I retained "Rick" on the advice of a neighbor. His arrogance, unprofessionalism, and incompetence were shocking. I was forced to quickly change counsel and attempt to undo the resulting damage to my case. I Do not recommend.

RUN as fast as you can !This attorney robbed me. He deserves to be disbarred!!

One of the attorneys referred me to Rick as they went to law school together unfortunately, he did not have any knowledge of the terrible person Rick is. When I first spoke to Rick, he spoke of what a “beast” he was in the court room and how he knew the Judge on my case, spoke nothing but great things. He even stated that he was nasty in the court room, but would never be to me. BS!

Signed the documents paid the fee ,and the rest was history.

He took a while to file the motion, and once he filed it, he never scheduled the hearing. I would Have to email him several times before I get a response. When I asked him to call me when he had a chance he replied “I’m not your secretary “ No, but you “work” for me, I hired you. He’s arrogant and unethical among other things.

When I asked him about the hearing, he responded with “you didn’t want me to schedule the hearing” What!? I didnt pay money that I didnt have to file a motion and not move forward. I am a Paralegal I know how to do my motions and file them. I wanted Someone to fight for me in the court room.

When he wants to try and intimidate you, he’ll tell you to call him and all of a sudden he’s available.

Rick, will send you documents that belong to other clients.

In my case he emailed the other party, and when they responded I found out that Rick, spoke to him several times. I had no knowledge of these conversations. When I asked Rick about it, he was nervous but berated me. I have a right to know!

I have a lot of more complaints however, I will be filing a formal complaint with the FL Bar. If you’ve had an issue with this attorney, please file a complaint and submit your rebuttal etc. There needs to consequences for his actions.

Please go to the FL Bar website and file a complaint , file your rebuttal , do what you have to !

Misconduct
Unethical
Theft
Etc.

I would not recommend this attorney to anyone. He is unethical and arrogant. He does not communicate with you, I had to forward the same messages several times before getting a response. I paid him over 1k and all did was file Motion. When I asked him when are we going to court his response : "you told me to hold off on scheduling the hearing." I asked him why would I pay so much money just for a Motion. I hired Rick to fight for me in the courtroom. I am a Paralegal and can do my own Motions. He knew I was limited in my funds and just needed to go to Court for this particular issue.

I emailed Rick, one time asking him to call me. I am still in shock of the response I received , "I am not your Secretary." My thoughts were no, but I paid you to "work" for me, I hired YOU! Hes very combative and always feels the need to chastise you.

Rick, communicated several times with the other party and never advised me of the conversations. The motion he filed was completely wrong despite of me providing him the needed information.

I asked him to half of the funds (should be fully reimbursed) back because he did absolutely nothing. I could use that money to get result in my case. Instead I have no money for an attorney and have to file a complaint with the Florida Bar.

Where do I start. Rick will show up to court hearings but thats all. Before giving rick a retainer I was promissed he would have things under control. Two years later im in a worse place with my family matters. Rick hasn't done anything ive expected no time share modification, no credit for stolen child support, no control just alot of unprofessionalism
especially with my situation not being very difficult my child's mother is very unstable however she is able to keep going to court and have leverage over me even without a lawyer. Rick isnt even able to recover my child support credit that the judge has granted me. Ive emailed rick atleast three times yet he hasnt even responded to say he was done with my case nothing im not into calling people name so do yourself a favor and get someone else to handle your family law. After retaining rick chizever Im convinced anyone can be a family lawyer.

In regards to the negative review below, the only unprofessional one is the previous client, himself. He did not want to pay for legal services rendered. So instead of just moving on, he embarks on a smear campaign. No need to comment any further For all my years in practice, I have had not ONE negative review until now. My law firm prides itself on being professional, fighting for our client's rights, and priding ourselves in attaining the best possible settlements for our clients. We have had no complaints or negative reviews so far and this law firm will continue to operate as we always have...passionately, aggressively, and most importantly, professionally.