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!

Don't use Rick. I came to him about sexual abuse of my daughter after I got a temporary restraining order on my own, forensic interview for daughter, unable to determine with CPS which means they even believed abuse happened, just not the attorney Rick. I have been triggered since going into court wi...th Rick and him angrily questioning me right before hearing so that I was too afraid to speak, as if he was on the opposing counsel, judge asking him why he wouldn't present any evidence.. I could go on and on. It's extremely sad when a mother does all she can to protect her child to have a man sit and laugh over the phone about your situation. Uncaring individuals only wanting to take your money, charging 5k for trial, and so of course I was railroaded by Crooked Kim Cooks at trial w/o an attorney. People like this see $$, color, and that's it. I'm an honest Veteran, and have no reason to lie about daughter's abuse, especially after a previous permanent restraining order put in place against other perpetrator a year prior to this, but people act as if they have no idea about sexual abuse, and use the mother as a scapegoat because complete details may not be known for years with the abused. I have also taken a polygraph to clear my name against any coaching allegations, forensic interviewer saw no red flags of coaching, school counselors testified to the abuse, ...My story is on a few podcasts with other women who have been treated in despicable ways by Kim Cooks and these people. Check it out on Everyday Life of Bryan Woodard. Be careful who you elect on the bench as well, because these judges side with their buddy, buddy attorneys, and attorneys will often let you know if the judges like them as if this isn't your life, your children's lives, but some popularity contest. Shameful that people can't just do their very best at what they do, but get over on unsuspecting individuals and their families

I had hired attorney Rick Mitchell to assist me with simple child support modification agreement. Me and my kids mother had come to an agreement on past due arrears. Basically the deal was that she would forgive all past due arrears and in return I would provide her a large lump sum payment of a less...er amount. Sounds pretty easy huh? Not exactly. It turned out to be a very difficult situation one in which the chances of success was very minimal. First thing is that I live in Utah and needed an attorney in Texas. Rick had no problem with doing business over the email and phone. Best part is he made it so I was not required to be there or travel which was something I thought I would have to do. So I dealt with approx. 4 other attorneys in my time and would have put him at the top equal to just one other. I think that Rick Mitchell did a very good job. He exceeded my expectations as an attorney. His fees are reasonable, there in the middle or so about on average with others based off of quotes from two other attorney’s that I had looked into. Not the highest but not the lowest. But the good thing is that, whatever I expected the cost to be, is exactly what it turned out to be. Meaning that he made sure that I understood what the costs are, and it stayed as such. This is my first time encountering an attorney that didn’t add in all kinds of additional and unexpected fees. His costs/fees were simple to understand and was not cluttered with crazy things like faxing, copies, time spent driving, and talking to you on the phone, and the other crazy type of expenses I have seen with other attorney, stuff that shouldn’t be charged to begin with. The second point to mention is that he achieved all of what I had wanted to achieve, even the things that seemed very unlikely. If you actually knew the amounts that we are talking about with these arrears and the payment, you would understand why it was unlikely. Even if he had failed to achieve all my goals, I would still have left him a good review. Also I have left many negative reviews for past attorney’s that I’ve hired, and I hate having to do that because believe me reviews do make difference when people looking for an attorney. This is the first time I have left a positive review and I highly recommend him for legal services.

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