Richard Bryan Geissler

This lawyer was hired to represent me for post-secondary support. In spite of me being timely with my filing request, handing him all of the necessary documents, meeting with him and calling his office weekly to find out the status of my case, he was so incredibly tardy with the court filings that I ...got penalized by the justice system and didn't receive any post-secondary support. Bryan did NOT represent me. He was completely unprepared for court, would come running in at the last minute, and was not knowledgeable as to the specifics of my case. In spite of his lack of preparedness, he still received payments of nearly $10,000 in fees - while costing me $10,000 in lost support. I wish I would have fired him many months ago.

I am a former client of Bryan. I had spent a very long time with him and accomplished nothing. I would not recommend him; he tells long pointless personal stories about himself and charged me for them as billable hours. I spent almost ten thousand dollars with him, and now years later I have hired... a new lawyer, and have been informed that Bryan made many mistakes in my original parenting plan. I truly believe that Bryan’s one and only priority is billable hours, he has no compassion. He was highly unprofessional and made many inappropriate comments. I wish I would have read these reviews before I hired Bryan, and I was truly disgusted by what I read in others comments. I would strongly urge you to choose a different lawyer.

In 2001 I had the misfortune to have to go through a very complicated divorce. It was emotionally and financially taxing. He made me feel very safe when I was so scared. His paralegal, Karen, is beyond super awesome and one of the most intelligent people in law that I have ever seen. Her speed de...dication and energy is incredible. Bryan handled my case and it included a week long trial. When it was over, he settled it excactly the way he said he would. I felt he was very competent, but he does cost money. Sometimes you need that junk yard dog to protect you. He did just that for me and I am grateful! NOTE FOR BEFORE DIVORCING....READ CAREFULLY AND GET YOUR NAME OFF ANY AND ALL SECURED LOANS (lines of credit) BEFORE DIVORCING. He did not tell me that part and it was a devistating mistake.

Mr. Geissler was more worried about "billing hours" than resolving my case. Several thousands dollars later, I was notified by the court system that the my "temporary" papers where expired" .... Therefore thousands of dollars went down the drain and now I am having to start over with a case I thought... was resolved.

Upon the reccomdation of an associate, I hired Mr. Geissler to handle my divorce. His greatest concern was logging his work hours. In fact, during several of our meetings, where I am paying him $250/hr, I would discuss issues, while he would chart his hrs. I asked him how he could charge me, while... he logged his hours, he smiled and told me that he was listening. He would comment to me every time that we would go to court how attractive my ex wife was. My ex told me afterwards that he even asked her out. He advised me to spend money for all kinds of things to better my case and prepare for court, which I did. Some $40,000 later, and extremely prepared for court, he just sat there and didn't do anything during our final hearing. I lost custody of my son, have limited visitation, and have to pay more than I can afford to my ex. If it weren't for family support, I would be homeless. Mr Geissler's reply to all this was you win some and you lose some, and he would be happy to retry the case for me.