Joseph P. Appelt Jr.

I completely, and totally agree with every person that gave Mr. Appelt one star! I don't know where to begin... Okay I retained him back in January to help fight my ex husband for the very large amount of child arrears owed. So our case was moved to march during spring break. So I call to make sure e...verything was in order, and their rude secretary tells me they are on vacation!!! Waa? Like a day before our court case. So they move it again. This time in May. Court case comes around, and what do you know? A 'death in the family' so case got moved again. When he was finally able to show up, he was not prepared, he was late, had nothing prepared, barely even fought for me. And this was just the beginning of July. I ended up losing a lot of money because he did not spend any time on my case at all. He pretty much just winged it. Didn't fight for me at all. Plain and simple. His wife Gladys was very rude. Did not return call or messages, their secretary or whoever she is that answers the phones was rude as hell too! Very unprofessional. I would not recommend them. It's a big waste of money. I will get someone better and who actually cares the next time. I can say some other things, just don't feel like typing it all. Overall, he just didn't care and didn't spend any time on my case, like he had bigger and more important cases to think about, but had no problem taking my money.

I was recommended to Mr. Appelt by a friend who had previously used his services. Mr. Appelt represented me in a very messy divorce where everything was contested; property, cars; and most importantly custody. Mr. Appelt was very knowledgable and didn't let my ex or his attorney get away with any o...f their games. We ended up having a 2 day trial in which I was very pleased with the outcome. He and his staff kept me informed throughout the process, providing me with copies of documents and returning my calls typically within 24 hours. There were even times I was able to reach them after normal hours. I would highly recommend Mr. Appelt's services.

At first it seemed as if everything was going great. Good attitude, knowledgeable, almost as if you could trust this guy to be a friend. Once you retain him though the rest is a shady deal. You will be quoted a rough price but then you are forced to sign something saying that they can basically ch...arge what they want. $220/hr to work your case. Trying to get information from your case is very spotty. The staff screens all calls and basically will procrastinate doing anything for you. Its a 3-10 day lead time to get a call back. By the end you will pay twice as much than discussed