John Carl Volz

I have been divorced for almost 6 years and I had recently returned to court for additional custody. My ex-wife was determined to do anything to prevent this from happening. I hired John and he provided me with a very fair price from the start. He would always provide quick email responses and was... not interested in creating work just so that he could bill me for the hours. In fact, when asked about certain options he would dismiss them out of turn as not having a high likelihood of success. The proof of his honesty and integrity is that his answers did not provide him with any additional income for work completed. He himself has gone through what many people who are seeking a family law attorney have already dealt with, a difficult ex-spouse or significant other. He's well-versed in all the nonsense that fills family courts and knows how to counter it with strong case law. I'm very happy that I had a chance to meet him and to have him work on my case. As of this writing I have been awarded full temporary custody of my girls. Three years ago I had only about 15 percent.

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.