Mark Mcentire Childress

If I could give this law firm zero stars I would I called this company about grandparents rights instead I gave my daughter money to retain them for a protective order her kids dad put on her. We were both told the 2 cases that were discussed would cost no more than 7k with 4500 down. She was told sh...e had 30 days to do something. They assigned her case to a attorney that was out for a couple of those weeks and assured her there was plenty of time when she finally talked to the attorney they said they needed to get transcripts she got a message the following week stating that it didn't seem they were going to be able to get them with the reporter being on vacation a few days before she was told she had to file something upset she reached out to the managing attorney and of course they charged her but told her she had a additional 2 weeks which the attorney didn't tell her that. 8k in fees and they filed 1 paper for her most of the charges where the attorneys talking to each other. It ended paying that much saying they couldn't help her and she missed the time frame that someone else could. She finally asked for a bill since she never got 1 they charged. She would send messages that would go unanswered but billed to be read and ignored. She had so much hope on what was sold to us and it just ended up being a money pit I wish I had never told to go with them me out the money and her out her kids just disappointing. Please save your money and shop some where else they don't care about their clients just the money. Before its said this is untrue it is very much not. 8k with proof of 1 paper is just sad this company should be ashamed of what they are doing and taking advantage of people like this especially people in her position. Then there towards those 2 extra weeks she had they waited a week after she paid for the transcripts to request them again them getting them the day she had to have something filed. Didn't offer to refund anything or to do anything to help to make up for it just charged her more. I looked more into this company after her being done this way Believe what u read hopefully they shut this company down from doing this to others. Good luck.

⭐️ 1 Star Avoid This Firm — Unethical and Uncaring I had a terrible experience with the Law Offices of Mark M. Childress in Denton County. I hired them and paid $3,000 with the understanding that they would file motions to review court-ordered breathalyzers required of my child’s alcoholic father.... Not only did they fail to file any motions, they showed up to a single hearing and did nothing to advocate for my child. When I asked why nothing had been done, attorney Sarah Blake told me she wasn’t “hired to protect my son.” That alone says everything you need to know about how little this firm cares about its clients or children’s safety. Even worse, I was charged for calling their office simply to ask questions about my invoice. They even billed me for the time it took them to send a receipt for my own payment. This firm is not interested in doing real legal work — they are interested in billing hours and draining clients financially. If you are looking for compassionate, competent legal representation, especially in family law matters, look elsewhere.

DO NOT GO HERE!!!!!! They blew through $5,000 in less than a month and accomplished NOTHING! They made a lot of promises before we hired them and they did not nearly meet any of them. Communication is HORRIBLE. If you want ANY updates of your case, you have to pay $80 for an email response or nearly ...$200 for a 15 minute phone call!!!!!! They charge you to breathe basically! They have no empathy and even to to talk to the finance person to understand where and why your money is going so quick costs an extra couple $100. They had to close our case because we couldn't keep up with the constant ridiculous charges but then charged us $600 to close the case?? These people do not care about you or your case, they just care about money. Go ANYWHERE else. The opposing party paid $0 for Legal Aid and accomplished more than us spending $6,000+ ever did. I am begging you to use legal aid before you even consider this place. Liars. Users. No good!!!

Worst attorney I've dealt with in my life. Was referred to him by my sister who works with his aunt. I had a fairly simple divorce that I needed assistance with. He's incredibly unresponsive. Takes him days to return an email. Once he called me to yell at me because in an email I wrote to him I told ...him I needed his legal advice quickly. He wanted to lay out the "ground rules" on how I'm allowed to communicate with him. He told me if I wanted him to be more responsive, I could pay him $50,000/month and he'd only focus on me. He drafted the original petition in about 30 minutes by changing the names on an old petition he already had. I had to point out an error that still referred to the other case. I prepared and sent him the inventory and appraisal without any assistance from him. When we finally got to the mediation, he just wanted to get out of the there. Never fought for anything. Just wanted to type up the settlement agreement in real time so he could be done with it. He told me he really hoped it could finish soon so he could get to the golf course. He always gave me the impression that I wasn't worth his time. My little divorce just wasn't that important to him. In my opinion, he added literally zero value to my divorce and caused my settlement to be worse than it would have been had I been represented by competent counsel. My strong advice is to steer clear of this guy.