I am making an amendment to my first Yelp review! My first experience was with David Bartels with…read morethe Shep Law Group, however, I do not think he is there anymore! My divorce lasted a year and a half, and I didn't end up getting even visitation with my children, and I am the woman! Usually it is the man that doesn't get any custody! I was absolutely heartbroken! I've never heard of anyone getting divorced from their children! I know Ron and Brenda tried everything they could, I just believe that the court system is very corrupt! I spent $70,000 and I didn't get any custody not even visitation, as it sits right now. I don't know if I will ever see my children again! I did get a settlement that was my God given right to have! I still believe my husband made out with so much money that was hidden. Honestly, the whole thing was the biggest disappointment of my whole entire life! I have to learn how to go on with my life without my children, money doesn't really matter! I was gonna get some no matter what! I gave Ron and Brenda, five stars because of how hard they tried! My husband just had more money and better lies!

Hired him to recover my property i was awarded in the divorce that she refused to turn over after…read moremonths of trying to get it. For months he promised to file contempt and civil actions to get monetary value for my property. First it was he didnt want to file because our home was for sale and didnt want to "stir up a hornets nest" because i needed her signature to close the home as the market was plummeting. She filed frivolous motion after motion and emails pro se burning through thousands of my money and he couldnt even best a half wit at hearings. When house finally closed i demanded he file now after 4 months of burning through 9k in my money never recovering any of my property. Even after the sale he came up with excuse after excuse as to why he hadnt filed. He finally sent a demand letter in mid Jan giving her 10 days to pay or suit was finally being filed. 2 weeks after deadline i asked when suit was being filed and just after he asked for yet another 4k for my trust he sent me a letter stating he was dropping me as a client. So he billed me thousands for paperwork and demand letters after asking me to get my missing property from the 80k mark down to 35k so he could file in magistrate in order to recover attorneys fees. Weeks of prep and attorneys fees for a demand letter never filed. Only 2 times we appeared at hearings he was late both times. First time the judge was caught in the same accident traffic so he got a pass from the judge. Second time the judge was on time and kept pushing my hearing because he still wasnt there until the very last case of the hour. I dont care how much traffic there is Meridian to Caldwell isnt a 200 mile commute as a professional you should leave earlier. ******This review was edited after Mr Shepherd sent me a threatening email to sue a 100% disabled vet who is actually going in for spinal procedures at the hospital in 2 hours which further stresses a person who he was hired to protect. To answer his what i believe untruthful response because this is what he will do when he represents you. He states i "wanted to litigate against his advice". He was the one who stated i had a strong case for liquidation of my property to herself for pennies on the dollar. He wanted me to get it into magistrate court and have the emails stating such so i followed his "expert" opinion and got my actual damages down from 80k to 35k as he suggested. At no time did he tell me to not to litigate any further and anyone who wants to view the emails to that fact is free to see them showing i did everything he asked to sue for damages. He took my case to litigate and shouldnt have if he truly advised against it. As for all the other nonsense i couldve done everything else pro se and paid nothing. For anyone reading these reviews watch how he attacks the poster in all of them that is what our experience was behind closed doors was even worse for us in our opinion.

I am very pleased with Alicia's services I contacted her and was able to set up an appointment the…read morenext day to fit my schedule. I felt she was very knowledgeable and personable she answered all my questions with filing the paperwork and even drove me to get it notarized and to the court house to file. The prices are very reasonable and a lot cheaper than hiring an attorney right away. I would highly recommend her services to others in fact I will be referring my sister.

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Susan knows her stuff she can look at your history and recent charge and tell you your best bet…read morealthough the PSI reviles a lot she's seen it a hand full of times and is surprisingly accurate on the out come I highly recommend her and her team not only for the evaluation but their patients and willingness to help you. Freedom never felt so good.

I had some questions in regards to a will and if I needed one or not. I came in on a Monday…read moreafternoon, sat down, laid out my concerns and what I have done regarding my finances and my estate. They sat down with me, asked me questions and dug into whether or not I needed a will or not, they answered my questions and I ended up leaving with more knowledge and a sense of relief knowing I had my concerns answered and I was not pressured into doing anything I wasn't comfortable doing, financially speaking. They looked out for my best interest and I thank you for that.

