Elderkin Law Firm Profile & Reviews

They’ll definitely take your money and do very little

Personable and easy to deal with

I hired Jim Richardson to represent me in a child custody modification. Upon our fist meeting (at 300 dollars an hour!) I explained to him what I wanted to do and asked is it worth perusing he assured me it is. I then wrote him a 3,000 dollar check. A couple weeks later I got a bill for 300 dollars for the first meeting and I immediately paid it. About a month later I had a second hour long meeting. At that meeting he completely flipped his script on what he said the first time trying to negotiate a Completely different schedule and not even remotely close to what I wanted. He said I’ll never get what I initially asked for…. well I then that day ended the whole thing canceling the hearing and all. I then patiently waited almost a whole month to get the remainder of my retainer back. Jim had the audacity to charge and Keep 1,500 dollars from me! We literally had two 1 hour meetings. I got a itemized list in the mail saying how he justifies the other NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS he kept from me for complete nonsense. We had TWO 1 hour meeting and he claims to have worked on my case for 3 more hours on top of that!? It was canceled before it was started it! In my opinion Jim will rip off anyone with a hand able to sign a check over to him. I was warned by a friend of mine about him but I chose to not listen and use him anyhow because him and I belong to a certain fraternity that are sposed to only accept and embrace good men who don’t cheat and steal from others to make themselves wealthy. Karma is a MF. If you don’t wanna be ripped off with a smile then don’t use Jim!