Shilts & Setlak, LLC

Mike Setlak worked with me on my dissolution of marriage case in 2023. Mike was very straight forward with me from the beginning but made sure to do everything that would be fair for me and my children. He kept me well informed during the entire process. Mike emphasized the importance of having a lawyer and having him write out the MSA. I am pleased with the overall outcome of the dissolution and it was all for an affordable cost. I recommend Mike for cases when people ask me about the lawyer I used.
Apr 8th, 2024

Terrible representation. No strategy was developed or any of my interest talked about or planned. The only strategy was to give them what they want and get this over with which resulted in many issues. The opposing counsel played my attorney throughout the process. Even fumbled filing documents for lying during testimony. Ran up the bill doing absolutely nothing. I am still having to deal with the results of horrible representation by Ashley Gonzales. I hope no one goes through what she did. No court room ability. The biggest waste of 7k.
Feb 13th, 2024

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Dec 25th, 2023

I checked reviews prior to hiring an attorney to represent us and didnt come across anything that would lead me to believe I would have a miserable experience by hiring an attorney with this firm.I had an initial meeting to be quoted a price for our case.I was quoted a specific amount for guardianship to be filed and hired an attorney from this firm, paid in full in advance, etc.This was to cover all expenses, including hiring a guardian ad litem to cover my child.My child has many diagnoses that leave him unable to make his own decisions.The initial hearing was set prior to my childs 18th birthday which I found out ONLY from a document that was mailed to my child from the court.My attorney NEVER told me when we were scheduled for court, EVEN after I sent an email to inquire since I hadnt heard anything. We ended up in the emergency room on the initial court date and it had to be rescheduled because I didnt know when he would be discharged. This was communicated to the attorney immediately.The hearing was rescheduled.I was told verbally when the new hearing was and never received anything in writing.I called prior to the hearing to verify and was charged to speak to a paralegal/assistant to find out when we had court.Our court hearing took place and the attorney and GAL had to go back and discuss the case privately with the magistrate.I was awarded temporary guardianship & informed that this happens all the time. This was temporary ONLY due to my child not being served. Had the attorney known the statute and/or paid attention to detail, all would have been done on the hearing date because he could have easily had my child served due in his inpatient stay. I then had an additional bill around $450 with everything that occurred to date (and only temporary guardianship).Fast forward to February, there was nothing filed for permanent guardianship so concerned about a gap in guardianship that could cause issues with the unpredictability of our child, I called and asked to speak to a manager.I was told one of the owners would reach out.The next day, I received an email with a new petition to sign and a hearing date which was 15 or so days AFTER expiration of our initial temporary guardianship.At the hearing there was NOT a proposed order drafted so it had to be e-filed (and should have been before the hearing)before the magistrate could sign anything.It was to be submitted on that day along with our notarized oaths.The oaths and proposed order were then submitted but the oaths were not notarized (even though the GAL saw us sign and could have notarized it).I was told by our attorney that he submitted it because he just wanted to get it in instead of waiting. Nice way to cause further delay Nothing was signed that day because the magistrates clerk was out for the week.I called the following Monday and the magistrate was out.Due to the importance of getting this done for upcoming appts, his clerk messaged him and got the order signed.I took off work early and went to the courthouse to get a certified copy of the guardianship on Monday.This could not be issued due to no notarized oaths, an issue that could have been prevented had the attorney known that it is required.I called their office again requesting a manager and was told one of the owners would reach out the following day.I went to get the oaths (emailed to me) notarized and the one listed for me had my husbands name in one of the three locations where my name was to appear.I had to call and have a corrected copy sent to me so the bank could print it and we could get it notarized.That was done quickly, thanks to Karli. I walked to the courthouse to once and for all get a certified copy of the guardianship only to find out that my attorney also hadnt filed a Letter of Guardianship which MUST accompany the order signed by the magistrate.Fortunately, the clerk filled it out so I was able to wrap up this six month process doing the majority of the leg work myself.
Mar 16th, 2024