Keith D Karnes

He is the worst attorney I have ever used. He gives bad advice, does not know the law, and I should know-- I am a Bar Trained Paralegal. His lack of knowledge is dangerous and will cost you money, tons of time, your good credit, and possibly even your freedom. He can't quote the law which is absolutely basic. He dupes clients out of thousands. Keith is a slick-mouthed CON-ARTIST. He pretends to be your friend and is really a SCAM ARTIST! Be prepared to lose everything if you pay him. You will notice that all his recommendations from attorneys below all have the last name "BAXTER", that is because he is related to them. No other attorney would be caught dead signing on to this criminal fool. He has been ran out of multiple firms for his incompetence. If you are looking for a Criminal Lawyer, he is not your guy, but, if you are looking for a CRIMINAL Lawyer, then yes, Keith is your man! You won't get a call-back, won't see any success, won't get anything but an empty bank account and an ulcer. You are better off just giving the IRS your PIN #. At least they won't lie to you and pretend to be your friend.

Keith did file the correct papers for a Bankruptcy, when he was with Olsen and Olsen. But that is where he stopped helping us and started helping himself. In the 8 years he drug out the banko we were charged double his stated fee, for time he created. He "never" called us in 8 years. He made deals with the bank and trustdeed that we did not know about. I feel that because I had a terminal illness he took advantage of my wife and our situation. I had contacted Olsen and Olsen and after we had filed the banko with them Keith left thei firm and took our case with him, I wonder if he was forced out or not. I just wish every one could see what we went through and make there own mind up as to stay away from him or not. We spent $98 thousand more with Keith than the Judge said we to pay, and I still to this day do not know how Keith allowed that to happen. He never explaind to us why we owe more than the fed judge said. When asked he just said the trusteed and he would work it out, just send me another $17 thousand! The trusteed made a $10,000 mistake and Keith had us pay for it. I asked him to go after the trusteed for the money and he said he couldn't because it would jepordize his close working relation ship with her! There is to much that happened in the last 8 years to write about. The bottom line is if you use this guy, do not ask questions, never, never, never, get a call from him, and be prepared to spend a lot of extra money. He needs to lose his license to take advantage of people under the protection of the law, I wish the bar would really take an interest in this. He gives the honest attorneys a bad smell.

First, makes you call him for followups instead of the other way around, which I found a bit arrogant, but went along with it. The bigger issue is his knowledge of consumer law seems a bit lacking. This guy tried talking about statute of limitations on various types of fraudulent debt in the aspect that if 14 other pieces of debt with the exact same genesis date ran a reporting period, a 15th that fell into the same bucket would somehow not be actionable if it were being re-aged. And rather took offence to a potential client who wasn't completely ignorant to the law. This seems to be one of those cats you hire when you know absolutely nothing about what's going on and need an escort through the whole process - and then just hope for the best that he gets you where you need to be. My confidence levels on this would be low.

This attorney does not even deserve one star! Paid him money for a HOA lawsuit and he did nothing! Would not return phone calls, missed several deadlines for deficiency judgments, never appealed case as promised, took him 9 month to get him to court.... Always had excuses such as his health, voicemail being broken, etc. I had to hire TWO new attorneys to correct what Keith ignored!

We filed for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy with Keith Karnes. Leading up to the actual filing his knowledge and service seemed adequate. Once our bankruptcy was filed it has been almost IMPOSSIBLE to get a call back. We have had several questions about things directly related to our case and we NEVER get a call back. If I get any response at all it takes calling at least every week for three weeks. Most recently we have called and left 4 messages along with an email directly to Keith. 27 days since our last attempt via email ... still no answer. I feel trapped with a lawyer who does not care about his client once he's filed for you. VERY FRUSTRATED.