Tate N. Saunders

We retained Tate to represent my husband. In the beginning we paid him a total of $950. My husband decided he wanted to have a jury trial so we paid him a retainer of $2500. Tate kept putting off the case for over 2 years. We could never reach him or get him to return texts or email. We finally th...reatened to turn in in to the state bar and he set up a court date. Luckily we walked away with him paying a $350 fine. Tate refused to pay that out of the retainer money or to refund any of our money for the jury trial that we never had.

Please do not hire this man. He has a reputation with Judges as incompetent. He never sent me any paperwork. No invoice, no court documents, no contract. He never returns calls for months at a time even. He did not check his email for over a month and temporary visitation orders were signed without m...y knowledge or his. The police show up at my door saying my x husband is in town to see m son. I had no idea because Tate went on vacation for a month and didn't represent me while my x husband's attorney was busy working. Tate's incompetence almost got me in contempt of court. Don't hire him.

We hired him for an uncontestant divorce and child support which the courts decided so basically he didnt do nothing and the spouse wouldnt sign the papers and he didnt even know how to handle her to make her sign, he let the spouse run all over him, so we had to pay him more money for a contested d...ivorce, he stopped answering our calls and didnt call us until 3 days before the hearing when we had to drive 5 hours for court joking saying you wanted it right away but considering he never gave us the date and i looked online afterwards it was set in May for July 6 and he called us and told us July 3 smh when it was a bal due he answered our calls but after getting money he doesnt return calls. He also kept in contact with the spouse, he even called her to see if she could make it when everyone knows if the spouses doesnt show it would have went in our favor, it felt like we paid for a divorce for the spouse, as he was in constant contact with her and being he was our lawyer continued to give her legal advice using an excuse of well she doesnt have a lawyer, i feel like he took our money and basically did not do nothing for us. Also he wont even answer our calls as to when we can get the finalized divorce papers in the mail.

I was hesitant at first to obtain the services of Mr. Saunders because of the negative reviews I had read. A friend of mine referred me to him and so I obliged and contacted him regarding my divorce. I was able to get in contact with him and set up an initial consultation right away. He was very help...ful and knowledgable and was able to answer all the questions and concerns that I had. I was surprised at the way he handled my case, he was always on top of what was going on, and stayed in great communication with me along the way. He also was very helpful when it came to the different questions I had throughout the process of my divorce. All-in-all I had a good experience with Mr. Saunders, he made my very stressful divorce a little less stressful. I would definitely recommend him.