John Carl Volz

In my experience with Mr. Volz as my lawyer, I was displeased on many levels...... too many to list them all. As an overview of my experience, he showed a MAJOR lack of preparation (Preparations for court consisted of sitting down 30 minutes before heading into the court room to go over things), The ...declaration submitted to the courts by his office was horribly written.......it was so bad that I wrote my second declaration and had him make adjustments to it (I have NO legal training), He was not able to articulate an argument for any aspect of my case in the court room (He actually looked to me to respond to the Judge......literally). And when it was all said and done and the outcome did not go in my favor (not in the least bit), he proceeded to make excuses for the results and blamed is all on the fact that my ex-wife was a b****, just like his ex-wife. I felt humiliated that this was the person I had chosen to represent my character and thoughts, and that I was dumb enough to entrust this lawyer with something as important as the future well-being of my child. And having to pay him for his unskilled, untrained, underqualified service was just icing on the cake.

John took my case after hearing the difficulties I was having with my ex wife, she demanded an obscene amount of money from me and when I told her I wasn't willing to pay it any longer but rather a lessor yet still generous amount, she withheld my son from me. John was not only sympathetic to my cas...e but also showed urgency towards getting visitations with my son again. He had a case filed within a week of our initial meeting and visitation was ordered soon thereafter. He showed genuine concerns for not only my well being not that of my son as well. A week before Christmas (and my scheduled vacation with my son and girlfriend) my ex told me she wouldn't allow me to take my son anymore, she wasn't "comfortable" with him being with me for a week and didn't trust me to return him on time or if he wanted to come home. What better person to be with for a child than a parent!? I called John that night and he scheduled an emergency court hearing the next business day. We were able to come to an agreement because John mediated the situation between us and from that point on I think we were able to agree and come to terms with each other regarding our son without the courts or judges being involved. I am grateful to John's attention to details in my case and for his willingness to be fair.