Ivan Culbertson

Do not hire!!!! Ivan was horribly incompetent. He failed to file simple docs to validate income in the right court case so the court never saw them. He never told me. He failed to argue on my behalf regarding my income so ex got 66% vs anywhere near 50%. Ivan was also fined for opposing counsel’...s court costs. The law firm did forgive $1500 in fees and gave me a check for $1k for his incompetence (Lawyers for Men). He still cost me thousands!!!!

If you retain Ivan after reading this you deserve him as your lawyer. He is the absolute worst attorney I have ever encountered. He is lack luster and lazy at best. You’ll experience this the minute you meet him. Your gut will tell you he isn’t the guy, but then you will second guess it because we... all have some preconceived perception our sloppy, unorganized lawyer who looks like he just rolled out of bed and doesn’t take care of himself physically is somehow some super genius. This isn’t a movie!! I am here to tell you he is not. Run!! Also at this point if you move forward (which you should not) this will be the last time you see him in the flesh or talk to him live. Get ready to send emails and wait for days for a response that doesn’t answer your questions. He will never appear in court and will never answer the phone. If you care about your situation, family and your bank account again you will remember this review if you hire him. All I would ask you is to come back and write a review when he burns you, your case falls flat, you get so frustrated you want to scream. When that happens join group and help protect those people who actually need good sound legal help and advice. If I could give Zero Stars I would!

Paid him 500 all he did was file the initial divorce paper which took him a few minutes. Never could get a hold of him after that. Had to hire a new attorney before I got screwed in court. Now he still says I owe $700 . He stole $5000 and says I owe more but never did anything for me. I’ve asked the... office to send me documents showing what they did that cost $ 5700 and I can’t get a response. I’m filing complaints on him with the state. This guy is scamming people at a vulnerable time in their life. Don’t hire him.

First meeting was pretty OK. Would not give direct answers about costs. After a week he had filled out the divorce documents and I had reviewed and corrected the mistakes…for the most part. Small stuff was ignored. Then he has me meet him at the courthouse in the middle of the day. Cost me a full day...s wages and what for ,,,,,, he had me pay for the filing fees and for the server. He already had a $7000 retainer so I asked why he didn’t pay for the filings with that??? His reply was That is not what the retainer is for. Specifically called out in section 2 of the agreement listed this use. And why is the lawyer at the courthouse filing the papers? That is a job for his secretary. Different billing…he does all the work and charges lawyer rates and none at the secretarial rate$100 less. In less than one month he resigned. My opinion…he’s a crook…. Buyer beware