Jeff was very attentive and thorough with not only my divorce but also the protection of my child…read moreand her future from my ex. He truly has the forethought in looking out for what's BEST for the children. Thank you so much!!! Always answered my emails, got back to me in a timely manner with phone calls, and extremely professional with the Judge. Couldn't have asked for a better form of representation to get out of a 25 year hell I was living in.

I am grateful that I found Leo Wees Self-Help Legal Alternatives. He created my Trust and Will. I…read morehad lots of questions and his responses via phone or email were very professional. Leo met me on our first visit so he could see the materials I wanted in the Trust & Will. He knows what he's doing regarding related Idaho Law because he used to teach this. His work and final end product was more professional than I could have imagined. Thereafter we worked via email and met again to review the product and upon notary signing. The product he delivered was fantastic. I feel a sense of freedom now that I have this paper work in order, and again, I am so very grateful.

Great service. Friendly. Reasonably priced. Can't go wrong. Highly recommended if you are ever in…read moreneed.

Wendy Powell handled my uncontested divorce flawlessly. I thought about trying to do the divorce…read moreonline since it was amicable, but I'm so glad I hired Wendy for her experience with the process. She was very helpful and professional, and her fees were quite reasonable.

Current reviews are similar to mine. Unresponsive, did not…read morespeak up for me in court and my child modification ended up being less support based on inaccurate information she did not disclose in court and shushed me over. If you need a lawyer, you are already going thru a stressful time. Do not add stress by hiring Wendy Powell.

1 star My fiance and I hired Mark to write a cohabitation…read moreagreement. He took a $2500 "retainer" from us. My emails to him were often ignored and I had to repeatedly followup with him to get him to respond - often weeks going by and no reply. Each time it was the same excuse "I was in court". I understand that our job was small compared to some of his other clients but we could have at least received the courtesy of a response - saying I'll get back to you Xxxx. Although he did finish our agreement it was later than originally agreed upon and we have not received any invoice at all. The $2500 was a retainer, not a flat fee. I expected to receive monthly billing statements as I have with every other attorney I have hired in the past. Not have him take all of the money without any explanation at all. It has now been 3 months since he took our money and I have yet to hear from him with an itemized bill showing his time and charges. We feel robed. While we are happy with the agreement, we wish we had chosen someone else as his work was not worth $2500 or the stress of trying to get him to call or email us back.

Mark was extremely welcoming and professional. He was willing to work with me and represent me in…read moremy divorce when no one else would. As a single parent with limited funds his willingness to work with me was a life saver. He is very prompt in getting back to you by email or phone. I would highly recommend Mark for your legal needs. He will get the job done right and cares about each of his clients.

I was dealing wit a divorce and didn't want to handle it on my own. Joel and Ana kept in touch with…read moreme during the entire process. Ana was on the ball with filing papers quickly and Joel was great, making sure I understood things, and what options I have. The entire process was smooth and I even got a refund in the end. This shows honesty and the quick turnaround made it possible. I would use him again if I had the need!!

