Tate N. Saunders

We hired Tate for a custody battle and paid 5k upfront to make sure it was paid in full as his request & have only went to court 2x 1.) to have my fiancé put on a temporary court order & 2.) to sign the temporary order since then we have not gotten a court date nor motions were filed that we wanted f...or the contempt of court order nor has he been in communication with us he only responds when it’s convenient for him. We paid $100 for a printed order to be given to us? So many people told us that wasn’t right that we shouldn’t have to pay for it but he just took our money and has no resolution 2 whole years later. Now that we have a final court date he tells us we have to pay him in full for A WHOLE DIFFERENT CRIMINAL CASE in a whole different county that has nothing to do with the custody case that’s been paid in full since February 2023. I had built a detailed timeline and presented a binder for court for him and during the negotiation process outside of the court I was having to tell him what we wanted or remind him of incidents that he didn’t even remember nor look over at the binder I made him. We didn’t even go into court him and the baby mother’s attorney had my fiancé and the mother come to an Agreement. August of 2024 he was suppose to file for a restraining order and a contempt of court order and never did but is requesting me to pay him 3k for it then wants 3k more for the final hearing! Seems to me he just wanted our money he is a complete fraud and lied to us stringing us along for just to withdraw off the case “for non payment” but the money owed to him is for a different case but he stated that we have to pay that in full for him to even consider doing the final hearing like MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE?! We are completely disgusted & dissatisfied with his service. One of the worst attorneys I’ve ever came across in my whole life.

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.