Cordell & Cordell

Lead attorney Brittany has done excellent job of moving case along efficiently and professionally and with "no drama." I appreciate and value receiving billing information detailing exactly what was done, by whom and for how much - excellent transparency.
Nov 29th, 2021

Attorney Dena Rando representing myself was very thorough in explaining to myself and wife, Marilyn what was planned and how she would perform her duties. Attorney Rando was very professional, courteous in our procedures. Great law firm, target WAS accomplished!
Feb 1st, 2021

Jan 13th, 2021

Jan 7th, 2021

I don't even know where to start, but retaining this firm was the worst experience of my life. Even worst than the divorce itself. They lied from the beginning. I had several questions written down for the initial consultation, and one of them was regarding Health insurance, which my soon to be ex is my dependent. One of the attorneys at the initial consultation (Taylor Mackintosh) told me that as soon as my wife signed the divorce, she would be on her own as far as health insurance. Weeks later they reassigned my case to another attorney, and he said that he could not block my wife from continuing to be on my insurance after the divorce, and that this was the law. This was the first of several red flags throughout my case. Another red flag was that even though I looked for an attorney one week before my wife looked for one, she ended up filing first. My attorney (Andrew Ordyna-Pimentel) told me that it was okay. That we would file as well. I thought that it was strange, but went along, since I did not have any experience with this. My current attorney said that he has never seen two "dockets" for the same case, and that this was done definitely to inflate the cost!!! Andrew knew that there was a docket open already in court!! I had a gut feeling that I should dump this firm, but I did not. After more than seven months and over U$25,000 in charges with close to nothing to show for, I scheduled a conference call and fired my attorney. We are a lower middle class family with only one asset, and NO fight for custody. These people claim to be able to level the field in favor of dads. This is not true at all. The law is the law (usually favors moms) and there is nothing they can do to change that. This firm did some things without my consent, as far as useless subpoenas to my wife's work inquiring about insurance, bonus, stocks, which I said that was not necessary, and to the current owner of a business that she owned in the past, which I said that was not necessary either. This was done to inflate the cost. I have emails to prove this, and will probably file a malpractice complaint against this firm once the divorce is final. I retained another attorney, and he said that of the thousands of pages he received from Cordell & Cordell, he was able to use around 60. Everything else was garbage. He also said that my divorce should not cost more than $5,000 if an agreement was reached or $10,000 if it went to trial. So please, do your homework! Do not settle for the first firm you see with a fancy commercial. Shop around three or four different offices and inquire about cost. Cordell & Cordell would not commit even to a range. That gave them a free pass to almost ruin me financially. I hope this post helps other dads to not become victims like me. UPDATE!!! After taking U$25,000 from me in 7 months with no results, these vultures are saying that I still owe them U$1,300 and placed the account on collection which affected my credit score!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS FIRM!!!
Feb 4th, 2021