Cordell Cordell

Personally I like to write favorable reviews. But not this time. I hired Cordell & Cordell for my case in Northern CO. Upfront they were great until I dealt with the attorney they assigned me to. She was very insensitive, had low-lethargic energy & unsupportive; some of her response times for my concerns took several business days for her to get back. The final time that this happened was exactly 4 business days for a response by her. I fired the firm because she stressed me out more than I was before I hired them to take my case. Plus, not 1 phone call from her to try to save the account. Still haven't had one from the firm. The customer service for being on the man's side was awful. Do not hire these guys on a whim just because you listen to Sports Radio. Get a referral through a friend.

I hired this law firm to represent me in a Divorce Case. They charged me $5,700 up front and then charged another & 5,700 15 days later and threatened to representing me if I didn't pay.

I didn't need to go to court because I worked things out with the mother w/I 10 days of hiring them. They gave me a rookie attorney and did exactly nothing. The with the opposing attorney and not for you.

Their collection dept is predatory and should be invested. Stay far away from them!

Our Attorney with Cordell & Cordell was the worst. She would say to do one thing then later in an email would say something different saying "I TOLD YOU". This is not the way to speak or belittle a client who is paying you thousands of dollars. Also when I would ask for advice she always would respond as if I was bothering her. Because we took a few days longer to refill the retainer she asked to be taken off the case and the day of the court date I was left with no attorney. My kids are suffering being with their mother and instead of trying to work this out she just bailed.

$1800 to write a one page letter to my X regarding custody violations, then a hounding to pursue a case that would certainly rack up the charges.

Warn other men not to get married, cohabitation or have children. Wanting to be a Father in the West is the worst decision I've ever made.

One star is generous! Don't make the same mistake I made to use Cordell and Cordell! They cost me thousands and continue to haunt me. They gave my case to an inexperienced rookie attorney who completely messed up my case. Don't believe them when they say they are helping dads! They are helping us lose more money! I would have been better off on my own. We got steamrolled in court and it was embarrassing. After the trial, my lawyer told me he screwed up and didn't blame me if I wanted to seek new representation! You are much better off seeking local representation in the county your case will be tried. Cordell has no relationships with judges and my guy didn't know the local procedures. Stay away from Cordell and Cordell!

Probably the worst decision I have ever made when hiring a lawyer. Cordell and Cordell are terrible, they could care less about the client. I spent over $19,000 just to try and settle a custody suit but between the many many corrections that I had to me made to there work and the hours of pointless meetings and phone calls to remind them what I wanted them to do I ended up firing them and hiring a new lawyer.
I tried to work with them and I tried to give them room to work but at one point, it too my lawyer over a month to reply to one of my email! I had to follow up quite a few times just to get her to email back. The excuse I got, "sorry, I was busy with court".

This firm will run up your bill, I you will have to keep fixing there errors. I would avoid these people like the plague.

Don't waste your money like I did. I engaged them because they advertise about saving "men" money in a divorce. They told me I needed to deposit $1800 as retainer. A few days later they told me my balance was negative and I needed to deposit another $1200. I told them to stop and not charge me for anything else, they had not even done anything yet except listen to me explain why I wanted a divorce. Once they stopped charging me, I was refunded $350 out of the $3,000 I had paid and I did not receive a single piece of assistance. Total waste of money and crooked ethics. Beware!

Gave attorney swift 5 years of police reports all concerning my wife nothing was done with them, not even brought up in conversation when i asked. Was told i would be able to walk through the house and split the assets evenly then nothing happened and was sent the divorce paperwork three days before the court date and told to look them over and if i have any questions about it to call her but she advised my to sign it and get it back it back to her notorized and signed within a day. Needless to say i lost everthing in the house thousands of dollars in tools all because my attorney sucked.

As I do my due diligence shopping for specific professionalism. I was told by Cordell & Cordell representative that I had scheduled an appointment for these following day@ 3pm, I confirmed.
NOTHING... NO CALL... No SHOW. Not even a follow up. Guess this lawyer doesn't need any new clients.

Hired Cordell & Cordell for representation in a court order. The court hearing was postponed and only had a couple phone calls with the attorney. He billed over 7 hours in 2 weeks and we never met face to face. He just does paperwork and emails to increase the billable hours. This firm does not fight for men. Go to another attorney and do NOT use Cordell & Cordell.

You'll get charged for everything but I think all lawyers are like that. The lawyer I used at Cordell was very helpful and good in the courtroom. I would recommend this law firm.

I invested several years and many thousands of dollars in Kristin Zurek and in Cordell & Cordell. They advertised themselves as lawyers dads can count on. But both behaved unethically and unprofessionally.

