Robert L. Hempen

I hired him because I had limited time to find an attorney and needed a payment plan ($1000 a month was my budget). Anyway I paid him in full and then despite my efforts never heard from him again. He missed deadlines, never returned my calls or emails, and now his office looks completely abandoned a...fter trying to get ahold of him for 3 months. My hearing date is in less then a week and I'm stuck with no lawyer and no refund.

Where do I begin, when we hired Mr. Hempen we gave him a very large retainer, I never did get a bill, a statement or even a call back. I guess I should be lucky he showed up in court for the hearing. Well that was all he did, showed up in court (Once), when the order was sent to him from the opposi...ng counsel, he ignored it.. His office staff was NEVER helpful and always said, "he was out of the office". He let months go by and NEVER return a phone call. His ignoring of our situation has cost us an additional twenty five thousand dollars as I found a minute order online that was entered as a Judgment against my husband. Even recently he has ignored numerous attempts, by phone and certified mail to reach him from our new counsel. Shameful way to run a Law office.

This Attorney was very bad with communicating with his paying client, Everytime communication was made with his office I was the one calling them for updates on my case. Finally before I received what I paid him for he sends a letter stating that he was removing himself from my case !!! Not happy wit...h his work at all DONT HIRE THIS LAWYER!!!!

First he told me a certain price over the phone when I came in he did not have change and said he will just keep the whole amount I brang just in case I needed to pay more later. I never received my change. Threw out most of the time I was always the one calling wondering about my case. He did not se...em too interested in my situation. He was late to my first court date. I had to go to the courts myself to receive the minutes so he could prepare an order which was wrong and another order had to be prepared. Also after all of this he sent me papers that he was going to remove himself as my lawyer. That showed me he had little compassion for my case. I was always polite and nice when ever I spoke to anyone from that "Firm" and I don't think I deserved to be treated the way I was. Highly do not recommend this attorney !!!