Brett E Engel

I read the review where Mr. Engel instructed the wife to incite violence in the home. I had a similar experience. Brett instructed me to physically provoke my husband (invade his physical space, slap his face, shove him, put my hand on his face, etc.) until it incited him to assault me - better if ...the kids saw it. Then we could get my husband arrested and we would win the custody dispute. He directed me to hide tape/video recorders in the home that would later be edited to expose only my husband's assault. I was unwilling to do such things. Even worse, the plan was actually discovered during the case and hurt our credibility and custody results.

Brett began the divorce by sending letters to my husband's attorney viciously attacking my husband as a father and person. He did not fully tell me until after he did it. I was upset. I did not want war. I simply wanted to reach agreement on 4 things: division of marital assets, child custody, sp...ousal support, and child support. I asked Brett to stop. Of course they responded. Instead of restraint, Brett viciously responded. The result was Brett caused numerous rounds of unproductive and expensive ugly attorney interactions that destroyed trust and hurt our ability to work out agreements. Brett was primarily focused on fighting with and "defeating" the opposing attorney. Representing me to help reach agreement on the 4 items was a much lower priority for him. It was an expensive ugly disaster.

I retained him for a custody case. I relied on the information I was able to obtain through the Internet to make my decision in retaining him. I was in a time crunch and felt like he would be great, he never fought for me and after my hearing didn't want to help me pursue other avenues. I would have ...been better representing myself then retaining him...I caution anyone who is a good parent dealing with a difficult ex to obtain Brett.