Rick Mitchell

Absolutely terrible, and he committed blatant malpractice! Mitchell did not at all take me seriously when I told him my jury trial victory in a child custody case doesn’t necessarily mean judge won’t strip away much of what the jury awarded me, which was equal rights across the board (joint managing... conservatorship). I begged Mitchell to not go on auto-pilot because the judge in my case (whom I had been dealing with for two years while Mitchell had dealt with her for less than a month!) had proved herself mega-corrupt and mega-sexist; does what she wants regardless of how many laws she has to blatantly violate in the process. Yet Mitchell kept acting as if things were a lock.. phrases like “No judge goes against a jury’s verdict beyond a little bit because they don’t want to risk being embarrassed in appellate court.” He just would not listen to me that the judge we have is as abnormal as they come! Thus Mitchell LITERALLY did no planning whatsoever for the post-jury trial judge’s “rendition” hearing, and didn’t even try to make up a plan after he quickly realized his auto-pilot NO PLAN “plan” (as if we had a normal judge) was 100% failing me! Mitchell literally did nothing as opposing counselor defamed the hell out of me amongst a ton of gross exaggerations while portraying her client (my sociopath ex) as an angel. Mitchell provided zero defense of me and launched zero offensive against my ex. How could he not bring up that my “too blunt” (but with no cussing or threats) messages to my ex were very understandable because she had for severalweeks threatened to steal ALL of my possession time if I don’t follow an “order” that literally doesn’t exist? As another reviewer mentioned, Mitchell is nauseatingly meek in the courtroom — allows opposing counsel to absolutely dominate him and trash Mitchell’s client literally just as much as they wish! Auto-pilot boy, total indifference Mitchell horrendously hurt me and my son emotionally and financially. He also conspired (i.e. blatant malpractice) with opposing counsel and the judge to ILLEGALLY change the jury charge to where jurors could choose to not designate my son’s primary residence when state law states the jury MUST (NEVER the judge do it) designate a primary anytime they first vote for joint managing conservatorship. Jury was disgusted with my ex shooting for sole custody and thus I have no doubt they would have voted for my home to be my son’s primary residence if Mitchell and gang hadn’t ILLEGALLY given jury option to not deem a primary! Not deeming a primary made judge think it would be “OK to just this one time” ILLEGALLY designate primary residence herself — gave my ex 25 days a month average custody time and make ALL our son’s medical and educational decisions, order me to pay a TON in child support and even pay a massive amount of legal fees! Mitchell had no apology for his abject failure, just had his assistant multiple times bombard me with 8-10 emails within a few mins demanding I send them more money! Sorry, $25K is more than enough to be the victim of a scumbag attorney’s total lack of effort, total indifference, and sabotage me with undeniable malpractice! Here’s the law Mitchell, opposing counsel, and judge conspired to violate in full to make me lose case (STEAL jury win from me!) and make my son be miserable for over a year now! 105.002(c)(1)(D) “A party is entitled to a verdict and THE COURT MAT NOT CONTRAVENE a jury verdict on the issue of the determination of WHICH joint managing conservator has the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child.” Mitchell should be in prison for committing malpractice that destroyed me emotionally and financially and destroyed my 11yr old son emotionally. But he is the typical attorney — just in it for the money and getting off on using and abusing people. NEVER any guilt or apology for any of his heinous apathy and malpractice!

I hired Mr. Mitchell to assist me with my daughter coming back home with me. I was open with him on my history and all that had transpired. He got to work quick but little did I know it wouldn't be in my favor. An amicus attorney was hired for my daughter and I was told her fees would be billed to th...e county as I told him I would not agree to her having an attorney because I had no more money. After was all said and done, on the court date I was not asked in the court room only my ex-husband and his family and Rick. Some Information I'd given him he wouldn't even view. He didn't try and help me at all, he cared nothing for my case or my daughter. I even had recordings. Nothing I brought to him he used. If ever I felt discriminated against it was surely this day as I am a black female and my ex-husband is white. I was trying to get my daughter because she is suicidal, she cuts and purges. The only way Mr. Mitchell helped me was to accumulate more bills. After court he sent me a bill for the amicus attorney, which he had previously told me I wouldn't have to worry about, letting me know I had to pay half of it. Oh and during the case I was getting frustrated and I told him I knew he wasn't on my side, then he threatened to go and relieve himself of my case, sure after he'd received $2500.00 from me. All I know is if you are a black or African American person, please do not hire this man. He will not work for you, trust me. I would have done better and probably had a better outcome representing myself. To those of you who don't most of attorneys are colleagues/associates/friends/partners. They council together and just about know the outcome of your case before it is complete. I pretty much paid this man to fight for my ex-husband.

When I hired Rick, the odds were stacked against me, I had gotten into some really bad habits, and signed conservatorship over to my ex husband and was using drugs. Three years went by and my ex husband refused to even let me talk to my daughter's via telephone. When I decided to get clean, my ex hus...band let me have them for a few hours, and they began to tell me all of the horrible things he was doing, I decided not to let them go back. A few days thereafter the constable showed up to get them with a writ of attachment as well as a lawsuit, they were trying to throw the book at me. I had 2 weeks to come up with an attorney, or face up to 2 years in jail as well as paying a lump sum of fees and 10 years probation. I had no money, I literally felt hopeless. I was then referred to Rick. Seeing as how I was still unable to pass a drug screen, Rick had his work cut out for him. He was able to work with me on my payments. We went to court and both my ex husband and I had to drug test, we both failed. At that point the court issued temporary custody to his mother. My ex husband never completed anything the judge ordered and eventually stopped showing up to court. I then had to fight his mother for custody. Rick was always there to guide me through every step of this process. He was amazing in the court room, very assertive and knowledgeable. He could tell me exactly what the opposing council and judge were going to throw at me beforehand, thus he kept me prepared. He is also very respected by the judges. I was told by numerous attorneys I had interviewed that the chances of me winning this case were slim to none. Rick was able to not only get me my rights back, but won me full custody. He took me from no contact, to supervised visits, to FULL CUSTODY. I would, and have referred him to many people. He is by far the best attorney I have ever had the privilege of retaining. He doesn't just beat the odds, he conquers them.

Rick helped me keep my daughter in my life. He was brutally honest with me and told me how it was most likely going to go with my situation as well as what I needed to do to get the results I was looking for. WHICH I GOT !!! He was pretty much spot on. Never once did he make promises he couldn't ...keep. He also informed me of things I could prepare myself to save money instead of nickle and dimming me which helped tremendously. I'm not sure if it's typical for him but he worked with me on my retainer. Without him I'm not sure if I would have ever got to be with my daughter again. Thank you Rick