Daniel Thomas Pierson

So I hire Daniel Pierson to be my attorney in my divorce…huge mistake! This guy is so lazy and scared to fight for you it is ridiculous. To start he forgets to tell opposing counsel that he was hired so she files the default. Of course he charges me to file the motion to set aside the default. He the...n calls me and basically tells me all my ex wants is what she asked for before I hired him (the kids, huge child support, for me to pay for her to go to school, etc.). So, I tell him no deal and he responds with “well what do you expect her to do?” I said get a job. And he said “she can’t do that.” I asked why not and he responded that she would only make minimum wage. I said welcome to reality. Then I asked him if he worked for me or her. Of course he said “I work for you…oh and if you want to say no we can do that.” I said that is why I hired you in the first place. After that he tells me that I should let my daughter go with my wife even when it is my time to spend with her and my son. I said absolutely not and he responded hysterically saying that he just couldn’t represent me and that I should look for a new attorney. I said not a chance (I went to law school and know that you cannot get out of a case unless there is a good reason…and not wanting to fight for your clients rights is definitely not a good reason and could get him sanctioned if he even tried). Thereafter he made an agreement with my ex’s attorney that my daughter could go with my ex on my weekends without my knowledge or consent. I found out when my ex took my daughter and forward me Daniel’s email stating the arrangement. When I confronted Daniel and told him he needed to fix his mistake, he said he didn’t make any mistake and argued with me via email (after he said that he couldn’t represent me any longer I wanted to make sure I had all communications in writing so I told him that I would no longer talk to him on the phone). He repeatedly told me to call him and that he could no longer represent me. There was no chance I was going to call him and have him say something not on record. After nearly a day and a half of arguing with him, I finally said “I wonder what the bar would think.” He then responded that he will send a letter to my ex’s attorney. Why did it take a mention of the bar…why not just fix it in the first place? Why argue with your client, who according to the ethics rules is entitled to make those decisions? I would conclude that I don’t think Daniel lacks the knowledge to be a good attorney…I think he is truly just lazy and has no back bone to fight for his client. I personally would not hire Daniel again and if I knew then what I know now, I would have stayed away from this lazy attorney.