The Law Offices Of R. J. Budway

My experience with this attorney for the 2nd time has been yet again EXTREMELY frustrating at best. I hired him the first time years ago because he was close to where I lived. He dropped the ball at that time by misplacing my final payment which caused my case to extend several months longer than it should have. His incompetency 3 yrs. ago directly impacted my ability to obtain a lower interest rate when purchasing my home recently (this mistake will cost me thousands of dollars over time). However against my better judgment I hired him again recently for my Fiancés time sensitive case because I remembered him to be down to earth, he communicated in plain English, and he just seemed like a cool guy all around. Huge mistake! This time he was paid to contact my Fiancé's x-husbands attorney to correct the language on a QDRO filing form (the court awarded monetary compensation percentage from a pension plan was incorrect). Everything was going as expected until he was paid his fee (day 1: I left a voice message on his cell phone explaining my Fiancé's time sensitive matter and he called back...day 2: I returned his call and I scheduled an appointment to discuss the case with him through his receptionist/secretary...day 3: I spoke to him in his office about the case and he accepted the job...day 4: he was paid his fee). It's been over 2 weeks now since he was retained (paid) to handle our time sensitive matter and I still haven't received a descriptive explanation of his "claimed" conversation with the opposing counsel. I've made numerous attempts of contacting him (called his office, called and texted his cell phone as told to do so on his office recording) and they're continuously ignored or discarded. To this day I've only received a single text reply stating; "I had a spirited discussion with the opposing counsel and he's wrong". Being an extremely time sensitive matter and instead of just finding another attorney (going through the entire hiring process again) I decided to ask him to rewrite the QDRO form and submit it himself as my Fiancé's representing attorney (we didn't have any problem paying for the additional legal representation), but as usual he has yet to reply or answer to our requests. MORAL OF MY STORY AND A WARNING TO ALL: FIND ANOTHER ATTORNEY TO HANDLE YOUR CASE REGARDLESS OF HOW SMALL OR LARGE...FIND AN ATTORNEY WITH INTEGRITY...FIND AN ATTORNEY THAT'S PROFESSIONAL...MOST IMPORTANTLY: FIND AN ATTORNEY THAT PRODUCES RESULTS FOR YOUR FEE...THIS SO CALLED ATTORNEY DOES NOT HAVE THESE CHARACTERISTICS OR QUALITIES!

Awesome attorney. Very pain-free experience that left me ready to move forward.

You can find someone with more willingness to make you feel like you're being fought for

Took care of my bankruptcy very well. He made it pretty painless and hes easy to talk to and work with. Sometimes it's hard to get what you need over the phone but overall very satisfied with R.J.

Totally dropped the ball. Run the other way as fast as you can.