkers I have ever met. He is always several steps ahead and considering all possibilities. For those people who have been treated unfairly by their employer, I would recommend you speak with Steve Kardell and let him help you.

I hired Steve (&Mary) a year prior to finally quitting my employment, as a highly experienced and well-paid Manager of Safety in OSHA and FMCSA Compliance, with a highly unsafe Oil & Gas Services company. I had a rock solid STAA and OSHA Driver Coercion case with a year of documented evidence, discus...sions, photos and recordings. Steve repeatedly could not remember the facts of the case, didn’t pay attention during numerous recorded & transcribed calls, failed to follow thru timely on the OSHA investigation, which was promptly dismissed. I had to call, email and text repeatedly to remind him of deadline dates and request proofs of filing with ALJ to get court dates and worked steadily at night, weekends, calls with no notice or agenda, all to get to a point where Steve kept trying to convince me to continue pursuing the case well after I’d left the employer for a higher paying job. Steve then failed to protect my private health records and current employment, which were ultimately discussed with my following employer and ultimately, I was terminated from my following employer. At the end of my rock-solid case, I was humiliated and ultimately terminated from my next job due to Steve’s incompetence. I’m out my retainer, a year of sanity, a higher paying job and no recourse. Do not recommend hiring Steve!

Hired Steve Kardell to help me with wrongful termination. Prior to paying my retainer, Mary Kardell would call and would return my calls. Steve contacted me and asked me to contact my former employer and gather information. It was kind of odd that my attorney was asking me to followup on things. ...I thought that was what the retainer was for and that was something your attorney should be doing. Nevertheless I got the information for Steve. Weeks would go by without and contact by Steve. I was the one who had to initiate the contact. After many many months, I contacted either Steve or Mary to check the status of my case. A case Steve lead me to believe was an easy case to pursue. I was told that Steve learned that if we do file against my former employer, they would turn the case over to their insurance. It seems to me that Steve knew that he would have to work. Steve told me that that changed the way he was planning on pursuing the case. He said that, now it would cost me more money! I was fired from my employment due to an on the job injury. I explained to Steve that at this time I was trying to survive on what little money I was receiving from workers comp. He said I needed to decide what I wanted to do. I told Steve that I could not afford paying anymore money. I asked if the retainer could be refunded and he said "No" as I had signed the contract/agreement. I decided to let it go as a hard lease on learned. I did not do my research as I should have. About a month later, I wrote a review on Google, advising others to be carefully and do their research before hiring Steve. Immediately, I was intidated with text messages telling me to take my review down. When I refused Steve began sending text and emails threatening to pursue civil action against me! I am sure Steve and Mary are good people. I always enjoyed the conversation with Mary. My opinion is that Steve might have thought his 33.3% was not worth his time. Do you research and read the reviews and then make your dicision. Most people who need an employment attorney or a whistleblower attorney are in a bad situation. For me, I can't see where the retainer was used up for what little time Steve gave to my potential case!