Blake E Whiteman

Mr. Whiteman is not current with generally accepted principles of practice in 2025 and relies on antiquated and ineffective methods of litigation that promote disharmony. It is clear Mr. Whiteman is only interested in monetary gain by engaging in tactics that draw out litigation. He is inflammatory a...nd not well versed in family law. It appears that Mr. Whiteman is a "jack of all trades" type of attorney, dabbling in a bit of everything, and because of that, he does not exhibit mastery. It is evident his modus operandi is purely monetary gain rather than seeking to find real solutions that will work for families in the long-run. I would avoid this attorney at all costs. There are better, more progressive attorneys in the Valley who actually care and don't resort to cheap tactics to get from A to B. Mr. Whiteman needs to retire.

I hired Blake for a child custody case. I provided him with physical evidence, witnesses and trusted his advice. Once we got to trial, he did not call any witnesses to the stand, he advised against needing any more evidence than submitted and did not argue on key points in court. We lost due to not e...nough evidence submitted. He then informed of new direction to take that changed 180 degrees each consultation. He seemed disconnected to the case. His counseling seemed on however he felt at that moment not in the case overall. I would not recommend him not because we lost but because of the direction he took after the case. His direction forward not only failed but he rebuttal his own advise within 6 months after, which was far to late. He was also one of the more expensive attorneys I worked with. Which did not make a difference.

This attorney failed to inform us that our discovery period was when we were required to submit our witnesses and did not include the witnesses we had given him. He also advised us not to fight a partial summary judgment against us stating that it would be very difficult to dispute it and win. Natura...lly, we lost that part of the case. Once we reached our main trial, we found out that all of the arguments we were going to make were stricken from the record as they were arguments that should have been made in the partial summary judgment. In essence, the ill advise from our attorney sealed the deal for the other party. He also repeatedly wanted to "stay away" from arguments that would dispute the other parties claims or question their motivations. For this reason, we would have to say he was not tenacious at all. He obviously did not have the expertise in the area that we needed. We were fighting a termination of parental rights.