Sippell Kraig Atty

I would never hire this attorney. I recently retained him to handle a divorce matter for my daughter. I made an appointment with him on a Friday at 11am. When I showed up at the appointment, his office was locked and no one was there. That should have been sufficient warning to not hire him. I called him, and he said «there must have been a mix up» but I could drop off a check if I wanted him to get the hearing postponed which was scheduled for Monday. I was desperate so I paid him a retainer without a meeting. By Monday the circumstances in the case had changed. I called Mr. Sippell and informed him that my daughter would not be available for ANY court hearings, nor would I or he be able to contact her. He assured me that it was in her and my best interest to answer the complaint that her Husband had filed. That even in her absence he would be able to represent her interests as far as child custody & property distribution. He also told me that as the Grandmother of the children it would behove me to continue with his services so that he could insure a «Grandparent visitation clause» was added to the divorce decree. None of these things were done by Mr. Sippel. After taking my retainer check and assuring me that he would in fact be able to assist in this matter, he not only did not do one thing that he said he would, but he then proceeded to withdraw from my daughter’s case stating «breakdown of communication with his client» when I had told him 2 days (the weekend) after giving him a retainer that my daughter was NOT going to be in a state to attend any meetings, court dates, hearings, etc. Nor would I be able to provide him with an address or phone number for her. Instead of doing the honorable thing and telling me, «look under these circumstances there really will not be much I can do to help your daughter’s case, I will return your retainer» he made me believe that both my daughter and myself would benefit from retaining his services. In the end I might as well have flushed my money down the toilet as we got exactly the same result as if we had never hired Mr.Sippell. It was a complete waste of my money! I would never recommend hiring Kraig Sippell.