Douglas Cannon Smith

Absolutely do NOT use this Law Office. The Law Office of Douglas C. Smith had me invest thousands as a retainer in February, and has had poor communication with me and absolutely zero communication with the Oklahoma court my case originated out of. I entrusted Mr. Smith with the safety and future of ...my children, as well as my peace of mind. According to the El Paso County website, my case was set for dismissal at 0830 this morning due to lack of movement. If you want an attorney who cares and invests the time and energy into your case, he is not it. I am absolutely floored that this happened.

I hired Mr. Smith for my divorce. I did get everything I asked for. So the reason for the bad review is this. you have your initial consultation and he promises a timeline and a price. You bring the retainer the next day and the timeline just got doubled by his assistant but they don't tell you til a...fter you hand over the money. Then it runs over budget. if the case goes exactly as planned with only 4 maybe 5 hours of court time how do you not forsee that? I paid the 80 dollar consultation fee which was supposed to be deducted from the retainer which it wasn't. You will never get a response from him even if he tells you to contact him with any questions. the front office is very rude and also has trouble making contact with clients and are very condescending. last thing was after the case was done and I got custody of my son the paperwork was never sent to the attorney general. I have paid an extra month of child support to my ex wife and my son lives with me because they didn't send the paperwork. ofcourse it was blamed on the court but since it was an attorney general case the court said my lawyer was supposed to send it in. I didn't expect to lose an extra 800 dollars after I paid out all that money for my lawyer.

This guy seems interested in your case until you deposit money to his account. I hired him to win a custody battle with my ex husband and he only wanted me to fight for one child and not the other. He knew the case was not going to be in my favor since the judge hates splitting siblings, yet he still... did it after I dissagreed. He ended up cancelling one of my hearings because it was his anniversary and he had a colonoscopy scheduled with his wife which was more important than my case. He takes your money and looses interest, then has his secretary handle your case. Does not return your calls then scolds you for things you did wrong in trials after he never took the time to counsel or prepare you for trial. He keeps your money even if you did not use it all. Would never ever recommend him to anyone!