La Psi
map-marker Charlotte, North Carolina

Very expensive or results

The office in charlotte, Kara (last name withheld) has taken over $8,000 and I have not received anything for her services. I receive a bill on a timely notice but no updates.

She receives notices and fails to follow my instructions on how to proceed in the case. She constantly tells me what I can't do without providing a plan that I can do. She was told to forward a letter to my wife’s lawyer with items from the house I am still missing and she never forward the email. Was told to request the evidence the wife has against me (never requested it) before we went to court.

They will drag their feet on following your request but do things you never ask them to do. Will not pick up the phone when I call and will not return the call in a timely manner. Always round up to the next 15 minutes. Do not use this law firm, very good at telling you what you what to hear in the beginning but will not follow up with action.

After going through the first $3500, it went into litigation and she stated I had to maintain a balance of $5,000 which they find fees left and right to charge you. No email is short or to the point, all are extremely long and what needs to be done is lost. When on the phone every answer is very long and never really answers the question.

It is almost as if they are on the side of the wife, not the husband. Please learn from my mistake and do not use this firm.

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Randal V

agreed they want an open check book and do little to nothing in return STAY AWAY FROM THESE CROOKS

Guest

Charleston SC has one attorney. I will withhold the name as any one calling for an appointment will get her.

My son is in a divorce/custody battle , which they boast fighting for men's rights.This is why we chose them. Hired her in April. He does have temporary custody, but only because we did all of the foot work gathering affidavits. All she did was email, text, phone, and it would be the same thing multiple times over a few days.

She has stopped returning my sons calls this week, and a month ago she claimed she was ready to go back to court. I have spent over 25,000. and she has done nothing but make money for the company. I could go on ,but I do believe I am going to file a complaint wit the BBB, consumer advocates, and ask the bar to review my sons case.

Just a money hungry set up! I hope every one who feels as I do does the same.

Guest

This sounds very familiar - my son had a very similar experience and paid about $4,000 for nothing. The separation agreement that they put together (well that my son put together) didn't even have the correct name and address in it (some other person's name and address had not been removed from their "form").

La Psi

Thirty days after leaving their practice they still have not forwarded emails from my wifes lawyer. After I told them I no longer needed their services they ran up charges depleting all the cash in my account.

Do not use this company. You will regret it.

Guest

More Cordell B.S.......Hope readers understand these lawyers are bottom of the barrel.......

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Anonymous
map-marker Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cordell and Cordell helped me win joint custody of my daughter!!

I am very please with the service i got. I got everything i asked for and could have gotten more. They worked with my work schedule and were always available to answer any questions i had very quickly. I would recomend Cordell and Cordell to any man having to deal with court, custody or divorce. Before I went to Cordell and Cordell, I wasnt getting any visits with my infant daughter. At the first court appearance I immediatly got overnights. Now in a few short months i won joint custody. I'm extremely happy with Ms. Lewis and how thorough she is/was. She kept me up to date weekly and i was never caught off guard with court appearances or mediations. She told me exactly what to expect and there were no bad surprises. I am over all very impressed with Cordell and Cordell.
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Guest

Could you possibly make it any more obvious that this "review" is fake? I mean, this is a COMPLAINT site full of actual complaints from real people who've been taken for every penny they have. I hope there is a *** waiting on the other side for people like you and everyone at C&C to go to.

Guest

Another FAILED attempt to salvage the Cordell & Cordell reputation. STAY AWAY FROM THESE GUYS.

I HIRED A REAL WINNER BY THE NAME OF ERIC HENRY CARTER IN INDIANAPOLIS LAST YEAR AND HE WAS NOTHIN BUT A FLOP! HE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF AND JOE CORDELL SHOULD FIRE HIS ***.

THIS *** NEEDS TO GO ON DISABILITY! :)

Brandon ober

Yeah no sh.t , lol , , cordell has it coming to them !

JAMES M HAMMERS

Sounds like you took the Client care departments Deal. Yea where they offer you a little bit of your money back and you have to post a good review for them. Shame on you.

Guest

Another FAILED attempt to salvage the Cordell & Cordell reputation. Why would someone go to a complaint board to brad on a firm that has stolen millions from fathers looking for some representation.

Perhaps your a member of the cordell family and want to express your happiness.

Well, even if so, 1 happy person vs hundreds (maybe thousands) of unhappy Cordell customers....Go Figure.... :zzz

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Sharmila Rri
map-marker Portland, Oregon

Site Review

Check out these sites! Cordell has scammed everyone! http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/directory/cordell-and-cordell http://www.complaintsboard.com/bycompany/cordell-cordell-a259330.html
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Sharmila Rri
map-marker Portland, Oregon

Fraudulent Activity Review

Check out the ripoffreport.com website! Complaintboard.com as well! Cordell has been scamming for years!
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Anonymous

Hired Cordell & Cordell, biggest Mistake of my life!