As my case drew to a close, I raised concerns with Kristin about the quality of legal services I had received. In short, the judge's position contradicted the vast majority of Kristin's legal advice. Rather than discuss my concerns, Kristin filed a motion to withdraw, leaving me without representation only days before trial. Because I followed Kristin's advice, my ex-wife's harmful parenting remains unchecked, and I am in no better position to help my children.

Follow-up attempts with the firm's Client Care division, with management partner Kimberly Gray, and with founding partner Joseph Cordell were unhelpful. I posed questions about quality of legal advice, commitment to clients, major discrepancies between projected and actual costs, truth in advertising, value of services, and the client care process. Across emails and phone calls, my concerns were repeatedly sidestepped, and in every interaction I was treated more like a witness to be cross-examined than a paying client. When the Missouri Bar became involved, both Kristin and Cordell & Cordell refused to cooperate.

I cannot recoup my investment, nor can I reverse the negative outcome for my children. But if you're reading this, you can avoid my missteps. Dads: don't hire Kristin, nor any Cordell & Cordell attorney. You cannot count on them.

I am the full time father of three going through a divorce. We moved to Oregon from Idaho. Idaho ruled that Oregon had jurisdiction for the divorce. My ex appealed that decision and I retained this firm. They were very hard to keep in contact with and i seemed to have to suggest things to file and how to fight the appeal so that they knew what direction to take. The appeal was won however, the court didn't specify that my ex was responsible for attorney fees. My lawyer said that he would file a motion for clarification. I paid them the $5000 retainerin the beginning. They racked up an additional $12k plus in expenses in just a few months. About a month after I had last spoken to anyone about my case I saw that they still had not filed that motion like they said they would. After asking them what happened, they sent me a nasty email on how they weren't going to file anything unless I paid $2000/ month or paid my bill in full! WTF? So they refused to finish the job on literally the last thing needed on this case because I had not yet paid them in full? I paid my retainer and never once had a conversation with them close to this except with my lawyer when I told him about my financial circumstances and need for them to pursue my ex for funds because I am raising the three kids on my own with a severe disability and no support from anyone.

Sever ethical deficiency with this firm!

A partner men can count on to drain their wallet & screw them over. You'd be better off handling your case yourself.

I went into my divorce looking to get two things, one was joint custody, two was to keep my 401k intact. And this is w/o saying my other personal belongings also. After 18 long months and around 50-60k later I did get just that, joint custody and I got to keep my 401k. Everything else I lost including a lot of my personal belongings. Not only did my Ex give or sold some of my stuff, she damaged what was there! Pictures and videos of my Family she said we're stolen also. My attorney did NOT do a dam thing about it, he was more worried about extending the procedure and taking more money from me. The whole experience was dreadful and glad that it's all over with. My Ex is a Ex and I got rid of her and my attorney. Customer care called me just a little bit ago to ask me how my experience was with the firm, and wanted me to rate them 1-5. I said 0... They did NOT represent me at all! I felt like my attorney was fighting for my Ex the whole time. But feeling stuck and thinking that the misery would soon end, I stayed with the firm and continued to get screwed. There is NO way I would EVER promote or refer them to anyone! If I could, I would try and get a class action lawsuit against them just based on their claim to FIGHT for Fathers rights. I literally paid 40k to get joint custody of my son, so they never really did anything. Plus I came out of it having to pay child support also! How does that happen when one has "joint custody "?
You best bet is to NOT hire any of these crooks! Go find a cheaper lawyer who will do 100% better than what they can do. Their just in it for the money! They don't care about you or your kids.

I was told they have a new flat plan which would be a flat charge to take the case to trial. I paid $11k. The case kept dragging on to the point the attorney would send me my monthly statements essentially showing me that he is now working for half his normal rate. He was the one that pushed the flat rate but as it lowered his hourly rate since the case dragged on, he simply didn't care. The trial was over my children as my ex was doing everything she could to keep my kids from me. She had lie after lie after lie and yet never did I see the attorney request proof for the accusations. Furthermore I didn't see him show a pattern to the judge of her non stop accusations with no support. It got to the point my attorney said "they are just saying horrible things about you. Such terrible things that you have done." I didn't want to know because I know I was a good husband. Finally I get sick of him saying "oh they are saying such horrible stories about you" that I finally said what is being said? He states he doesn't have specifics but its really bad? Then the GAL did a report and sent it to the judge. The report had a story of a woman I was apparently dating and i was going to kill this woman for breaking up with me. It was a full story that had not 1 piece of evidence; no names, no time of year, no police report, no descriptions of anything to validate this happened at all. This woman I was going to kill claimed she didn't want to file charges against me but had no problem locating my ex wife from 10 years prior to tell her this story? It just simply couldn't be more far fetched and my attorney didn't question anything about the report. Literally my ex wife could have said anything she wanted as my attorney simply didn't dispute anything. I don't know how even a judge could have looked at this and not questioned it. Don't let their ads mislead you. They are simply another attorney that wants to take your money and do as little as possible.