Matthew J. Obermeier

I used Mr. Obermeier’s services a few years ago and never came back to write a review as I was still going through my process and was not in a great mental space. However, I wanted to come back and leave my fair review. Mr. Obermeier has good people skills for the most part, but at times can be a lit...tle dry and condescending. I used him for family law. I wouldn’t recommend him for that. I was trying to remove my child out of a violent and hazardous environment. He compared my case to his personal life with his ex wife denying him visitation since he’d had an affair and child with Lisa Leal. She is also on this app, but since she was not acting as an attorney and more as a paralegal, I am not leaving her a review. Mr. Obermeier’s paralegal at the time, Lisa, had also made comments about how the state is really trying to honor father rights and when I expressed grievances about my representation, she got defensive and told me she was biased because “Matt” was the father of her child. At the time she made these comments, I still was not fully understanding what she was talking about because I was so wrapped up in my own case that I was paying them for. Additionally, Mr. Obermeier’s choice for a mediator, Randy Alwais, was absolutely not a great choice for me. Mr. Alwais was more focused on being a comedian and when I began to cry as I felt completely defeated in trying to protect my child from a predator, he berated me. Mr. Alwais told me “oh no Ma’am, we’re not going to do that (crying)” and coached me into signing an agreement I did not want to sign. I felt like Mr. Obermeier did not protect me in that situation at all. Overall, it was an awful experience. The Obermeier’s made a point to express their relationship issues and biases about father rights. I did not feel protected or supported; matter of fact, I felt like I was being attacked from the opposing party’s end as well as my end.

He took my money and if I didn’t reach out to him he would not communicate with me or update me on anything that was occurring with my case. Rude and inattentive. He did help a little bit but honestly I could have gotten the same if not better results if I would have just handled things on my own. ...Lesson learned.