John G. Crowell-Mackie

I had gone through multiple lawyers in my custody dispute with my ex. No matter who the lawyer was, I always spent a fortune and never got more than every other weekend and extended 3 day weekends every other weekend in the summers. I even tried to do Court myself but the system chewed me up and spit... me out. I had lost hope but a friend told me to call John. I figured this would be another lawyer upselling my chances or being so vague I wouldn't know realistically what I could expect. John wouldn't upsell me, but after taking a look at my documents and collecting information from me, he told me he couldn't understand how I had so little custody. He was 1/2 the price of my previous lawyer per hour. I figured I had done everything else, I may as well try with this guy. Fast forward to a year and four months (forever to get to trial) later and I have 50/50 custody of my daughters. My ex tried all of her usual tricks and tried to spend me out of my lawyer by filing every single ridiculous motion she could. John defended against every motion, got whole portions of her evidence tossed, you name it. When I last went to court in early 2019, I spent $36,000 on my lawyer only for him to basically threaten me to take a bad deal.. My total cost with John was just under $15,000. It may still sound high to some but considering what I had previously spent on a lawyer and the fact that I got what was right, I would gladly spend it again a thousand times to have my girls. If you need help with custody, look no further!

I got divorced and needed my will redone. I asked my Bishop and he recommended John. I was married when I was in the Army and had a will done by JAG. It was a fairly standard thing for most of us and only a few pages. John wrote up a will, power of attorney, living will, and HIPAA compliance document...s. Everything was perfect. He listened to exactly what I wanted and covered every single thing I was concerned about, especially if I were to die while my kids are still kids. The documents are super-thorough and contain protections for everything, even social media. The fee was reasonable to begin with and he gave me a veterans discount on top of that. You can’t go wrong with this guy!

“John helped me and my family when my mom needed a medical power of attorney. My mother is a bit of hothead and didn’t want to get the power done. When I brought in John, she said she didn’t trust us and especially attorneys because they’re all liars. John pulled out his phone, dialed a number and ga...ve the phone to Mom telling her that if she thought he was lying to her that she could call the Idaho bar and report him and his bar number. He told her if she didn’t want the power, he would leave and that would be that. We were shocked! She spoke with him alone, and then she agreed she needed it. He even spent (not billed) time with Mom talking to her about her days growing up in the Treasure Valley on our family’s dairy. She took a liking to him more than she did with most of her own kids! He got the document done, and Mom was happy. Can’t recommend John enough!”