I hired this firm, listened to the attorney assigned to the case and now ruined for the rest of my life. They talk the talk, but in court don't get ANY respect from the Judges as they already know what these guys do.

You will be BILLED for anything that you do, multiple times at that, as once you send an email, the attorney reads it, sends it to their assistant to read, print and file, so basically you have at least 15-30 minutes of billed time, which equates to 75.00 to 150.00 per email. They WILL let you know when your retainer gets low and suck your credit card dry! Men Across America, DO NOT USE THIS FIRM! YOU WILL BE SORRY and PAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES!.

Don't let the advertising FOOL YOU! They are the best and have the best website, literature, etc. They have Bankrupted me, given all my posessions away to the Ex and minimal time with my kids. ALL FOR WHAT?

The almighty dollar! These thieves will suck you dry! In the end, you would have been better off going to court by yourself.

This is why attorneys have a bad name! Thanks to the poor services of CORDELL & CORDELL !!!!!!

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Guest

Couldn't agree more. Especially on the ruined for life part! Still trying to avoid bankruptcy and I'll never get back everything they cost me to lose!

JAMES M HAMMERS

Send your Complaints to (The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel) of your state. I sent my complaints to the Attorney General of Missouri and they replied with a nice letter stating that they do not handle those kind of complaints. BUT they did forward my complaints to The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel of Missouri.

Guest

Yep $28,000 and still counting. They are a scam! I wish I had read all this before I hired them!

Guest

Mr. Cordell himself really needs to look at some of the staff he has working for him.

Mr. Erik H. Carter in Indianapolis is a Joke.

He talks a real big talk, however in court crumbles to his knees! I used him for a divorce in Marion County Indiana and thought I had the best and when I actually had the worst representation one could imagine.

Guest

So true!!! exactly the same thing happened to me using their Austin office.

Their lawyer Carrie Westbrook was acting like a dumb *** in the hearing.

She put me in a very bad spot in my case. I just wish I read this review before I used them

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Anonymous
map-marker Florence, Kentucky

Screwed By Cordell and Cordell

I hired a Cordell and Cordell attorney and was told that her retainer would likely not be all used. That was far from reality.

First off, my attorney named Jane Robertson showed up late for my first and only day in court. I had already told her that there was nothing to contest between my wife and me. We already agreed on everything. Basically all we needed was one of our lawyers to write up the legal paperwork and submit it.

Robertson did absolutely nothing. Not one thing. She claims to have corresponded with my wife's attorney, but I can't figure out what the correspondence was about because there was nothing for her to talk about. I told her she was fired because she continued to suck up her retainer money on bogus actions that never happened.

I knew I was getting screwed so I fired her. She told me it would cost me $500 just to fire her. I was shocked at how ridiculous and pompous this woman was. Long story short, not only did Jane Robertson lie about whatever it was she was doing to eat up her retainer, but she somehow amassed an additional $800!!!!

I refused to pay that and after going back and forth with another member of the firm I agreed on a fraction of that.

In fact, I believe I am going to seek legal action against them. This is far from over.

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JAMES M HAMMERS

Good luck. Those thief's know how to rob a man blind.

have you sent The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel in your state all of your paper work yet. I did but I am still waiting on a reply. They say it takes about 4 to 5 weeks after they receive your complaint to respond back to you.

They must be over loaded with Cordell & Cordell complaints. LOL

Anonymous

Hired Cordell / Cordell, Paid over 25K and got NOTHING

Hired this firm for a fairly simple divorce (meaning minimal assets, 2 children, and nothing more). After nothing but constant billing for nothing, by the time it was all said and done, over $25,000 in fees was accumulated, continuance after continuance and status report after status report (boilerplate info) I had enough. Finally just settled just to escape Cordell and Cordell billing...STAY AWAY! I don't see how they get away with this, but something needs to be done to place the crooks behind bars! Cordell and Cordell caused me more headaches than my Ex! Would be better off just staying married and being pure miserable!
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JAMES M HAMMERS

I agree. I have so much paper work like Settlement agreements and Emails that they sent me to fill an 8X8X8 room.

and it is all trash. also I think every one is filled with mistakes that a 1st grader would not make!

Veneda Wgb
map-marker Anniston, Alabama

Timely billing terrible representation

My son used the Durham, NC office and was represented by a woman there. He received papers with someone else's name and address in them and didn't notice it until he gave them to this wife. He spent time looking at the terms and conditions and not something as simple as the correct name and address - and for this he payed top dollar. These attorneys are shysters!!! They certainly know how to charge your credit card though. My son could have gotten a less expensive attorney and received the same level of service. If you don't care about money, please use Cordell & Cordell.
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JAMES M HAMMERS

Thats the way they work. The second so called Attorney I had from the Missouri office (Yes, I was a slow learner) had the nerve to argue with me on the date that my EX and I got married!

