Thomas M. Just

2 huge issues I had with Thomas: 1) Billing. He billed me for things he shouldn't have, such as having his paralegal send me vacation notices. 2) A big one - time management. My ex-wife and I agreed to a Mediated Settlement Agreement in May 2022. The MSA gave me the house but I had to pay her a set a...mount from the equity by a certain date or I'd have to put it on the market. The MSA stipulated that my attorney (Thomas) would have the document to the Court in June. I don't think he even really messed with it until I started asking questions in August. Long story short, he didn't submit it to the Court until November. I had a home appraisal done in July, anticipating the divorce being finalized and refinancing the home to pay out my ex. Due to the wait, I had to get another appraisal in November and - thanks to the housing market decline and going into winter - this appraisal came back $115k lower than the first. I couldn't refinance the house at that point and pay my ex. Thomas made all kinds of excuses for the delay and we ended up having a State Bar disciplinary hearing but, surprise surprise, attorneys protect their own. I had to get another attorney and renegotiate after having my house on the market for a while.

Thomas Just is an associate attorney at Bustos Family Law in Austin, Texas. I trusted Thomas Just with my future. You will find it evident by the end of this review that Just will, without hesitation, leave your life upended for a handsome profit. In fact, there is no guarantee that you will even... be divorced when he is done wringing you dry. Anger and outrage are often the driving forces behind high-conflict divorce litigation. Just will not exercise “client control” as he is morally and ethically bound to do, however. To the contrary, he sees dollar signs when his clients are at vicious odds with their exes. At a time when you are on your knees, Just will be drawing up paperwork to take out exorbitant lines of credit in your name while assuring you that your settlement will be considerable. This is a blank check for Bustos Family Law, and Just will bill against your credit freely and recklessly. My line of credit ran over $50,000 and Just still had his hand out for more money, right before he withdrew from my case on the eve of final trial. The man who should have been at my side throughout had cut and run when I needed him most. I signed a disadvantageous Mediated Settlement Agreement rather than face final trial alone. My divorce was finished by a friend to whom I also owe attorney’s fees now. The State Bar of Texas investigated Just for alleged professional misconduct. The investigations ended in dismissals of my grievances (the Bar’s Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel is not a pillar of functionality and lawyers look out for their own). In the meantime, one of Just's other failed clients has filed his own grievance against Just over similar treatment and a disastrous outcome for he and his family.