Eugene Ray Oliver

I would strongly caution anyone who is considering hiring Eugene Oliver to represent them, especially in a family law case where there is conflict between the parties. I am a professional woman and a single mom; I had need of an attorney to handle some post-divorce matters that should have been relat...ively straightforward and was referred to Mr. Oliver by a colleague who had used his services for some low-conflict divorce mediation. After initially meeting with Mr. Oliver in person and explaining the nature of my case and the type of legal help I needed, he laid out a "plan" for me on how we should proceed. In hindsight, I understand now that he totally misinformed me and submitted a statement to the court commissioner that was heavily criticized by the commissioner due to some very basic technical errors that caused the commissioner to rule against me. Not only did Mr. Oliver make grave errors in formulating my statement for the court commissioner, he arrived at the hearing totally unprepared and did not even remember some of the most basic facts of my case when the court commissioner was questioning him. I was told afterwards by three different attorneys that the mistakes Mr. Oliver made were very serious and would harm me for years down the road. It has been two years since this happened and the court commissioner's verdict, made as a direct result of Mr. Oliver's mistakes, continues to harm not only me but my young child as well. This attorney does not know some of the most fundamental tenets of family law and for $6,500 brought nothing but frustration to me and misfortune to myself and my child. I would not recommend him to anyone who cares about the outcome of their case.

Mr. Oliver decided to take my case Pro Bono at the last minute and was not properly prepared to represent me, which had negative consequences when the Commissioner made his decision. I recommend getting a referral from Legal Voice. They referred me to lawyers, who would represent you for one Court He...aring only. Of the three lawyers, they recommended two were very friendly to give practical advice and finally one called to say he an opening of for my 9am Monday hearing. Beginning on Friday and through the weekend he called and emailed to get information to be prepared for a one day only representation. At the court hearing on Monday he was fully prepared and the outcome was in my favor. My previous lawyer charged me $6,688.00 and his work ethic was simply to put in hours. Mr. Oliver's work ethic of taking a case and not being prepared is not the kind of lawyer, I would recommend to others.