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.

Gave this lawyer $1800 last September when I hired him - here it is 14 mos later and NOT ONCE did I ever receive a statement showing his hours, balance, etc. He created 2 documents (or the computer software did) & went to courthouse 1x on my behalf. By the end of Dec 2016 (3+ mos) i cancelled Divor...ce and WE did all the legwork, ran papers to HIS ofc for signature & back to Courthouse, etc permitting the "End" for that court #. His staff will put you on hold FOREVER; in person they speak a diff. language while you wait in mini-lobby-very unprofessional. I recd the SAME advice from him as I did 100x before on Google searches about NV laws-nothing different. His lack of enthusiasm to return calls is prevalent, days later and then MAY apologize. When you ask the staff to leave a note & to please REMIND him of something - they stick a Post-It Note on his computer amongst the many others. When I asked him this year what I had "left" in my acct. & what would it costs to BEGIN the process again-he could not tell me what my balance was but said "probably about $1500 and I could restart" - NO accountability. I found he lacked professionalism, as did his staff, he does not hold himself ACCOUNTABLE for those that hire him and doubt he "logs" the amount of time spent on a clients' case-as I have NEVER not received a statement as to what was my balance, HOW much work is being charged against my account, etc. To receive messages on Post-It Notes is a disastrous and CHEAP way of ensuring the client's message gets to the attorney; as I was IN his office and he DENIED he ever recd message & then scoured the amt of Post It's and FOUND my call. When you fly 2300 miles, motel & rental car expense and then get THIS service, unacceptable 100%. I probably wouldn't hire him even if I lived local-but apparently he has handled a few clients' cases successfully over the past years when reading the reviews. I just can't in good faith and clear conscience recommend him and mislead anyone.

This slim took $2000.00 to file a child support claim and represent me in court. I gave him a shoe box full of credit card bills, prooving expenses. Never got him on the phone, after the initial appointment. Months later, I found out he never filed for child support or anything. I complained I wanted... my money back and my shoe box full of receipts and credit card bills. I got no reply. I then went to the Nevada State Bar, to complain about him. I got my money back, but not one receipt, or credit card bill. He claimed he had lost them.

Being a recovering alcoholic, Mr. Hempen got me through a CPS case in which my child was placed in a temporary foster situation, even though I was already in a recovery program. The CPS case then got turned over to a custody judge who was to determine custody between myself and my child's father. ... Mr. Hempen initially got me awarded joint legal and physical custody of my child. As the custody case went on, Mr. Hempen was very honest and open about the possible outcomes. He helped me pursue my want of primary physical custody of my child. We won! I highly recommend Mr. Hempen for any CPS or child custody case you have!