Todd Kurtis Smilovitz

Todd Smilovitz

Derek realized after we started the process of document review and related consultation that in my opinion there was not the clear wished-for miracle exception to the time and effort it would take to re-do the documents he previously submitted on his own and which were rejected by the court. In my understanding this communication was unacceptable to him based on his own personal timeline and thus he went elsewhere and "got the job done", as he says. I cannot comment on whether going elsewhere meant still re-doing his documents in an ethical and legal way. I did try to see if there were possible alternative solutions that were ethical, legal and yet still expedited the process, but related suggestions of potential possibilities were not good enough for him. The actual "lesson" for him should have been if you don't do it yourself correctly the first time, go to a lawyer to get the job done right and as fast as possible, but don't expect the lawyer to just cave to unethical demands. If he got what he wanted some other way and through some other service at a lesser cost, but it wasn't ethical and/or legal, then I wouldn't consider that a cause for celebration or negative thoughts about my services.