Carl Jacob Hoppes

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!