Law Offices of Mark M. Childress

If I could give them less than 1 star, I certainly would. The only thing that this law firm is concerned about is getting money from you. You will give them money for the Trust and then they will call you again in a week or two and need more money. I actually spoke with another attorney and told them who we were using. Their exact response was "You will run out of money before you get anything done with them!" Gave them $ 3,500.00 two months ago and put the case on hold. Now we are getting requests for more trust money, even though the case has been on hold for two months now and nothing is happening on it. You don't get to speak with any of the attorneys without a charge for money being placed on your account. You have a question regarding the billing? Then you need to pay upfront to schedule a time to speak with someone. There are good attorneys in the area to use. This one is NOT one of them!

So this is my $11,000 1-Star review and I would give them a Negative Star review if possible!! After reading these reviews, this so called Law Firm will argue a bad review more than your case in court. My situation started right before COVID so that definitely delayed things. I was offered to do a zoom meeting with the court and my ex wife and my attorney Elizabeth B. agreed that there was just way too much going on with my case for just a zoom meeting so we waited. Once we were allowed to go into court and in front of the judge, the date was set and we were ready to go and present our case!! Well here comes the fun part, my attorney that knew Everything about my case was let go literally just 1 week before our court date and I was issued a new attorney (Melissa G.) that had just joined the firm and she had No Clue about my case. She emailed me and said that I needed to fill out an entire new client form and I told her I have already done that nearly 2 years ago at this time. She responded and said that they had Nothing on file for me and I needed to do another one or she wouldn't represent and she emailed me the form. What she emailed me had All of my information but yet I got billed / charged for have this communication with her. I brought this up to her and she said sorry but that's what had to happen for her to show up to court. Let me tell you, she had of been fresh out of Law School or just didn't care much about my case. After court was over that day and Melissa had just gotten Run All Over by the opposing Attorney, I simply had to tell her that she was fired!!! This so called Law Firm was Only interested in racking up my bill, total of $11,000 and come to find out that at the last hearing, Melissa G. agreed for me to pay the opposing counsels Attorney fees also. You want to talk about being embarrassed knowing that I hired this so called Law Firm to represent me...... I could go on and on but you get where I am going with this 1-Star Review and I decided to represent myself. I got way further than Any Attorney from this so called Law Firm by doing so and I got to keep my 50/50 visitation and custody of my child!!! If you are considering this so called Law Firm to represent you, I Highly Recommend looking elsewhere because all this so called Law Firm will do is rack up your bill and get you absolutely Nowhere!!!! Like I said earlier, this so called Law Firm will argue this 1-Star Review more than they will your case!!!! Anyone deserves better than these people no matter how big or small your case might be. You owe it to yourself and your family to look elsewhere than here!!! Did I mention that I was charged $150.00 for the receptionist to give my attorney a note to call me?!?! I hope this helps you with finding a Better Law Firm

I definitely DO NOT recommend. The communication is not good. I would send an email to ask questions, If the email was not replied to within 2 to 3 days, I would send another email trying to follow up, Then I was charged $87.50 for every email that I had sent to get a response back once. Upfront costs are not clear, Any questions I have or even if they send me an email I am charged for it. I just got billed $600 and I thought everything was done. Looking at the reasons for the $600 was for to close my case as well as answer any other questions I might have. I definitely do not recommend as this was not a pleasant experience.

I spoke with Mike McEntire one hour after calling the office for a consultation and I was blown away by his confidence, knowledge, and willingness to help. I had barely any time to try and find representation and within ten minutes of talking, I was fully convinced that Mike was who I wanted to stand with me during this trying time. I cannot recommend Childress Law enough!

This is the First time in almost a decade where I feel like maybe there is hope. I have had nothing but terrible experiences in the courtroom in the past. With my emotional and physical accounts drained, I had no choice but to bend the knee to my ex and his family with anything involving our son. But I think I may just have found the crutch I need to be able to fight for what is right and true.