My attorney was unprepared and ineffective. Communication was poor, at one time I telephoned twice, wrote multiple emails and went into the office in an attempt to reach my attorney about a proceeding without success. I left messages with reception and on the partners' phones without response. Shortly before scheduled trial, my attorney withdrew from the case citing family emergencies and an unfamiliarity with complex asset issues. She assured me another attorney would take over, then called me and said no one in the office had time for my case. It was an expensive and frightening experience overall. read more

This "firm" has been a mess for years. The level of turnovers on all levels is mind boggling. Especially at the support staff level. But NOW this firm, which is only and reduced to Frank Morris and Jeanne Sockle,.. has managed to loose ALL of the associate attorneys,..ones recently hired 6 months ago, gone, an associate of 4 years, gone and a long term associate who was made partner 2 yrs ago after being there 18 yrs, he too is also no longer there. And all of the clients got blindsided. Morris-Sockle,.. You are not a premier law firm, you are a business disgrace. PS: EVERY 5 star "review" on here are from clients that worked with attorneys and paralegals THAT ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYEES AT THIS SHAM OF A LAW FIRM! If they hadnt already left, the few remaining support staff were given 5 days notice. Morris Sockle started posting for job openings on Christmas eve. 8 job openings at one time, yet nothing for new attorneys AND they "currently are not accepting new clients". RED FLAG job seekers,.. be warned nothing will change of their management tactics, and the continued turnover will still go on. read more

I had Brandon for my divorce, he was professional, responsive, and honest. I never felt that his goal or the firm's was to get as much money out of me as possible; started out with consults but when he realized I needed retainer, he stopped the meeting and credited the payment for the consult towards that retainer fee, and at the end I got about 10% back from retainer that was unspent, they certainly could have found an hours worth of busy work to justify it I'm sure, but didn't. His advice was honest, and tailored to my goals. Even if something was legally in my favor, he made it clear what it may cost to still get that if my ex was adversarial over it. Some may like being told what they want to hear, but I prefer the truth. If you are a man going through divorce, I would highly recommend. Saved me a lot of money and being taken advantage of. read more

Matt and Nancy are great amazing people who work hard for you. Matt listens to you and doesn't waste any time to get down to business. I trust them with all my needs and worries read more

I am not at all pleased with the representation I received from Mr.Matthew Stookey and Nancy Hull. The only thing he provided was having my husband served with divorce papers. When I went to him with questions and suggestions he would constantly tell me his opinion why my husband didn't or wouldn't have to do something. It made me feel like he had my husbands best interest at heart and represented him in this case instead of me. He was less than kind and very unprofessional and down right mean. I feel he is a misogynist. I did everything he asked and followed his guidance and towards the end of him representing me he went against everything he was suggesting and guiding me to do. This is not the only time I have had to seek legal representation. But this experience was by far the worst. I hope for the sake of other woman, he does not represent them. Even the front of the building says "Divorce attorneys for men". Given who I had represent me and the complete lack of legal guidance. read more

It really is no surprise that this firm has gone out of business. Between the toxic high school mentality, and the extremely high turnover rate that stemmed from their insane expectations from new hires. Morris-Sockle treated their support staff as expendable, and in the end, that was their downfall. Their attorneys they made certain had the support they required, new attorneys got all the training they needed to be successful, the support staff were set up for failure. I was constantly reminded that the attorneys were the important ones, while we were easily replaceable. Management refused to listen about concerns regarding the newly hired attorney, Matt. Other previous paralegals also reported he came off as misogynistic, but I was told it was in my head. The Frank and Jeanne learned the hard way that without a healthy work environment, and failure to provide the training and support staff needs, will bring a business down. Their inability to keep staff caused the attorneys to look elsewhere, because without good support staff, they can't do their job effectively. Hopefully in the future, if they choose to rebuild their firm, they will talk and listen to their staff to find out what is really going on, instead of blindly believing what they are told by those they deem "more important". read more

