Carl Jacob Hoppes

Save your money do not hire Carl Hoppes. If you hear these phrases from him your going to regret his actions," Its your day I need to get this filed now. ","don't worry we will just file it late".I was going to call you,but I didnt want to ruin your weekend " with that phrase he made outside conver...sation with the opposing attorney then threw me under the bus in court. If you hear this phrase from him in court "your honor we have a strange request " this phrase cost me $3000. in pro-visitation monitor,made me look worse to the court, and left me with 12 hrs a week for 6 months visits with my kids, over lies from ex-wife. As soon as we walked out of court session when he claimed he was late and took off as fast as he could, when I question him about his actions in court, he went right to " If you don't have confidence in me find a different attorney " I did hire new attorney immediately and when asked for refund of partial pay because he did not do what he was paid for he waited ten days then produced some outrageous amount that he just made up.. When I first interviewed with Carl , he demeaned the opposing Lawyer calling him a " FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL " and went on a self promoting,lengthy, bragging rant, about how great he is,as it turned out that Flaming homosexual made Carl look like a fool in court. I can not stress the fact enough that Carl Hoppes is self serving, and the time he spends bragging you pay for. Also he was very technically challenged when he was emailing statements and cover letters , I would on receive the cover letters and not the statements,this probably has something to do with how dis-organized his La Mesa office appears. My goal with this review is to save prospective clients their money and heartache do not hire Carl Hoppes or you will learn to regret it as I did

If you're getting a divorce in San Diego, Mr. Hoppes is your man. If he has a weakness, it's day to day communication. But I read someone else's review of him and thought she must be talking about some other lawyer! So I had to set the record straight for my man Carl. I've used him twice, in court he... was a beast. My ex wishes she had him for her side!

I should have paid attention to the red flags when I walked into his office building in La Mesa for my first appointment. There were stacks of papers everywhere and he was well over a half hour late without any apology. He had a rude overworked large woman trying to squeeze together the four jobs of ...a paralegal,secretary, book keeper and personal babysitter. As a result, she rarely answered the phone, was rude and irritable if you actually asked her do her job, her paperwork was sloppy, and minor details such as a court date might slip her mind. The only way she would actually answer your questions is by going into the office in person or sending her text messages... how professional. As for Mr. Hoppes himself, well, he is quite a charismatic fellow: animated, convincing at times, appears aggressive and in a slightly sleezy way, charming. He has a tendency to talk about himself a lot and go on tangents (which by the way, you are paying for). But in the court room he is a nightmare. He showed up over a half hour late (the judge asked for him to be called). He was disorganized frazzled and had no knowledge of my case. I was completely humiliated in front of my arch enemy, my ex-husband. Not exactly the type of experience I wanted to have my first time ever in the court room. On top of this, Mr. Hoppes forgot I was the petitioner and tried to argue with my ex's lawyer that I was the respondent when we were going to go sit in front of the judge. Terribly embarrassing! In the court room, he rambled, digressed and had irrelevant arguments to my case. I could have done a much better job! I felt not only embarrassed for myself, but for him, thinking he must be the laughing stock of the law community and I'm the idiot that fell for it. I highly do NOT recommend Mr. Hoppes. He is TERRIBLE and unprofessional. Save your money!