Alan Willmes and his assistant Brian have been handling the estate of my father for the past 13 months. It has been a terrible experience.
They have filed paperwork with the court incorrectly on multiple occasions, and then charged the estate for the re-filing fees even though the error was completely their fault. These filing errors have also caused several months worth of delays in the entire process, and of course Willmes doesn't care because he can just continue to rack up fees and pay himself from the estate.
Most recently, they have issued letters to all creditors of the estate asking that each creditor take a reduced payment due to lack of funds within the estate. However, Willmes is not taking a reduced payment himself, instead he's paying himself in full and paying everyone else less.
Lastly, I realize that a lawyer is not exactly on the business of customer service, however, when someone is being paid to do a job, I still expect a certain level of courtesy and professionalism to come with it. Willmes' office has provided neither of these through any step of this process. From rude phone conversations, to simply never making any progress without someone calling them daily, Willmes' backdoor basement office is as horrible inside as that description sounds. read more