I live in South Fl. I took in my nephews to prevent them from being a part of the foster care system. In taking in the children from Washington state, I discovered one of the children was being abused by his biological father. I had to take action to protect this child. Since the children were born in WA and the courts cases were establish in WA, it left me looking for an attorney in WA from FL. Initially Katrina was wonderful. She followed up with me after my free consultation. She listen to me and took on a complicated case. A mother in AZ, a Father in GA, a child from WA, and their Guardian in FL. The initial retainer was 3000. They demand a replenish fee after the retainer, of a min of 2000. When I initially spoke with Katrina I voiced how important it was to protect this child from abuse, but I did not agree with the replenishment fee. The case defiantly got complicated with all parties fighting me as a guardian of the child. This racked up my bill for sure. The biggest issue was Katrina not following up with me, or returning my calls, unless I emailed her with cap letters informing her it was the 2nd and or 3rd attempted of me trying to reach her. Let me WARN YOU...every single second will cost you. Katrina will not discuss anything with you, with out charging you. If you have a 5 min call with Katrina you will be charged her 250 an hour fee divided in 5 min it took to inform you of the case. Every email will cost you, and if the opposing party decided to drop of documents to Katrina, with out your consent, Katrina will review everything, charge you for the time it took her to review the documents, then inform you the documents provided. She will then charge you when you call with questions, and because the opposing party did not have council, she takes it upon her self to accept all documents and charge you for her time. Katrina knows the documents dropped off by the opposing party, non represented, were not filed to the courts and a moot point however, she still takes them in, and charges you for her time. She has allowed the opposing party to rack up my bill, even though she should be repressing me. Her para legal is 100 an hour, but Katrina makes sure she handles the admin work which will cost you double. Katrina should have denied all documents from the opposing party and allow them to either hire council, or represent themselves, but she did not. She left an open door policy for the opposing party to call her, email her and send documents to her, as I AM the one paying her bill. When the case went to a hearing, through default of the opposing party not having council, we did gain temp custody of my nephews. However, two months after the case, I did not hear from Katrina once. I received another 2,000 invoice for many many fees that were not really to service me, but to take opposing information and charge me for it. Keep in mind I am receiving invoicing but I have not heard, in two months for Katrina. I asked to speak with Katrina on October 1, to see where we go from here. The after was suppose to pay child support to us as his guardians and he hasn't, Katrina never enforced it or followed up. However, she wants her 2000 bill paid and wants another 2000 to sit in the firms account for future services. Why would I ever do that when she can't even call me back, or follow up on the case??? Therefore, I informed her bookkeeper that I will pay the remainder owed in payments and I will not just let 2K sit in their account. Katrina received these concerns and emails, and NEVER picked up the phone to speak with me. Instead, she filed a withdrawal of representation to the courts, and sends me a copy of it!!!!! That all. No phone call nothing, she just decides to drop the case. I would have defiantly went with better council. After more research in dealing with Katrina, there are much better attorneys out there. I would NOT hire Katrina if you are looking for council. read more

Paul represented my ex. He made a written offer to me that if I agreed to my ex's demands he would file quickly for divorce. He signed his name to that offer and I ageed to it. He then filed for separation only. Only after his dishonesty was exposed did he change the filing to divorce. He negotiated in bad faith and I have the emails and documents to prove this. He never apologized to me. read more

Save your money and more importantly your time. Their office and especially Katrina Otto lack any sort of professionalism, something simple as providing prompt customer service. It took them over 30 days to return an email to me, only after several emails, phone calls and a office visit did they get me an answer to what a status was of a court process. Then found out their answer was a lie. read more

As the single parent trying to protect the best interest of my child, I was taken back by how I was "handled" by the front office staff when calling for an appointment. First, they seemed to be feeling me out for if I could pay the retainer, when I seemed to pass that test, the paralegal went over my case as if she was the lawyer and decided her lawyer (a guy - who was never named) wouldn't be interested in representing me. Before I knew it, the line was dead. read more

I have used many lawyers through the years. This team was superb. They didn't try to draw out time spent with me to make more money. They were straight forward with all of the ways my case could go. In the end they followed through with exactly what I asked. They even met with my soon-to-be ex partner who was rude and Paul remained professional and calm. Stephanie was also very understanding and easy to work with. None of them rushed me and met with me when I asked. They allowed me to communicate any way that worked around my schedule. This firm was a life saver during my military family issue. I will keep them for any future family law concerns and I recommend them for others. Thank you for all you've done! read more

Paul is one of the best. He made sure he answered all of my concerns & questions. He is caring & will treat you like family. I highly recommend Paul at Morris-Sockle. read more