Bradley Koa
map-marker Atlanta, Georgia

Screwed by this scam!!

STAY away from this law firm! A friend of mine acquired them to help with his divorce. To make a long story short within a six-month period of time his bill after he paid out $7000 was still $22,000 owed!!!!!!!!! To make matters worse he didn't even win his case he still has to give his ex-wife his 401K!!!!! Cordell and Cordell represented him through the whole case and then when it got to be toward the end.... they alerted him that unless he paid down his balance they would have to withdraw!!!!!! this law firm is worse than predatory loan agencies!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous
map-marker Salt Lake City, Utah

Simple change of child support status

I was being taken to court by ORS for back child support for $5,000. After hiring Andy from the Utah law firm, I spent the same amount of money to have papers written up and sent to the judge to have the child support waived because it was already paid. I might of well as paid that money to my X to put towards our daughter after it was all said and done. This company and lawyers took full advantage after filing the paperwork charging for phone calls, emails and help from other lawyers within the firm. I was very much disappointed in their service and find their attitude of serving fathers rights to be another kick in the stomach in relation to the justice system. I will never be back for further help and I suggest you don't start.
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Guest

I was in the middle of looking for a lawyer for my boyfriend.... So glad I found this site instead! I will keep on looking.

JAMES M HAMMERS

Yes. I was looking over the miscellaneous charges here is a copy of some of them:(yes look at 05/10/13 $243.20 for copies!)

07/08/13 Travel 1 27.0200 Michelle L.

Hughes: Mileage - Hillsboro 6/13/13

06/19/13 Postage 0 1.7200 Postage

06/10/13 Travel 1 27.0200 Michelle L.

Hughes: Mileage - Hillsboro 5/13/13

05/23/13 Court Rptr/Deposition 0 116.3000 Washausen & Associates: Court reporter deposition

05/23/13 Process Service 0 75.0000 Aaron Staten: Process Server 05/10/13 Copies 488 97.6000 Copies 05/10/13 Copies 359 71.8000 Copies 05/10/13 Copies 220 44.0000 Copies 05/10/13 Copies 149 29.8000 Copies 04/30/13 COPIES 0 24.4000 Eagle Bank and Trust: Eagle Bank Records 04/30/13 COPIES 0 75.0000 Ameriprise Financial, Inc.: Ameriprise Finacial Records 04/29/13 Postage 0 5.3200 Postage 04/30/13 Postage 0 5.3200 Postage 04/29/13 Copies 44 8.8000 Copies 04/29/13 Copies 128 25.6000 Copies 04/30/13 Copies 79 15.8000 Copies And yes that was a copy and paste job right off of their own web site. Spelling errors and all!

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Anonymous
map-marker Richardson, Texas

WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WITH CORDELL AND CORDELL!!!!!

I cant begin to describe the wonderful experience I have had with the entire staff at Cordell and Cordell! The attorneys were genuinely concerned about my case and fought for me in court. In addition, I RECEIVED MY PHONE CALLS RETURNED THE SAME DAY and EVEN ON WEEKENDS! Don't believe everything negative you read here. This firm is the real deal. They fought for me and prepared me the entire way. The amount I spend was well worth it to ensure my rights were protected and they were honest and upfront the entire process. I would recommend them to anyone.
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Guest

"RECEIVED MY PHONE CALLS RETURNED THE SAME DAY and EVEN ON WEEKENDS!"

Yeah, and paid a premium for every minute before, during, and after the call.

Guest

Could you possibly make it any more obvious that this is a fake review? I mean, this is a COMPLAINT site full of actual complaints from people who've been taken for every penny they have. I hope there is a *** waiting on the other side for people like you and everyone at C&C to go to.

Brandon ober

Lol

JAMES M HAMMERS

Another deal taker from the client care department I bet.

Guest

Sooooooooooooooooo.....If you had such a good experience, why would you be on a complaint board. That seems rather odd.

Sounds more like a company wide cordell / cordell effort to salvange their reputation.

Nice try though.... :grin

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-794112

Agree, this is more than likely a C&C employee trying to paint a rosy picture. They are a bunch of scam artists..

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Anonymous

Hired Cordell, Got NOTHING in return! BANKRUPT NOW!

THIS FIRM IS WAY SUB-STANDARD! TAKE 99% of what they tell you and forget it. The only 1% left is their billing practice and they will follow through on it for sure! If your a man getting a divorce, just give your ex-wife everything you own with cash to boot and move on, saving you years of Heartache! If you want to contest the Ex-Spouse, hire a local firm and make sure you get references too. Cordell & Cordell have very good advertising (matter of fact, best in the business). However once you decide to hire them as council, you will be VERY SORRY! I know, Been there and Done that! Never AGAIN!
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JAMES M HAMMERS

I am with you on that!! Their new Slogan should be: Cordell & Cordell we are only in it for the Father's money! and we are not real Attorneys either!

