Geoffrey Alan Sutliff

I hired Geoffrey almost three years ago to represent me as the Respondent in my divorce. Early on, he failed to provide me with requested copies of my file. Then, he failed to repsond to motions by the opposing party's attorney for over 4 months, resulting in documents being filed into the court reco...rd that I never saw, nor was informed of. I finally had enough when Child Protective Services got involved in the case, and I wanted to file an ex-parte motion on child custody. We discussed the matter and agreed to file a motion on the following Thursday. The motion was not filed. I called the following day. No answer. I called the following monday. No answer. I called and emailed every other day for three weeks. No answer. I finally staked-out his office and ambushed him. He told me HE decided it was not in my best interest to pursue the motion, and he had been too busy to call me and discuss it. Following that debacle, I drafted a formal letter dismissing him from service and requesting an accounting of his fees against the retainer. I have yet to receive an accounting of his fees, nor a refund of any remaining retainer, despite numerous calls, e-mails and letters. It has now been over a year since I requested he send me those documents, and I have resigned myself to accepting that he will never comply. I have also requested he sign a substitution of attorney for the record, to which he has never responded. In summary, the only service Mr. Sutliff provided to me was about 1 hour of phone consultation, the filing of my response to summons, and one court appearance. These services cost me my $3,000 dollar retainer (which is rather inexpensive for a retainer). In my opinion, if you are looking for a lawyer in this price bracket, I would strongly consider In Pro Per and saving the lost money and time of attempting to get work out of Mr. Sutliff.

I hired Mr.Sutliff to file my divorce over a year ago I paid him almost $400.00 and have not heard from him yet. When I did hear from him he said my divorce will be finalized last year in July I have been trying to contact him for the last six month and he still have not returned my call he do not ev...en respond to emails. He is not a client centered attorney.