Paid Mr. Carmen to do a thorough case review. He indicated that he knew about pensions regarding the military and went off on a tangent that cost me money only to tell me what I already knew and was not in dispute. Met with me once face to face; countless e-mails; getting ill and asked to conduct bus...iness over the phone; charging me the same price as in person; assigned a paralegal that did nothing but send emails; also made one phone call to me to tell me my appointment was cancelled after I had been sitting in their office for 10 minutes. The phone call was received at the time of the appointment. Just found out that his paralegal quit and he also quit my case. Reason given, I didn't keep enough money in my trust though I tried to make a payment by phone on two occasions and was informed, "someone would get back to you." A follow up phone call from the office stating that Austin was withdrawing for several other reasons. Not professional in the least. Sorry Austin.

never spoke to Austin while he was my lawyer only the paralegal and when I asked to speak to Austin he was very standoffish and rude! I asked for a copy of my whole case File and he told me that if I kept on coming into the office that he would have to call the cops on me and have me physically remov...ed from the office!!My court would only take 15min and charge me $300!! He did nothing for me!! Waste of $7000!!

I hired Austin Carmen to represent me with my issue with the trustee of my late husband's estate. I spent $6,000 for this case for nothing. I ended up withdrawing him as my counsel because he doesn't know what's he's doing. He does not communicate with me unless I asked what's going on. Collecting p...ayments has to be advanced. I complained about paying in advance as i didn't see progress with my case, but he threatened me to withdraw as my counsel if i don't put money in my account. Also, he is not kind attorney. Poor service and poor representation all around.

I hired him to write a letter of termination. He wouldn't return calls, didn't produce the letter and when I did go down again to cancel our agreement and get my money back, he typed one while I sat in the waiting room. The letter looked like a grade schooler wrote it and was completely inaccurate. I... rewrote the letter in front of Mr Carmen and his Business manager, which they then redrafted. It has now been 4 months and they won't return the balance of my $2,000.00 deposit or return any phone calls.