Guest

Blithering Idiots for sure.....Matter of time things will catch up to them......

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Anonymous
map-marker San Antonio, Texas

Nothing was ever done!

We hired Cordell and Cordell in January, they gave us Marybell Cruz and fr there the charges started. From every little thing from responding to an email to phone calls. In September we were still paying and we had nothing to show for it. I had a verbal agreent with my ex and all Marybell had to do was draw up the paperwork, all of the drafts had mispelled words and items added to the decree that made no sense but of course every time we sent back to correct her errors we got charged again. We spent over 15,000 and fired her in the end because she couldn't get it right and we hadn't even gone in front of a judge yet! We are now using another lawyer that is only charging 600 to do everything. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! They are only out to take your money and they do not care about their clients. We asked for a refund on what was left of our retainer and that even took two months. Don't even try to talk to the complaint department they will not do anything.
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JAMES M HAMMERS

Yes the Misspelled words and wrong dates. I believe that is how Joe Cordell trains his puppets to steel all of the Father's money.

Guest

I read the complaint and if you check in San Antonio Cordel and Cordel has several offices listed.These are the individual attorneys associated with them,kind of like a "franchise", I guess.Not sure how to check out these associated attorneys that work for them.When you read things like this and others below,it's discouraging to consider them!?

Guest

lockEmployhment

Guest

THIS FIRM IS WAY SUB-STANDARD! TAKE 99% of what they tell you and forget it.

The only 1% left is their billing practice and they will follow through on it for sure! If your a man getting a divorce, just give your ex-wife everything you own with cash to boot and move on, saving you years of Heartache! If you want to contest the Ex-Spouse, hire a local firm and make sure you get references too. Cordell & Cordell have very good advertising (matter of fact, best in the business).

However once you decide to hire them as council, you will be VERY SORRY! I know, Been there and Done that!

Never AGAIN!

Guest

My husband and I are divorcing, we haven't go to court yet and the cordell & cordell lawyer already took more than 10,000 from his credit cards.. think twice before you hire this law firm.

Guest

Your correct! This firm is legal crime! stay the *** away or you will be sorry!

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Vivian Vub
map-marker Sacramento, California

MR BICKHAM

I HIRED THEM TO HELP MY CASE. WAS TOLD 3,000 WAS THE ESTIMATE.

AFTER HIRING THEM MY LAWYER WAS LATE TO THE FIRST COURT. THEN TOLD ME I NEEDED TO SPEND 12,000 TO FIGHT! I AGREED. THEN WEEK BEFOR COURT SHE HAD A BABY ILLNESS.

HAD TO CHANGE LAWYERS AND NEW LAWYER WAS 25 YEARS OLD WITH NOP EXPEIRANCE. COMPLAINED TO COMPANY AND THEY CHARGED ME TO GET HER UP TO DATE WITH MY CASE. WENT TO COURT AFTER PAYING POLICE OFFICER AND MEDIATOR PER LAWYER REQUEST TO BE THERE AND SHE WANTED ME TO AGREE TO ABUSE AND SETTLE OUT OF COURT. WHEN I SAID NO SHE TOLD THE COURT SHE WAS SCARED OF ME.

AFTER 15,000 NEVER WAS HEARD IN COURT AND STILL HAVE RESTRAINING ORDER. WORST LAWYERS EVER. COMPLAINED TO BAR AND THEY WOULDENT EVEN READ THE COMPLAINT.

WORST MISTAKE IN MY LIFE. CLIENT CARE REP SAID SHE WOULD REFUND ME 2,000 FOR INCONVIENCE BUT NEVER SAW THE MONEY AND THEY REFUSED TO ASSIST ME IN MY CASE.

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Anonymous

Over Billed and under represented

I have tried to talk to their complaint department all you ever get is we're sorry our lawyer lost your case, but you still owe us nearly 35,000 for our sloppy work (even thought I was told 20,000). It turned out my lawyer didn't listen to a thing I said and in court the only word out of his mouth was I object. He was out maneuvered and just plain out classed. Go somewhere else. They deserve the Golden Fleece award for law firms. If they specialize in Men's rights men in this country are in deep trouble. Every time I get a bill it is wrong just stay away is my best advice.
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JAMES M HAMMERS

I AGREE!!!

Guest

Yep. That is the way this firm operates.

Great Advertising, however only lawyer that knows anything is Joe Cordell himself. All the other attorneys are low dollar thiefs, that could not get a job at a real firm. Hire this firm and expect to pay 50K plus for your divorce. Either remain married and be miserable or hire these people and be miserable and broke for many years to come.

Stay the *** AWAY or you will be SORRY (and miserable).

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