Christopher L Hoglin

I was referred to Chris by an attorney I previously worked with for an unrelated case. I called Chris after being served an ex-parte order to appear in court in less than 24 hours. He went over my case with me over the phone, and called me back at 8 o'clock at night to see if I was going to need his ...counsel. I desperately needed someone, but with such short notice, I couldn't come up with the full retainer. Chris told me that he didn't want me to face this alone, and worked out a plan for my retainer. All while he could have been home with his own family. He was in court the next morning at 8 am. I couldn't believe it. I cried the night before, because I didn't think people like this existed. He went above and beyond what most attorneys would do for a client. He was able to get the ridiculous request from the petitioner knocked down, and a full agreement signed within a month. Mr. Hoglin is nothing less than a warrior in court. He knew what he was talking about, very knowledgeable, sincere, and a solid attorney. I cannot thank him enough for the work he did for me, and my family. I highly recommend him, and will definitely use him in the future if needed. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!

Overall HORRIBLE experience. Chris' lack of preparedness last summer for my family law case and the overall bad legal advice he provided was atrocious. Having dealt with many family lawyers in the past 4 years, Chris' law firm has been one of the worst I've dealt with. He was recommended by a lawyer ...friend and trusted he would perform. Some examples of Chris' and his associate's incompetence were..... Blair Castellanos(Associate Lawyer): Billed me over $1,800 to generate an incoherent Response using outdated information. She blamed her coworkers for not providing her with the updated info and was overall rude. I had to rewrite my entire Response and spent 40+ hours in 4-days highlighting emails and generating exhibits into a single PDF for her to print. This was a complete waste since Blair DID NOT proofread the printout, which was missing the hundreds of highlights and page numbering I made to assist the judge in navigating my Response & Exhibits (+100pages) before she faxed it to the court. Blair incompetence with manipulating PDF files and using iCloud was dumbfounding. Danny Martinez(Associate Lawyer): In addition to an incoherent cut-and-paste RFO Declaration Danny generated that he billed me thousands for, Danny asked me to fill out a Financial disclosure PDF (locked) which was prefilled with the law firm's administrative information. When I asked Danny for the unlocked PDF with the prefilled info, he directed me to the CA Court Website to download the form myself. All the work Danny did was a waste and my new lawyer had to redo everything. Chris Hoglin: Even though Chris gave me his cellphone #, he was always too busy to respond to text/call/email me back. Getting ahold of him for any kind of response took multiple follow-up emails/calls. He went into court the first day completely unprepared since he assumed we could request another judge. Chris was wrong and he would have known this if he did his research. Chris recommended I delayed submitting my RFO in April '21 and when later asked by the Judge in August "Why I haven't submitted an RFO"....Chris' response to the Judge was "That was the legal advice I was given". ?!?!. Chris' numerous bad decisions, lack of preparedness in court, and overconfidence cost me tens of thousands of dollars and, most importantly, I lost precious time with my daughter. Chris came off as cocky in the courtroom and was obvious he didn't know my case well. When I fired him in Sept 2019, his handover to my new lawyer was complete garbage and the case file he provided was missing some substantial info. I would NOT recommend his law firm unless you just don't feel like filing the paperwork yourself. Having Chris represent me in court last year was one of the most stressful events in my life.....and I've served 18 years as an Army Officer and deployed 4 times to combat flying armed reconnaissance helicopters and airplanes.