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Hired Kevin a while back while he was working for another law firm. When he started his own…read morecompany, he asked if we wanted to stay with him, and we agreed and separated from the other firm. At that time he informed me that our cost for the case would not exceed the retainer we paid him We have a case that is still ongoing that is not a family law case. It wasn't until he started his own company we started to notice a shift. Several calls would go out with fails on his end to return said calls. Then he would finally answer and state "oh hey I was just getting ready to call you"! Yeah ok. We went through months of stuff we had to do to get ready to go into calendar and right before we were supposed to go on calendar, he calls and says he made a mistake and forgot to have me go though a state evaluation that was required for this case. It set us back over a year. After we got everything done, once again it's was a drawn out head ache. Countless unreturned phone calls. I finally asked if this had anything to do with our agreement of paid in full and he reassured me it wasn't, however we were starting to feel that he had other better paying clients and we were put on the back burner. After we submitted a form we had been waiting for, he instructed us to drop it off to his location. I didn't hear anything for several weeks and finally reached out yet again and he said he never received the paperwork I dropped off. He asked where we dropped it off at and I told him his front desk. He insisted I had the wrong office, however I'm quite sure it was the correct one as anyone knows his office it's hard to confuse it with anyone else's since his business cards are there, and his law firm name is not only at the door but also on the wall. The receptionist took my form and let me know he was in a meeting. I started to receive emails stating I owe money for services and I called to enquire about them. This was a little confusing since he mentioned when I came over to his law firm that he would handle the case without any additional fees. After reading other reviews, this seems to be a thing with him. I refused to pay it since he agreed to do the case and not exceed the retainer. At this point I had it. I asked for my file and told the lady at the counter that I was terminating him as our attorney. He never reached out by phone to discuss the matter, instead he sent me a very snarky email stating that I was in the wrong and he never once owned anything that he did wrong. It was all my fault. I responded to the email pointing out where he was wrong, and never received any response back. Now I'm out thousands of dollars that do not reflect the work he did. We contacted several other attorneys after this and all questioned Kevin's handling of the case and didn't understand why certain things weren't done correctly. I would highly, highly, think twice before you retain his services.

DON'T HIRE KEVIN SHUPPERD. The first thing Kevin wanted us to do after retaining him for 12…read morethousand dollars was write him a review. Well we agreed but as time went on the idea of writing a great review for Kevin just seemed impossible Don't hire this Guy he is all talk. Pay me 12,000 up front and you avoid my hourly rate and it covers you all the way through trial is what we were told face to face by Kevin. After almost two years of court and finishing pretrial Kevin got mad at us because he again failed to get information from the opposing to us in time to review. When I say he failed to get information to us, I mean he literally gave it to us the morning of mediation. Mediation was at 9am and he got us the paperwork 830am and told us the night before if we didn't attend we would be held in contempt. At that same time he also didn't inform us that the "lawyer" assisted mediation, that's right our lawyer needed a mediator (lawyer) assist his lawyering!! When we resisted like every time he sent us stuff too late, he did what he has done every time from the time we hired him. He used all his skills from school to debate to with us , not the opposing counsel, like every time he screwed up. He blamed us for his failures and bad work after paying him up front 12 grand. We thought we found a somebody that cared about our children welfare and well-being but Kevin only cares about one thing that dollar. After having his friend Matt sit in for him because he couldn't attend the lawyer assisted mediation, which he informed us the night before that he double scheduled it with another case, he told us we would be held in contempt if we didn't attend the mediation session. Then the next morning before mediation at 9am, a half hour before, at 830am he sends us the proposed judgment from the opposing party to review. We had a half hour to review material from the opposing party!! Our lawyers response attend of be held in contempt. I have the emails to prove it. Then at the last minute after talking to Matt his buddy about how unprofessional that was, Kevin sends the Judge a email to move the lawyer assisted mediation because he double booked. Wow, that was different than what he told us. We would be held in contempt. We were so worried we would be stonewalled in mediation without our lawyer. After all that worry was over the next day Kevin decides that he is going to withdrawal from being our counselor and QUIT after paying him in full to go through trial all of sudden "that 12k was only to get you through to "pre-trial" is his story now, and the story changed. Now we are left with Kevin telling us we have to get a retain new counsel when mediation is to be rescheduled in the next few weeks!! If that is not leaving you high and dry I don't know what is. What we have realized working with Kevin is he is completely unprofessional and unorganized. He continually sent us information last minute to review with no real time to review. If you want a lawyer that only wants to argue with you and not the opposing lawyer then Kevin Shupperd is the lawyer for you. I recommended others to him and they hired him and we have been told he confused that person with another persons case all together and that in her opinion he has too much work to do and has repeatedly gotten stuff to her too late and not done what he says he going to do. I will be posting this everywhere possible to save parents struggling to find a good lawyer to do right by their children. Funny thing is the Home Study we had to go through too for the 3rd time was 32,000 dollars and mediation sessions 100s of dollars too, and deposiitons . Kevin thinks he took all we had left, and that we have nothing left to fight but he is wrong. When it comes to our kids we have all the fight in the world. The lawyer is not gonna do what he says he will do for you. Your better off going anywhere else. Anywhere