Thomas S. Olmstead

I feel cheated. Tom was welcoming enough. Our initial meeting made me feel like I was finally going to have someone representing me in my divorce. Immediately after that, I found Tom to consistently be unavailable or too busy to take any questions or make any recommendations (he doesn't have a cel...l phone, either). The rare occurrences when he was available, he seemed fairly helpful. He gave lots of assurances, but never recommendations or next steps. I was happy until I realized that after over 6 months of waiting and trying to motivate my ex, her lawyer, and my lawyer to make progress that there was no active interest in my case or my well being. He wasn't even familiar with the case or my name. My questions were left to Mindy, his assistant, who gave the most minimal answers possible to get me to go away. I never received any amplifying information or help that I didn't directly think to ask for. I was always treated as an inconvenience to her. She was like a less helpful version of google, but most of the answers I needed weren't readily available online. Basically, I was on my own to navigate a difficult divorce, which I had never done before. I never received any advice on what to include or not include in my settlement offer even though I clearly needed help. I would have changed lawyers, but by the time I realized just how unhelpful they were I was approaching the end of the divorce and just used them to write out the paperwork and assist me in court. Then, when Mindy wrote out the final copy of the settlement, she misspelled my name (Bradley to Bradlie...never heard of it being spelled that way and it was only incorrect on the header). It was no big deal to me, until I was charged $50 to have it fixed. Are you f^@%# kidding me? I have no doubt that it was an intentional error made so that she could charge for another "30 minutes" of work. Also, when paying for Tom to drive to the courthouse for the hearing, I was charged for 4 hours ($1200) of driving and being at the courthouse. Port Orchard is 30 minutes away - maybe an hour if there's heavy traffic. The time in front of the judge only took about 10 minutes. I do not know what I was being charged so much for. Long story short, if you want to be treated like a person, or even not get robbed, run far and fast. I don't know if other lawyers act in a similar fashion, but I will never approach this office again. I recommend you don't either.