J. Spencer Nilsson

AMAZING law firm. Spencer and just team give you absolutely all of their effort. They are very communicative, honest, and caring. I have trusted Spencer with a more complicated than usual family law matter and have full faith in him. These are the folks you want on your side should you ever need lega...l counsel. He came highly recommended and has truly been a blessing. Don’t look any further for a family law attorney in Tarrant County. He is the best of the best.

I had previously hired another attorney back in 2016, but due to the uncooperativeness of the other party's attorney and my attorney's own personal demons, my case was dragged out for two years with zero progress. Then, I met Spencer back in April 2018. I explained to him the backstory of my case as ...it currently stood. My case was not an overly complicated case at all, as I was simply being denied my access for visitation. He made no promises, but did tell me that I did have good merit for a modification of the parent-child relationship, which is what I believed to be the case prior to meeting with him. If I'm not mistaken, the final trial in my case had been reset a total of 4 times over the course of my case before we officially had trial. After all these years, dating back from 2014 - 2022 (8 years), my case was so loaded with evidence, it was actually planned to have trial over the course of 2 days. Luckily, we were able to finish trial in 1 single day. While Spencer does represent both mothers and fathers, Spencer has a real passion for representing fathers and is an advocate for fathers' equal rights, this is one of the reasons I was drawn to hire Spencer. I knew that I did not make a mistake when choosing who I wanted in my corner. For those that think that simply having an attorney is the be-all and end-all, you couldn't be more wrong. You should be on top of your case just as much as your attorney is. Your case is as good as you make it out to be, an attorney can only do so much. I went to trial thinking that my case could go one of two ways. I figured in the best case scenario, I would be awarded 50/50 custody, worst case scenario, nothing would change (which is what is typically expected in the District Court I was in since the judge is traditional and old fashioned - which means "pro-mom"). To my surprise, the judge awarded me primary custody with everything additional that I asked for in my pleadings (effective 04/11/2022). Spencer is a fantastic attorney who actually gets the job done and takes pride in his work! There are many attorneys that practice Family Law, but in my opinion, I wouldn't consider most of them to be good "trial attorneys", whereas Spencer knows all of the ins-and-outs of trial, he knows what evidence should be presented and when, he knows exactly when to make an objection, and he can be extremely persuasive to not only the judge but the opposing party. I never had any issues with communicating with him or his office. I could not have asked for better representation! I know exactly who I will refer people to when a Family Law attorney is needed! Thank you so much for everything, Spencer!

I went to Spencer for help when my ex-wife wanted to redraw papers. I had one interaction with him. When we were supposed to be in court I found out just minutes prior that he would not be there but I should make sure its properly rescheduled. The next court date I waited an hour for him to show u...p with no contact that he would be late. There was zero follow up or explanation of what was going on. When it came time to sign final documents they pushed it through emailing constantly charging me a 15 minute increment to send a 2 sentence email. Very disappointing experience. Definitely would not recommend.

My husband and I hired Spencer for an adoption and relinquishment of rights, my daughters biological father asked to sign his rights over. This of course was the best news ever. Let me first start off by saying that I should’ve done more research in my decision in hiring his office. He’s young and in...experienced, I’m sure all the good reviews are because he asked his friends to write them. Spencer did my family wrong and now we are out $3100 because of it. We hired him for help and all we got was stress and headaches. His paralegal Kim is extremely rude and non informative as well. So have fun dealing with her if you choose to. I was told by his office to have a social worker come out and do a home study in order for the adoption to happen, this was a separate charge from his retainer. I was never informed the home study expires and we would have to get another home study done. The social worker could’ve been put on hold because Spencer knew my daughters biological father was being difficult. But, Spencer did not tell me to hold off on having the home study done. He was pushing for us to get it done so he could rack up charges on my case. What upsets me the most about this whole situation is that I did everything he asked me to do and he just pushed us to the side. My 8 year old daughter was told her name would be changed legally by the social worker, which we fired Spencer, so now we are back at square one. My daughters biological father was put on a 5 year probation period. I knew he was going to mess up and I wanted to have a lawyer that had my back. Sure enough he missed a payment and Spencer was telling me that they would revoke his probation which never happened. I’m sick to my stomach over all of this. They were telling me one thing and not doing what they were saying they were going to do. I’ve spoken to another lawyer who said Spencer tends to do this often. If you’re trying to do what’s best for your family DO NOT HIRE HIS FIRM! He gives attorneys a horrible image. I should’ve know not to hire him when he was talking about rape in our initial consult. He told my husband he would be good to adopt our daughter (who he has raised for 6 years) as long as he wasn’t a rapist! Who says that??? Save your sanity by not hiring his firm. Luckily I found an attorney that is willing to fix his mistakes, because unlike Spencer he doesn’t just see dollar signs, he sees a loving and caring family.

Spencer handled a divorce for me. I was so impressed with the meticulous and determined manner in which he handled the case. The prior lawyer quit on us and didn't respond. Spencer stepped in and pushed the case forward and obtained an incredible result. Spencer fights for his clients until the end, ...then he fights some more. Because of his efforts, Spencer gained a client for life and I recommend him and his firm to everyone I know in need of a family law attorney.