Chad J Gladstone

Hired Chad for a family adoption a year ago where he quoted 8-10k which seemed reasonable for our case. 25k later, we ask for financial accountability for the additional 10k he asked for. We were given a brush off answer that also followed the statement he would not answer the court ordered conferenc...e call in two days unless we gave him the additional 10k for future work. We didn't owe the firm anything and only asked he take the call as it was too late to reschedule and we would pay for his time. He stated not without the additional funds which were to be used after the phone call. From the beginning we questioned their spending methods as 'double dipping' charges were constant. Additional irritation was how many mistakes were in Chad and his paralegal Sara's work. I had to catch and fix things as basic as names and birth dates on the petitions filed with court. When frustrated by his paralegals work, his defense of her was "it happens". Making matters more frustrating was him being late to an important hearing before the judge, sounding unsure of his knowledge in front of the judge and finding out later what he did by threatening to not take the court ordered call was extremely unethical. The ladies in the office are all lovely and very professional however Chad is all about the money and extending your case to milk everything he can while his paralegal lacks major attention to detail. After researching him by reviews online, found I wasn't the only one with the exact same complaints. Wish I had seen those before we trusted him with our child's adoption!