Bobby Dale Barina

Do not hire Bobby Barina. He is polite and sounds like just what you need in the initial consultation. But after depositing your retainer check, he doesn't return calls or emails or answer questions even in person. He easily knows how to interrupt, change the subject and make you forget what you aske...d. He did not do anything I requested and did not follow through what he said he would do in the initial consultation. I turned in the discovery documents. He had them a month before the hearing but didn't turn them over to the opposing counsel. I was charged in contempt of court. He told me not to worry because he would pay the fee since it was his office's fault I was being charged. Then during the hearing he told the judge that it was my fault due to my MS. I couldn't believe he flat out lied to the judge. I kept quiet for so long hoping to just get through my divorce, not knowing it was going to drag on forever. It took a year for the temporary hearing. Even during COVID that is no excuse. I know several couples who got divorced last year in just a few months, even with a court battle. When I confronted him, he dropped me. I should have dropped him that first month but I never dreamed I would still be married 20 months and $15,000.00 later

He was appointed to be my criminal defense attorney. After 3 months, I had to accept that I was going to sit in jail forever waiting on a trial date. He never visited me in jail to discuss my case. He refused to provide me with copies of everything pertaining to my case. In jail, you can't email. You... can only call, but his office doesn't accept calls from jail, even if it's free for him because I paid for the call. So all my efforts to reach out to him to discuss my case were futile. He was appointed to be my public defender, to represent me because I couldn't afford an attorney, but all he did was let me sit in jail because I couldn't afford to do anything else like bond out of jail or hire an attorney that actually respected my sixth amendment. I ended up pleading guilty with time served since I sat in jail for almost a year.

As a member of the Armed Forces and going on reserve duty, my pay was dramatically cut. I do not know much about child support and how to adjust payments for child support, and what to do when these changes occur. I wanted to avoid any problems with the TX AGs office. Mr. Barina was kind enough t...o visit with me briefly and explain what was happening and what I could expect from the AGs office. He was very helpful and informative about my situation. Although, he did not live in the same county as me, I would highly recommend him to anyone in the Kileen TX area. If you are in the military and you want someone that handles Criminal or Family Law, do not hesitate to call him and retain his counsel. He is a very kind and supportive person who will have your best interest at heart. Thank you to him for his time.

The initial consultation with this attorney was very positive. His paralegal seemed nice and both appeared to be knowledgeable about my custody issue. However, after a very short time, it was apparent that the attorney had little concern for my case. After the temporary hearing with the judge, a defa...ult judgment was ordered and she wanted Barina to file the order with a specific schedule for supervised visitation for the judge to sign. The paralegal informed me this would take 2-3 weeks. TEN WEEKS later this still had not been done (I regularly requested updates and was told they would let me know) and I requested another hearing. When I complained to the attorney and paralegal about the amount of time this issue was taking, they filed a motion to withdraw as counsel. This all cost me $3000. At the hearing, Barina stated out loud in the courtroom that I was "mean" because I told him he blamed all of his mistakes on other people. The issue was resolved by the judge. I agreed to the motion to withdraw and I will get another attorney when the temporary orders expire. I have filed a grievance against this attorney. This attorney has no respect for his clients. He is unorganized and relies heavily on his paralegal, which resulted in a multitude of mistakes in the paperwork that was filed.

This attorney took my case in 2015 for a common law marriage that didn't exist and a claim against my business. This attorney and stay did NOTHING from 2015-2017 except take money. No returned calls, horrible office support, incomplete paperwork! I hired another attorney and the case was closed in 6 ...weeks without being a marriage! Please please please read the other poor reviews