Gabriel Andres Godinez

The firm dropped me as a client in a civil suit, stating I was too difficult to deal with when I began asking for regular updates on my case. These requests came only after several deadlines set by by Mr. Godinez and/or his associate passed without comment or action. At that time, the associate also ...said the case wasn't worth what I thought it was, and he didn't want to spend 18 months working on it. I was advised to find other counsel, a difficult task since Mr. Godinez's firm had exhausted a good portion of the time allotted before the statute of limitations ran out. I found this conduct to be highly unprofessional.

During my hearing, "Gabe" had to be told which questions to ask the witnesses, though I had provided a list of these questions prior to the hearing. Still, he forgot to ask, and later said "The judge gets it already. We don't want to beat a dead horse." Well, the judge didn't get it, and I lost the c...ase. After I received the final disposition of the hearing, Gabe had already quit the law firm and didn't return my phone calls. He had the nerve to send me a bill after he had composed a cover letter addressed to me, for documents that he had already provided the prior week.