This has been an eye opening experience. Going to a lawyer means you have a stressful situation you need help with. Your Law firm provide you extra undo stress. I found to get any results I had to daily Project Manage them and continue to ask for updates. Worked with a junior lawyer who told us one thing in the consultation about how hard they would work for us. After we started working together I received documents to review that had misspellings, did not include information we provided and had to fix 20 + items in the document. I spent hours fixing 20 plus corrections in spelling and asking to delete someone else's information from the document. Clearly a cut and paste. If I did this shotty work in the business world I would get yelled at by my customer and it would be elevated to my boss. Extremely disappointed in our experience. I get better customer service at my local Taco Time and Red Robin then I got here. When I confronted their lack of communication, extremely high number of errors 20+ in a document to review, Very slow turn around NOT ONE apology for not living up to their end of the commitment that we documented at the meeting. My advice. Get everything in writing. What do you charge to read an email? What do you charge to send an email? What do you charge to correct your own firms errors? If I send an email what is the expectation of turn around for a response 1,2 ,5 or 7 days. What do you charge for a phone call? What constitutes 30 minutes or 60 minutes? Spell everything out and make them sign it before you give them any money. I personally would NEVER recommend this firm. We felt like we were number 20 on their list of importance. Every customer should be made to feel they are number one. We felt like we were bothering them every time we asked for updates or pushed to make them hold to the commitment they promised us. We have recently obtained another lawyer and the experience thus far makes us feel like we have a true partner. Exactly how you should feel when you put a substantial amount of money down for a service. I give them 1 star because they finally completed the filing of the document as promised. read more

We had heard about this law-firm from a friend of ours and I cannot say how professional they have been in handling what was a delicate matter for both my daughter and my family. They managed to take care of our issue with as little expense as possible and best of all our daughter can have a new start in life. Great law firm that actually listened to us before talking which was something the other firms just did not do. read more

In the renewal of a SAPO, Katrina Otto, the latest addition to the Morris-Sockle attorney's, did an incredible job of representing my case. She was clear in communication, strong in leadership, and operated with complete professionalism. Her approach, as well as the support from the rest of the staff, took away stress and added to much needed relief. I highly recommend that you use Morris-Sockle for your legal representation needs. read more

I initially hired this firm due to their 'marketing focus' on helping fathers in legal matters. The assigned lawyer was not only inexperienced , she had no expert knowledge or strategy relating to my fairly basic child support case. Within a few weeks it was evident that this firm's approach was to manage the case with little input from their client and in fact sent a letter to opposing council even after telling them I did not want it sent. When I brought the issue to their attention they had the bravado to fire me as a client. I then addressed the issue with the owners of the firm, who refused to admit any error on their part. In the end they burned through over $1,600 of my hard earned money while providing zero value, and in fact made my case even worse. I would defintiely not recommend hiring this firm! read more

This place is a joke. They will rip you off smile in your face and do nothing. When confronted they deny deny deny. DO NOT GO HERE save your money and sanity. Keep looking please take my advise and look at other reviews about them. read more

I don't even know where to begin. Among being insanely overcharged and being told I still owe money, I feel absolutely gipped. I hired Paul for a child custody case. I worked 95% with his paralegal. The whole time they were reassuring me yeah you have a good case, there is a possibility, there are loopholes, all the mumbo jumbo you expect to hear from a lawyer. Well, I started losing faith within two weeks of the hearing. And every single time I had to see Paul, he would always fit in there "Oh make sure you see the bookkeeper.." You shouldn't be talking to me about money unless I am severely behind. He waited until THE DAY BEFORE COURT, they called me into the office to sign some papers and both of them were basically like be prepared to lose tomorrow. Are you kidding me? So I go to court and yes, I lost and now my son lives across the country. I sat on a bench crying outside and he stood there AND LAUGHED AND JOKED WITH THE OPPOSING LAWYER about getting together the next weekend! After that, I get another huge bill for a bunch of "work" they supposedly did. They did absolutely nothing. They knew I was going to lose, saw an easy way to make a few grand and ran with it. Liars and cheats. He didn't even perform in court either - shaking like a leaf in the breeze the whole time. Didn't bring up ANYTHING that he and I had talked about. Complete joke, I have no words anymore, just what a complete and utter joke. I met with a new lawyer that said this firm is just money hungry and they don't really care. Well, he was right. Good luck to you, find another lawyer! read more

Similar to Eric C. 4600 down the drain, bad "contractor". Didn't prevail on ANY issue. Paralegal and Partner shined me on. They know there's an issue, that was apparent from my complaint call.Positive side, No court appearances, no phone calls, no signatures, no papers and your divorced. EX said lawyer didn't show for ANY of the meetings/court dates. Frank was in Hawaii vacationing while I'm living in a car. read more