Michael Ashford Johnson

I've read all the reviews regarding Mr. Johnson, I STRONGLY DISAGREE AS HIRING HIM. My granddaughter(single mother of two children) made an appointment to meet with Mr. Johnson. I went with her on first meeting. He gave me a convincing impression that he could and would help with child custody issu...es. WRONG. He was hired by my granddaughter. Most of the communication was between his assistant and my granddaughter. He was either on phone or unavailable. He was on case for four months when he petition to dismiss himself(hearing was only 3 weeks away) His reasons: overwhelmed with cases and he was stressing. It took him 4 months to realize the load and stress he had? I would think that an attorney should know if he can or can't take any more cases. POOR JUDGEMENT ON MR. JOHNSON. The money was being paid up through his dismissal. Judge ruled on his favor. Now my granddaughter was without any money to look or hire another attorney. DON'T RECOMMEND HIM!

Michael did a good job on my first case so I hired him again for another issue. In this second case, he was effective in obtaining an equitable result but not particularly efficient. I believe the same result could easily have been achieved with the use of only about 60% of the final tally of chargea...ble hours. So be prepared to be very proactive about your case. You would think that an attorney would always have questions like "Will my client's request be found reasonable in court?" and "Is it better to settle now or keep preparing for court?" at the forefront of his mind AT ALL TIMES, but that was not always the case. He started out strong but unfortunately lost focus in the middle of the case. I don't believe this inefficiency was malicious, but I think that attorneys may unconsciously use fairly simple cases like mine as an opportunity to uh, relax a bit from the more complicated cases. Because I cannot recommend him enthusiastically, I'm gonna have to say "don't recommend", but really there should be other categories, like "recommend, but with reservations".

Mr. Johnson came highly recommended by another attorney. He was very efficient and helpful. He did not worry about playing games and was professional, honest and ethical and he kept me informed the entire time. His suggestions were heeded and the divorce went as well as can be expected for this type ...of situation. A++ family law attorney!

Mr. Johnson handled my siblings custody battle, that sided against her. He was hardly prepared although he had weeks to be. He always seemed like he had other pressing issues he needed to attend to that didn't pertain to the case at hand. During the hearing and testimonies he often fumbled his argume...nt or case. He stated facts wrong even after conversing with his client. He came off very unprofessional. His Assistant was very good at touching base with my sister, but toward the end it was if my sister had to continuously call Johnsons office for information or concerns. I would NOT recommend Michael Johnson. He was clearly more concerned about receiving his checks then doing the task at hand, which was to advise, advocate, and thrive in this devastating matter on which we had.