Bowman and Associates

I purchased a u201cvacation membershipu201d from a company thinking it was a timeshare. Yes, Iu2019m stupid and easily tricked. It turns out a vacation membership grants you the privilege of purchasing overpriced vacations from the company and paying them large u201cmaintenanceu201d fees for the rest of your natural life.nnI provided Bowman & Associates the contract I had signed and for a very reasonable cost the vacation membership was only a sad memory instead of a cloud over my head for years to come. I was very happy with the whole process and will call them first if I ever need a lawyer again.

Friendly helpful staff. Attorney Ken Torkelson is kind and understanding, he answered all my questions thoroughly.

Roger K. Is a lair and has no back bone. His paralegal Ashley is clueless and they have no communication within their office. He took over $800 from me and did nothing but waste six months of mine out of time Iu2019ve been trying to see my daughter and divorce my ex. He still hasnu2019t sent me the little bit of money that is left out of the whole retainer I paid him. My case is even more screwed up than it was before they had it. DO NOT USE THIS SLUMLAYER!!!!

I would not recommend Robert Bowman as a divorce lawyer. He did not fight for me on the important issues, and I pretty much did all the leg work and drafted all the correspondences for him to sign. He was totally overpowered by my ex-wife's attorney, who made him look like a dog with his tail between his legs.nnI recommend you find a lawyer that will foght for your rights, not just push papers through the system to get paid.

My wife hired Roger Kosla for a family law matter and he lied to us on numerous occasion's and we have the proof. So here comes our first hearing in Dept 5 in Placerville on 05/04/2017. Right off the bat my wife and I felt bullied into stipulating to adopt the CCRC report and we were told by our attorneys Roger Kosla and Debbie Michell Flores that if my wife didn't stipulate to this, that she would lose custody of her minor daughter. So we agreed to the stipulation, trusting Bowmen and associates. nnMy wife provided Debbie Michell Flores, Mr Kosla's stand in for that day in court on May 4th, with the Sassi drug evaluation report that had been done by Edca LifeSkills in Placerville (the first offender program for DUI cases) which she passed with flying colors. (The lowest possible risk for drug dependency) and then we watched and listened FROM FIVE FEET AWAY as Ms Flores produced that drug evaluation to the opposing counsel (Josh Miller) from Miller and associate's. As Ms Flores walked up and produced the drug report, Mr Miller said "do you have a drug evaluation for me" and Ms Flores said yes here it is. Then Mr Miller looked at it and said and I quote, "that'll do".nnAfter that hearing on 05/04/2017 apparently neither Ms Flores or Roger Kosla or anyone from Bowmen and associates bothered to make sure that the (Findings and orders after hearing) which had been prepared by opposing counsel (JOSH MILLER) contained the evidence that we had submitted to the court, namely the SASSI drug evaluation that my wife had preemptively taken. So there was no legal record of that evidence ever being submitted. nnThe night before the next status hearing on 06/08/2017, Mr Kosla lied to both myself and my wife in an email that he actually had the SASSI drug evaluation report (IN HIS HAND) and would produce it if the judge needed it. My wife had taken the drug evaluation even before the court ordered a drug evaluation in order to show she had nothing to hide and was not a substance abuser.nnNow because the drug evaluation was not properly submitted and recorded in the court records, on 06/08/17 comes a HEARING: Request for order (with Modification's) for the following.nn#1: (Drug and alcohol evaluation) of respondent. (ALREADY DONE BY MY WIFE WITH EDCA)n#2: Custody evaluation n#3: Conjoint co-parenting counseling (ALREADY TAKEN VOLUNTARILY BY MY WIFE YEARS BEFORE WITH BOTH (Catherine Underwood) as well as (Judy French) and Charles the petitioner refused to attend the sessions at that time.n#4: Custody and visitationn#5: A Child custody recommending counseling review.nnMy wifes attorney Roger Kosla appeared on 06/08/2017 and he reiterated "I have the drug evaluation with me" and I will present it to the court if need be. At this point we didn't know that he did not have that SASSI drug report with him.nnSo the case is called and judge Ashworth asks (and this is not verbatim) she said something to the effect, has a drug evaluation been completed and roger Kosla says, yes your honor "YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN YOUR RECORDS" her reply was NO I don't see it in the file. She then asks opposing counsel Josh Miller do you have a copy Mr Miller and Mr miller replies, (Quote) "NO YOUR HONOR WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING" (End Quote). When he knew that he had at the hearing date on 05/04/2017. nnRoger Kosla sat there sweating and mumbling under his breath and my wife and I were so stunned that I don't even think we heard what was said next. Roger Kosla did not have the SASSI Drug evaluation in his possession and neither did BOWMEN AND ASSOCIATES in their records.nOur own attorney KNOWINGLY lied to the judge AND SO DID JOSH MILLER.nnThe Judge was angry and said and I quote, "So you expect me to return time to your client with a late filed declaration and no drug evaluation" (End Quote). Up to that point we had not been informed by anyone at Bowmen and associates that Roger Kosla had filed a late declaration. The judge immediately adopted the CCRC recommendation and my wife was NOT granted the return of 50/50 custody of her minor daughter.